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BI-LO to close Swainsboro location
BI-LO announced Friday, Jan. 5 that its store located at 503 S. Main Street in Swainsboro will be closing its doors on Saturday, Jan. 13. BI-LO has operated in this community for 25 years and has decided not to renew its lease. The store will be closing at 7 p.m. More...
Arrest made in SHS bomb threat

On Monday, Jan. 8 at approximately 10 a.m., Emanuel County Sheriff's Office, Swainsboro Police Department, Swainsboro Fire Department and Emanuel County EMS were called to respond to Swainsboro High School in response to a bomb threat that had been called in to the school. More...

Parrish is grand marshal

Dessie Parrish will be the grand marshal for he annual Martin Luther King Jr., Day Parade in downtown Swainsboro Monday, Jan. 15 at 1 p.m. Theme this year is "Embrace the Dream: It's More Than Just ADay." Parrish, 78, has been a resident of Swainsboro for 54 years. He retired as warehouse worker f... More...

 Inside Front
•Gallery RFD opens
On Saturday, Jan. 13, an exhibition of mailed artwork created by amateur and professional artists will be featured in Swainsboro's newest art gallery, Gallery RFD. The exhibition includes artwork by hundreds of artists from all over the United States. Artists were asked to create work on envelopes ... More...
•Folk Artist supports Sunshine House
•Public safety building in the works
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 News
•Police Report
Swainsboro police officers reported the following cases: Dec. 27 A Vidalia woman reported her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend damaged her vehicle. Dec. 29 A N. Green St. woman reported her son's wife threw the phone and hit the front of the house. Officer assisted Johnson County deputy with a susp... More...
•Sheriff's Report
•Shopping and strolling on second Saturday
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 Community
•Question of the week:
"No, we should be sending troops out, not in."-- Yolanda Whigham, Swainsboro More...
•Jennings Turf hosts Media Day
•Aldridge to be honored Jan. 20, March 9
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 Sports
•Tiger basketball starts with a bang
The month of January is the start of a new year, and the start of Tiger basketball. This past Friday night the Tigers hosted Metter. This game was the second region game that the Tigers have played this season. Both the boys and girls won their games against Metter. The boys won 56-47 and the girls... More...
•Top ranked DEA remains undefeated
•Byrd scores 18 points for DEA
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 Obituaries
•Dale Thomas Renfroe, 54
SWAINSBORO--Funeral for Dale Thomas Renfroe, 54, was held Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007 at 3 p.m. at Emanuel Christian Ministries with Rev. Bunny Hudson officiating. Burial was in Eastbrook Cemetery. He died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007 at Emanuel Medical Center. Mr. Renfroe, a lifelong resident of Swainsboro, w... More...
•Hilda Cason Kight, 50
•Louise "Lou" Loveless Youngblood, 87
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 Columns
•Jack Atkinson
Today gyms are places for exercise, work-out machines and annual memberships. But there are other gyms long devoted to basketball. These monuments are expensive and have been allowed to remain. The old Swainsboro High School is completely gone except for the gymnasium. Oh how I remember playing bas... More...
•Bill Shipp
•Wally Gallian
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 Letters
•DEAR EDITOR:
The Animal Shelter wishes to announce the birth of 12 Christmas puppies! Born on Christmas morning, the mother is a Golden Retriever and the father was a traveling man. But, seriously, during the year 2006, the Animal Shelter received 872 dogs. This is more than we have ever received in previous y... More...
•DEAR EDITOR:
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 Legals
•Legal Notices
NOTICE TO FORECLOSE RIGHT TO REDEEM TO: THE ESTATE OF LEOLA TURNER C/o Leola Clements 407 Brookfield Way Jonesboro, GA 30238 Take notice that: The right to redeem the following described property, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land located More...
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