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Ray Woods pleads guilty
Ray Woods pled guilty to 123 felony counts of theft by deception and one misdemeanor count of theft by deception at a calendar call at Emanuel County Courthouse Tuesday, Oct. 16. Woods was sentenced to 20 years, five to be served in the state penal system and the remaining 15 to be served on proba... More...
A beautiful day!

It was certainly a beautiful day in the neighborhood during the 2007 Arts Emanuel Festival in downtown Swainsboro on Saturday. Hundreds of children and adults flocked to the festival and were entertained by several art booths, including this one featuring face painting and henna tattoos. There were ... More...

Emanuel Rangers UDC receives 22 awards

Emanuel Rangers Chapter #2318 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy received 22 awards in recognition of achievements in the memorial, historical, benevolent, educational, and patriotic objectives of the organization during the 112th Georgia Division Convention. More...

 Inside Front
•Age appropriate discipline
An Age Appropriate Discipline program will be held at the Parent Resource Center in Swainsboro Friday, Oct. 19 from 12-1 p.m. The program will be presented by local pediatrician, Dr. Darshan Shah. Lunch will be served to those registered by Thursday, Oct. 18. There is no charge for the program or... More...
•Question of the week:
•Tech to host Mitchell Field dedication
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 News
•Police Report
Swainsboro police officers reported the following cases: Oct. 8 A Stevens Dr. man reported a man, who was identified, stole his bicycle. A woman at Jordan Estates reported someone stole her cell phone. A King Circle Dr. woman reported someone stole three fishing poles and two vacuum cleaners... More...
•Jail Activity
•Superior Court jury duty list
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 Community
•Body art!
Jean Gray Drake of Stillmoreroots paints an eager customer during the 2007 Arts Emanuel Festival. Children received free face paintings and henna tattoos. This booth was one of the most popular booths at the festival and had long waiting lines! (Photo by Jacquie Brasher.) More...
•Afromotive!
•Durden Bank, Zaxby's highlighted by Work-Based Learning Program
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 Sports
•Tigers unload on Westside, 47-14
For a moment the Tigers played a close game with the Westside Patriots. Then the Tigers' offense stepped up and said, "It's time to play ball." For the past few weeks the Tigers' defense has been carrying the Tigers to victory. In the past two games the Tiger's offense have scored a total of 14 p... More...
•DEA rolls over Young Americans, 67-6
•Football contest results
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 Obituaries
•Sandra DeFore, 60
SWAINSBORO--Funeral for Sandra DeFore, 60, was held Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007 at 11 a.m. at Swainsboro First United Methodist Church with Rev. Richard Varnell and Rev. Leland Collins officiating. Buial was at 4 p.m. at Gravel Hill Cemetery, Bloomingdale, with Rev. David Willett officiating. She died... More...
•Hattie Mae Mincey, 72
•Ruth R. Webb, 82
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 Columns
•Those dastardly hoax e-mails!
As much as I love the Internet and can't believe I actually survived without it pre-1996 (yes, I'm a relatively late bloomer), one online phenomenon over which I could sometimes deliberately crash my hard drive are bogus emails. They are a scourge on the face of my liquid-crystaldensity screen, a ... More...
•Barb's Bookshelf: McCarthy & Patterson
•The pussycat press
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 Editorial
•Arts Emanuel 2007
Congratulations to all volunteers that helped to put on the 2007 Arts Emanuel Festival. This growing event once again surpassed all expectations and provided art enthusiasts with a wide variety hands-on experience right here in Swainsboro. "Something for everyone" might be a good theme for next ye... More...
•Political Cartoon
•Political Cartoon
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 Legals
•Legal Notices
Georgia, Emanuel County Notice is hereby give that Erin Danielle Warden, the undersigned, filed her petition to the Superior Court of Emanuel County of Emanuel County, Georgia, on the 20th day of September, 2007, More...
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