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Title Training available for small fruit and vegetable growers

Title Kiwanis welcomes emergency shelter head

submitted by Marilyn Weidenaar Our speaker this week, Martha Boyce, pictured here with our president, Keith James, updated us on her work at the Carroll County Emergency Shelter. She told us that in the past year, 779 people were served...

Money

Title Georgia sets records in employment

State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said today that 2017 was a banner year for job creation, employment and work force gains in Georgia. Over the year, Georgia created more than 83,000 new jobs, employed thousands more residents, grew a much...

Obituaries

Title Barbara Jean Geter Crowder

Barbara Jean Geter Crowder was born April 10, 1939 in Carroll County Georgia to the late, Cleveland and Annie Mae Geter. Mrs. Barbara Crowder departed this life at the age of 78 to receive eternal rest on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 after...

Obituaries

Title Vicki Wyrene Stitcher Scully

Vicki Wyrene Stitcher Scully, age 70, of Carrollton, Georgia passed away Thursday, January 18, 2018. Vicki was born in Carrollton, Georgia on September 3, 1947, the daughter of the late Alton Stitcher and Helen Gable Butler. She was a homemaker...

Farm and Commerce

Title Georgia pecan yields estimated between 90 million and 100 million pounds

by Clint Thompson Hurricane Irma, downgraded to a tropical storm when it entered the state, damaged about 30 percent of Georgia’s pecan crop, and the storm’s effects could linger into next growing season, according to University...

Art and Culture

Title Super Museum Sunday is February 11

Free Admission to State Historic Sites To spotlight Georgia’s fascinating past, State Historic Sites are offering free admission on Sunday, February 11. The event is part of Georgia History Festival’s statewide celebration of “Super Museum...

Art and Culture Schools

Title Carroll County Student wins national art contest

Jacob Taylor, an eighth grader from Bay Springs Middle School, won first place for Division IV in the National School Bus Safety Poster Contest. The contest was sponsored by the National Association for Pupil Transportation, and the theme for this...

Title Oil prices rise, drag pump prices higher

Gas prices increased across most of the country during the past week, yet states in the southeastern U.S. still have some of the cheapest prices in the nation. Georgia gas prices increased 7 cents during the past week. The state average of...

opinions

Title Georgia Public Policy Foundation Friday Facts: January 19, 2018

It’s Friday! Events Today's the deadline to register for the Foundation's school choice celebration on Tuesday! January 23: Today is the deadline to register for the Foundation’s first event of 2018 on Tuesday, January 23. About 32,000...

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