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  1. Tourism Push In BlakelyRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday May 17 | WTVY Dothan

    Officials say it's hard to bring in tourists when people bypass Blakely on the way to larger cities.

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  2. Peanut industry trying to harness humanitarian efforts under one umbrellaRead the original story

    Thursday May 9 | Southwest Farm Press

    ... agronomist with Meds and Food for Kids, a St. Louis-based non-profit aid group, at a peanut industry roundtable in Blakely, Ga., to figure a way to organize and expand the peanut industry's humanitarian activities. Only recently has its nutritional ...

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  3. Tuesday bus accident injures multiple studentsRead the original story

    Wednesday May 8 | WFXL-TV Fox 31

    Officials with the Georgia Bureau of Investigations and Clay County Sheriff's Office confirm that a Pataula Charter Academy school bus was traveling along Highway 93, between Fort Gaines and Blakely, around 4:15 Tuesday afternoon.

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  4. Two top GA ag officials out over wild partyRead the original story w/Photo

    Apr 11, 2013 | 11 Alive

    Deputy Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Oscar Garrison became the public face for the state's handling of a deadly salmonella outbreak at a Blakely peanut processing plant four years ago.

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  5. Deacon Andrew Frank NorfusRead the original story w/Photo

    Apr 11, 2013 | The Chronicle-Telegram

    ... Norfus, 83, of Lorain, passed away Sunday, April 7, 2013 at Wesleyan Village Nursing Home in Elyria. He was born in Blakely, Georgia, to Lonnie and Rachel November 25, 1929. He served in the U.S. Army and later moved to Lorain 1954. He was employed ...

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  6. Motorists put on alertRead the original story

    Apr 1, 2013 | Moultrie Observer

    ... Saturday with driving under the influence, no driver's license, failure to maintain lane and improper tag. Marcus E. Blakely, 33, 403-B Station Crossing Drive, Albany, was charged Sunday with probation violation. Jackie McClinton, 36, 619 Third Ave. ...

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  7. Student killed driving home for EasterRead the original story

    Mar 31, 2013 | Tallahassee Democrat

    ... and University of Mississippi student died in a car crash Friday. Price Thornal, 19, was driving through the area of Blakely, Ga., when he was involved in a multiple vehicle collision, as reported by WTVY, an Alabama station that covers the area of ...

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  8. Mitch ClarkeRead the original story

    Mar 24, 2013 | The Times

    ... sense, if you think about it. We take our peanuts seriously down here in Southwest Georgia. Early County, where Blakely is located, is the Peanut Capital of the World, and we have a granite monument to the peanut on the courthouse square to prove ...

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  9. Marking History: Naval war hero Johnston BlakelyRead the original story

    Mar 26, 2013 | WWAY-TV Wilmington

    Johnston Blakely, a war hero whose namesake graces islands, cities and warships today, was a Wilmington resident for a time long ago.

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  10. Mitch ClarkeRead the original story

    Mar 23, 2013 | The Times

    ... sense, if you think about it. We take our peanuts seriously down here in Southwest Georgia. Early County, where Blakely is located, is the Peanut Capital of the World, and we have a granite monument to the peanut on the courthouse square to prove ...

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  11. Peanut Butter Product Recall List GrowsRead the original story

    Jan 20, 2009 | kimt.com

    ... the source of the outbreak is peanut butter and peanut paste made by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) at its Blakely, Ga., processing plant. PCA's products aren't sold to grocery stores. PCA only sells peanut butter to institutions and food ...

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  12. Feds indict 4 in peanut butter salmonella outbreakRead the original story w/Photo

    Feb 21, 2013 | Lake Wylie Pilot

    ... an Early County, Ga. Sheriff's car sits parked in front of the the Peanut Corporation of America processing plant in Blakely, Ga. A federal grand jury indicted four employees of a peanut company, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, linked to a 2009 salmonella ...

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  13. Four plead not guilty in deadly salmonella outbreak linked to Ga. plantRead the original story

    Mar 1, 2013 | Business Journal

    alleged offenses related to a salmonella outbreak in 2009 at Peanut Corporation of America in Blakely, Ga., that prosecutors say sickened hundreds and killed nine people have entered not guilty pleas. Each was released on an unsecured bond and ...

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  14. 2009 Peanut Recall - Things to Consider for Corporate CatastrophesRead the original story

    Feb 26, 2013 | FindLaw

    ... to the time of the company's closing in 2009 were recalled, including every product made at the company's plants in Blakely, Georgia and Plainview, Texas from January 1, 2007 to the time of the company's closure. Worse than the massive extent of the ...

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  15. Police report for Feb. 27Read the original story

    Feb 26, 2013 | Tifton Gazette

    ... 302 Dixie Ave., Ozark, Ala., was charged Monday with a probation violation. Shante Patrice Lee, 23, 990 S. Main St., Blakely, was charged Monday with a probation violation. James Aaron Mitchell, 32, 181 Brunty Road, Ty Ty, was charged Monday with ...

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  16. Peanut indictments show there's a new sheriff in town, lawyer saysRead the original story

    Feb 25, 2013 | FoodNavigator

    ... were Stewart Parnell, 58, of Lynchburg, Va.; Michael Parnell, 54, of Midlothian, Va.; and Samuel Lightsey, 48, of Blakely, Ga., have been charged with mail and wire fraud, the introduction of adulterated and misbranded food into interstate commerce ...

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  17. Former Peanut Corp Of America Officials IndictedRead the original story

    Feb 25, 2013 | Agri Marketing

    ... Stewart Parnell, 58, of Lynchburg, Va.; Michael Parnell, 54, of Midlothian, Va.; and Samuel Lightsey, 48, of Blakely, Ga., have been charged with mail and wire fraud, the introduction of adulterated and misbranded food into interstate commerce with ...

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  18. Feds indict 4 in peanut butter salmonella outbreakRead the original story w/Photo

    Feb 23, 2013 | KMOV-TV Saint Louis

    ... than most. Food and Drug Administration inspectors found remarkably bad conditions inside the processing plant in Blakely, Ga., including mold, roaches and a leaky roof. According to e-mail uncovered by congressional investigators shortly after the ...

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  19. Health Highlights: Feb. 22, 2013Read the original story

    Feb 22, 2013 | HON

    ... and Georgia plant quality assurance manager Mary Wilkerson. FDA inspectors found numerous problems at the plant in Blakely, Ga., including mold and roaches. The company went bankrupt after the recall, the AP reported. Dozens of types of tests and ...

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  20. FBI seeks victims of peanut-related salmonella outbreakRead the original story

    Feb 22, 2013 | OregonLive.com

    ... of harming P.C.A.'s customers." An investigation by the Food and Drug Administration said the company's plant in Blakely, Ga., was filthy, with dead rodents and droppings, and that the company sold tainted products and sometimes had them retested ...

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