Ellaville News

The telephone rang early Wednesday morning in the offices of the newsroom at the Times-Recorder. "Yes, I wanted to talk to someone about the article you had on the soldier in today's newspaper." The caller identified himself as Tech Sgt.

Farmers' Market: Lenny's Market is now open for business from 7 a.m.-1 p.m. every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

On June 16, Frederick and I were having lunch in Granny's Kitchen in Americus when we both saw a table full of Ellaville people.

* Timothy R. Heath, 22, of 450 Candy Lane, Ellaville is charged with possession of marijuana and was released on summons to appear in court.

It is a story that makes for a good family movie. You know the type - the ones that are shown on the Lifetime channel or a Sunday night Hallmark movie - heartwarming, touching, a story of a making of a family filled with all the happiness and hurts that go with it.

It's a long way from the quaint southern town of Ellaville to the bustling metropolis of Paris, France, but three Schley County High School band students have played their way across the pond.

Troopers say Welch over-corrected into the southbound lanes after attempting to pass several cars.

An Ellaville man was killed and his passenger seriously injured in a one-vehicle traffic crash mid-day Friday in Schley County.

Last week the Atlanta Braves made some news for themselves when they released 43-year-old pitcher Tom Glavine.

Some announcements are being made by Angeli Smith for the New Corinth Baptist Church of Ellaville.

Curtis Jamieson,a resident of Phoenix City, Alabama, and International President of the Heaven's Saints Motorcycle Ministry, speaks with strength and knowing as he talks of a night, when he was "rolling" with the wrong type of motorcycle club, and he almost died.

Many Georgia schools face challenges even before classes start: high student poverty rates, poor facilities, lack of parental involvement or high numbers of students whose native language is not English.

The Georgia Southwestern Foundation and Georgia Southwestern State University announce the 2009 winners of the Dr.

Tickets are still available to enter SGTC's June 18th drawing for the South Georgia Technical College Skills USA grill raffle.

At 10:30 a.m. Saturday, the John Lewis Resource Center was full of music, laughs and running children.

Ellaville is a great example of a small, quaint, southern town. The downtown area is comprised of a small park, and a collage of different businesses, each adding its own charm.

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We all here want to congratulate Michael Hortman Jr. for graduating from Darton College with a certificate as an Emergency Medical Technician 1, scoring real well, so his mother told me.

One member of the 2009 Schley County High School Senior class was selected to receive a $500 scholarship established at South Georgia Technical College by Dr.

Becky Holland ELLAVILLE - Larry Stubbs calls Sumter County home. "I grew up there, went to school there ... ... I went to Plains High School." A former teacher and administrator in the Tri-County School System, Stubbs spends most of his time in Schley County as the principal of Schley County Middle/High School.