Sandersville News

The Washington County sheriff's office says it arrested two men on crack charges Monday.

Enrollment in the current fall quarter at the 28 colleges of the Technical College System of Georgia has surged to a new record high with 110,254 students filling the classrooms and labs on the college campuses.

I have seen several letters published recently that rant and rave about the "czars," but they all seem to miss important points.

From 5-6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Ridge Road Elementary School in Sandersville, GA, Georgians for Smart Energy , will provide an information session and press briefing on critical Plant Washington issues.

A proposed coal plant near Sandersville has sparked a heated discussion in Washington and surrounding counties.

About 130 miles from Savannah, there are plans to build a new coal-fired power plant in rural Sandersville.

Georgians for Smart Energy, a group of statewide pro-clean energy organizations, is holding a public hearing today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Kennesaw State University on the impact of a proposed coal-fired power plant in Middle Georgia.

Mary Jacobson, Opposed to plant: "The arsenic and the mercury that is coming out of there, will go into our rivers, will be polluting our fish, which will be polluting our citizens." A plea made to stop the building of Plant Washington in Sandersville, Georgia.

Is a proposed $2.1 billion, coal-fired electric generating station a threat to our environment? Plans to build the plant in Washington County are already in the works.

The Environmental Protection Division is holding a public meeting Tuesday in Sandersville to answer questions about permits for a new coal-fired power plant north of Sandersville.

Dwight Hickey, 55, of Fredericton, learned Thursday that federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson has rejected a request from the U.S. to hand him over.

Ogeechee-Canoochee River Keeper Chandra Brown sits with her daughter Marley at Fort McAllister Marina located on the Ogeechee River.

The Bibb County sheriff's department says they've arrested a 16-year-old and charged him with Friday morning's deadly shooting outside a west Bibb County gas station.

Investigators say a Sandersville man is fatally shot in the head after he gives robbers an empty wallet.

It has all the elements of classic suspense fiction: an old and prominent Georgia family, one of the richest men in the state, impending financial disaster, and an alleged conspiracy to murder a relative for the insurance proceeds.

POWER4Georgians announced on August 25 that the Georgia Environmental Protection Division has issued draft permits for Plant Washington, a 850 megawatt coal-fired power plant being developed near Sandersville, in Washington County, Georgia.

By Marcus E. Howard mhoward@mdjonline.com MARIETTA - Development of a $2.1 billion coal-fired power plant near Sandersville in middle Georgia that would supply energy for Cobb EMC and other Georgia EMCs in a consortium, is moving forward after draft permits were granted by the state Environmental Protection Division.

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division issued draft permits Tuesday for Plant Washington, a proposed $2 billion coal-fired power plant to be built on a 1,200-acre site north of Sandersville.

By the time the clock slipped past noon Sunday, kinfolks began arriving at the clubhouse on the shores of Lake Franklin.

Friday, August 21, 2009 MITCHELL, Ga. - Mildred Rose Wachsmuth Copeland, 95, entered into rest Friday, August 7, 2009 at the Gibson Health and Rehabilitation Center in Gibson, GA.