Ochlocknee News

A suspect was in custody in a drug case when another individual fled the scene and took narcotics agents on a ride.

A former Ochlocknee resident is charged with stealing $50,000 from a Thomasville woman she served as a caregiver.

A local support group is finding ways to spread hope throughout the community. The HOPE Traumatic Brain Injury Support Group of Southwest Georgia is hosting the Ride of HOPE 2009, a poker run and classic car show, on Saturday.

12:30 p.m. - The Thomasville Rotary Club meets at the Plaza. 5:45 p.m. - Early bird Bingo games, sponsored by the Kouncil Club of Thomasville, are at St.

The Thomasville YMCA will administer the Summer Food Service Program, beginning June 1 and ending July 24, with various sites set up throughout Thomas County.

Local municipalities are expected to receive some anticipated funds this week. On Tuesday, City of Thomasville Mayor David Lewis will be hosting a "Mayoral Luncheon" with representatives from the cities of Barwick, Boston, Coolidge, Meigs, Pavo and Ochlocknee.

Just as I suspect many other Southerners are, I'm conflicted about the places in which my family history branches into the Civil War.

Saturday the Thomas county health department and local veterinarians will hold their annual rabies clinic.

The Super Speeder legislation passed by the Georgia General Assembly is intended to help reduce traumatic automobile accidents and provide funds for trauma care in the state.

Stewart Lodges plans to quadruple its manufacturing capacity by the summer of 2001 in order to accommodate the rising demand for its park model cabins and a newly introduced line of portable bathhouses.

383 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy meet at First United Methodist Church Chapel on North Broad Street.

Nell Grace Freeman DeLoach, 88, of Hinesville, Ga., died Thursday, March 19, 2009, at the Liberty Regional Medical Center in Hinesville, after a lengthy illness.

The Georgia Senate voted to designate April Confederate Heritage and History month.

In these less-than-smooth days for the peanut industry, one state senator wants to remind everyone that the crunchy icon of Georgia agriculture has not been forsaken at the state Capitol.

A bill that would require Georgia food manufacturing plants - - like the one linked to a nationwide outbreak of salmonella - - to regularly test for contamination unanimously passed a Senate committee ...

Lt. Karen Murray, Commander, CID Thomasville Police Department, will speak on identity theft.

A man who took lawmen on a high-speed chase through downtown Ochlocknee faces a number of traffic charges.

Last year, you'll recall that state Sen. Dan Moody had a public confrontation over colleague John Bulloch over the latter's Friday wardrobe.

Here's one way to squirrel away money in the state's $20 billion-plus budget: Simply repeat expense items that were supposed to be one-time costs.

HEADLINES: Gov. Sonny Perdue proposed a slimmed-down budget that slashes spending to close a $2.2 billion budget hole.