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County approves abandonment of roads
On Tuesday, October 27 the Appling County Board of Commissioners held a Public Hearing at 5:00 p.m. to discuss and to approve the abandonment, no longer to service, of at least part of seven county maintained roads.
Goodwill shoplifting investigation
A cashier at the Goodwill Store says she saw, what she described as an elderly woman, pick up a Coach purse about 12:35 PM and leave without paying for it.
NewBack to school: Some students will have to deal with continued construction
TERRY DICKSON/The Times-Union A painter puts a coat of paint on the steel support beams for a walkway at Jane Macon Middle School.
State wildlife officers charged seven people with more than 100 poaching violations in Dodge and Laurens counties.
Child Hit By Tractor in Critical Condition
A Laurens County child is said to be in critical condition after he was hit by a tractor during the Mothers Day weekend.
Local headlines Sunday, May 10 Bank of Dudley: We Are a Community Bank In October 1905, a little bank opened its doors in downtown Dudley.
Country Singer Brad Paisley sings a song called Alcohol which tells all the things drinking alcohol can make a person do, but what the song doesnt mention is what a Rentz teen may soon find out: that a few minutes of running an alcohol-fueled mouth and spitting could land him in prison for 20 years and facing a $10,000 fine.
Constituent Urges Commission to Hold Meetings Later for Public
If the county commission is meeting, Richard and Carol Whitworth are there. Twice a month - first and third Tuesdays at 4 p.m. at the courthouse annex - the retired couple is there to listen to issues and the votes - that affect daily life of all Laurens County residents.
Lynn Poe, a volunteer with Coliseum Northside Hospital, was one of three recipients of the 2008 Frist Humanitarian Award.
Local Earth Day 40th Birthday Celebration a Success
Local residents can be pleased to know their efforts have made this 40th Earth Day Birthday celebration a success for the county.