Tift County News

"Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful job. That's all that can be said about the new library in Tifton." Confirmation "The inability of federal regulators to catch Bernie Madoff confirms what millions of Americans, along with myself, already know.

The smile is back on the face of a local woman after people who read a letter about someone stealing her dog responded by uniting her with another one.

Bids to repair 40th Street and W.B. Parks Road were considered by the Tift County Commission Tuesday night.

The Tift County appraisal staff will be reviewing property in the following locations through Friday of this week: Within the city limits of Tifton; southeast Tift County; east of Central Avenue/Union Road; south of Fourth Street/Ferry Lake Road.

Today is a red-letter day for Tifton and Tift County as the public library returns to its home downtown with its front door fronting Love Avenue once again.

Michael Danforth, 44, 127 Enigma-Nashville Highway, Enigma, was charged Wednesday with DUI, failure to obey a traffic control device and driving with a suspended or revoked license.

Approximately 200 people will lose their jobs at Shaw Industries Plant WK in Tifton in the next four weeks after the company decided to reduce its workforce primarily because of the downturn in the housing industry.

The Tift County appraisal staff will be reviewing property in the following locations through Friday of this week: Within the city limits of Tifton; southeast Tift County; east of Central Avenue/Union Road; south of Fourth Street/Ferry Lake Road.

On behalf of the almost 400 riders who experienced the hospitality of your fine city, I would like to extend a sincere thank you to the City of Tifton and Tift County for an outstanding job of hosting the 18th annual Georgia Bikefest, Oct.

Police are investigating the Thursday armed robbery of a convenience store, shots fired in a mobile home park and an incident at a convenience store that ended with a man being arrested on weapon-related charges.

"Why aren't dirt roads in Tift County widened to at least the minimum width required for new subdivisions? We need emergency vehicles to be able to get by a stalled car to get to our house also.

The Tift County Board of Education approved Tuesday the purchase of 11 buses at a cost of $801,410. The new buys will replace older buses, some of which are 15 years old.

All property owners in Tifton, Tift County, Omega and Ty Ty are encouraged to attend a Flood Risk Information Open House scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the courtroom on the bottom floor of the Charles A. Kent Administrative Building, 225 N. Tift Ave.

For many Tift County ninth graders, life is about to change drastically. Some will be locked up for underage drinking.

The Tift County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of a backup system for E-911 and heard a report from its Emergency Management Agency director that the county is completing applications to hopefully receive acquisition funding for 12 lots in McInnis Mills that were damaged during flooding earlier this year.

The Tifton High School Class of 1949 will hold their 60th class reunion Oct. 10. Step Out for Your Heart TIFTON - Tift Regional Medical Center's annual Stepping Out For Your Heart 5K run will be held at 8 a.m. Saturday, and the one mile walk will start at 9 a.m. at TCHS Northeast Campus.

Verizon Wireless held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the former Alltel Wireless location on U.S. Highway 82 W. Tuesday morning.

This weekend, Oct. 9, 10 and 11, there will be approximately 250-400 cyclists coming to Tifton.

The Tift County Board of Commissioners discussed during workshop session Tuesday night the purchase of a backup radio system for public safety and is expected to approve the purchase in regular session Monday night.

Two men died Saturday in a one-car wreck in Tift County, according to the Georgia State Patrol.