Sammy Blue, Newton Collier and others are organizing a benefit tribute for bluesman Chick Willis. Willis lived in Monroe County and had headlined the BBQ & Blues Festival here.
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The 2014 remembrance celebration for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is planned for Jan. 20, starting with Dr. Bill parade assembly at 9 a.m. at the E.P. Roberts Center on Mill Street.
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Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Moore, better known as “Aunt Margaret,” age 97 of Milner, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014 at Upson Regional Hospital.
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On Jan. 15, the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at 157 Poplar Street Griffin, Georgia and found what appeared to be a chop shop.
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Residents are being warned to stay on the lookout for a possibly rabid coyote by an Ashley Oaks resident who claims it bit her on Tuesday night.
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Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new, $13.5 million Student Activities and Recreation Center were held on the Gordon State College campus Jan. 16.
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Three veteran bailiffs who are retiring with years of experience at the Lamar County courthouse were honored with a luncheon January 16 in the grand jury room.
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They don’t look much like heroes, but two big Labrador retrievers may be the reason why Dan Andrews is still alive.
“They follow me around everywhere,” Dan said last weekend, still bandaged and sore from his mishap. “I am so grateful they did follow me that day I was taking down trees. I believe they saved my life.”
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Marshall Hooks, the new president of the Chamber of Commerce, is on the job.
Hooks officially began work Wednesday morning but had already begun work on the BBQ & Blues Festival which is just a scant three months distant on the horizon.
IDA executive director Missy Kendrick is encouraging business men and women and the local citizenry to come by and welcome Hooks to town.
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