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December 27th, 2006
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Wind damage!
Severe gusts of wind hit parts of Emanuel County on Christmas morning around 3:30 a.m. A house on Lakewood Drive (top picture) was damaged when a tree fell through the roof. No one was hurt. The Fortress on East Main Street across from the Kwik Shop (bottom picture) was also damaged by the wind gus... More...
Immigration raid tops news in 2006

Not surprisingly, The Forest-Blade staff picked the immigration raid at Crider, Inc. as the number one story of 2006. Not only did this raid make news in Emanuel County, several regional and national news outlets also picked up on the story and catapulted it into print, on television and th... More...

Three arrested for armed robbery

Three people were arrested for the recent armed robbery of the Easy Stop convenience store on South Main Street in Swainsboro. Arrested were Miller Abrams Jr., 21, of 713 Wallace Street in Waynesboro; and Jeraldine Denise Simpson, 19, and Latiesha D. Pierce, 19, of 324B Market Street in Swainsboro.... More...

 Inside Front
•2006: The Year in Review
Jan. 4, 2006  Emanuel County was under a tornado warning Monday, Jan. 2. Areas that reported minor damage from wind gusts include Page Garrett Road and U.S. Highway 1 North (pictured). There were scattered reports of tree damage in the area and some residents reported minor structural damage as ... More...
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 News
•Economic outlook luncheon
On Jan. 17, 2006, from 11:30-1:30 p.m., the East Georgia College Foundation and the Georgia Rural Economic Development Center (GREDC) will sponsor the Ninth Annual Rural Georgia Economic Outlook Luncheon, presented by the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business. More...
•Swearing in
•Police Report
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 Community
•Question of the week:
“To quit smoking.”-- Tad Roberson, Swainsboro More...
•She’s a pilot!
•To be noted
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 Sports
•Blizzard helps Campbell celebrate four hundred victories!
Former Swainsboro Tiger and Emanuel county native Kevin Blizzard is pictured here with legendary Head Football Coach Larry Campbell from Lincoln County High School in Lincolnton, Georgia. Lincolnton is located 30 miles north of Augusta. Coach Larry Campbell recorded his 400th victory and his 100th ... More...
•DEA sweeps double-header
•Calling all SHS Tigers of 1979!
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 Obituaries
•Wilbur Garnette Stephens Sr., 89
ADRIAN--Funeral for Wilbur Garnette Stephens, Sr., 89 was held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22 in the chapel of Sammons Funeral Home, Soperton, with the Reverends Inman Gerrald and Wayne DeFore officiating. Burial was in Rehoboth Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Johnson County. He died Wednesday, Dec.... More...
•John Baby Forehand, 82
•Wilburn H. Durden, 74
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 Columns
•Jack Atkinson
Recently our homes were filled with colorful packages, glittering bows and distinctive rattles. Now we have a few stacks of items and large bags of discarded paper, ribbon and packing materials. After all of the fluff is removed what do we really have? More...
•Bill Shipp
•Katelyn Moore
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 Letters
•Letters To The Editor
DEAR EDITOR: I just finished reading an article in another paper where our legislators voted unanimously to give themselves a raise. I have never been so appalled at anything in my life. These legislators need to stop being so self-centered and think about the constituents that put them in office... More...
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 Legals
•Legal Notices
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER GEORGIA, EMANUEL COUNTY By virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Security Deed from Phillip S. Jones, Jr. More...
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