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Leaning pole
Nobody said moving a whole police department would be easy! On Monday, June 25, inmates were trying to remove the Swainsboro Police Department's flag pole to put it in storage when the pole fell on some power lines. As a result, electricity in a some downtown Swainsboro areas was cut off for about... More...
Payne new member of Swainsboro Tech staff

Larry Calhoun, president of Swainsboro Technical College, announced that Johnny Payne has been named as Swainsboro Technical College's Institutional Advancement Director as of July 2. Payne, 56, resides in Dublin. Upon graduating from Dexter High School and attending Middle Georgia College, Payne... More...

Chopper patrol

The Governor's Task Force (GTF) Marijuana Eradication Team conducted an operation in Emanuel County on Thursday, June 14. The GTF uses helicopters to fly over the rural areas in order to detect marijuana crops growing in wooded land. The GTF comes to the area each year as part of a continued effor... More...

 Inside Front
•Art Camp plays 'Jeopardy'
On the Art Movements Camps' last day at the Emanuel Arts Council, students played Art Jeopardy in front of an audience of around 30 people. Representatives from two art camp teams choose from five categories ranging from Pop Art to Surrealism. The students huddled together to answer questions as a... More...
•Question of the week:
•Early deadlines for July 4 issue
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 News
•To Be Noted
Tech releases President's List The following students from Emanuel County have completed 12 or more credit hours and have earned a quarterly grade point average of 3.60 for the Spring Quarter of 2007 at Swainsboro Technical College. This qualifies them to be placed on the President's List. More...
•Police Report
•Sheriff's Report
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 Community
•Miss McCullough, Mr. Slater announce engagement
Mr. Fred McCullough of Swainsboro and Mr. and Mrs. Randy Youmans of Metter announce the engagement of their daughter, Tiffany Amber McCullough of Swainsboro, to Michael Curtis Slater of Stillmore. The future groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Slater of Stillmore. More...
•To be noted
•Abby Wright celebrates 2nd birthday with party
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 Sports
•2007 Swainsboro Country Club Championship
The 2007 Club Championship was held at Swainsboro Country Club on June 9th &lOth. Holding off the field for the honor of Club Champion was Mike Cowart. Mike shot scores of 76 for day one and 80 for day two with a two-day total of 156. Mike also won the trophy for low net in the Championship Divisi... More...
•Simmons and Collins place with 'Kip'
•Bass Tournament Results
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 Obituaries
•Ida Pearl Lawson, 91
SWAINSBORO--Funeral for Ida Pearl Lawson, 91, was held Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 2 p.m. at Sardis Primitive Baptist Church with officiating with Elder Lindy Webb officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. She died Friday, June 22, 2007, at the Emanuel Medical Center Nursing Home after an exten... More...
•Ronald Jones, 54
•Gerald Lee Lamb Sr., 71
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 Columns
•Supporting Emanuel Arts
The Emanuel Arts Council membership drive is under way. So I have been working on a small poster about supporting Emanuel Arts. More...
•An insatiable desire--to read
•Moving sidewalk
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 Letters
•DEAR EDITOR:
I am writing in regards to customer service at restaurants in the area. My first area of concern is a health concern. In many establishments, the soap dispensers are either empty or clogged up. More...
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 Legals
•Legal Notices
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER GEORGIA, EMANUEL COUNTY THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. More...
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