Telfair County News

Fernbank Museum of Natural History archaeologist Dennis Blanton didn't expect to be tracking Hernando de Soto's route through South Georgia in 1540.

An archaeologist says excavations in southern Georgia have turned up more artifacts that he believes pinpoint part of the trail of the 16th century Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto.

Pembroke's country charm lured Boston-area native Cindy Milloy to the east Georgia city of about 2,300 people, and kept her there even after a muscular disease left her housebound in a region so rural it lacks a regular taxi service.

Rhett Lee had forgotten his drink at lunch that Friday, so he went back through the cafeteria line at Telfair County Middle School.

A Helena man is charged with burglary after deputies say he attempted to rob a Dodge County senior citizen.

Recently, a lot of media attention was given to a rather odd exchange between Roy Barnes and David Poythress, two Democratic candidates for governor, which involved the Whig Party, name-calling and a shout-out to Telfair County.

Another Georgian has died from swine flu. He's the fifth H1N1 victim in Georgia.

Rescue Ranch of McRae joined the Georgia Department of Agriculture, the Atlanta Humane Society and local law enforcement in removing the animals from what they called deplorable conditions.

For the past 20 years, anglers and fishery biologists have been expecting the next world record largemouth bass to come out of a California lake.

Tex Watson might have made a small fortune had he ever decided to move sofas, tables and chairs from bedrooms in Bloomfield and living rooms in Lizella.

Real Estate For sale a 3 bedroom 2 bath brick house located at 132 White Drive, Fitzgerald.

Selecting a Prison Warden is an extremely involved process, and according to Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens, it's also a very planned process.

Edmund A. Booth, Jr., United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, announced that Jimmie W. Williamson, age 48, the former Sheriff of Telfair County, Georgia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Dublin, Georgia, before U.S. District Judge Dudley H. Bowen, Jr.

Former Telfair County Sheriff Jim Williamson has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison.

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Authorities in Telfair County are holding a man from here on murder charges. According to an Associated Press story, 21-year-old Anthony Travis Lomax of Abbeville, has been charged with murder in the death of a Helena man earlier in the week.

Mary Alice Newberry Weston, age 85, of Eastman, died Thursday, May 21, 2009 in Heart of Georgia Nursing Home.