The Americus City Council met May 15. The Council heard an ordinance to raise the spending limit for department heads and the ...

Several local leaders met at Fresh Start Academy to grapple with issues of violence in Sumter County. The meeting was not ...

By South Georgia Technical College South Georgia Technical College has hired Calvin Hodge, Jr. of Leesburg, Ga as its new ...

Americus City Council meeting, Mayor Lee Kinnamon declared that he would not be running again for mayor. Qualifying elections will be held from 18-20 August. Three council seats will be up for ...

School Board meeting, Christine Walker was recognized as the Department of Education’s exemplary English to Speakers of other ...

By Sylvia Roland I have resigned from the Sumter County Schools’ Board of Education effective June 30. I have served on the ...

The Fuller Center dedicated a home build at 220 South Dudley Street for Tiffany Sims. Jody Wade, president of the local ...

The Sumter County Republican Committee held a social at Floyd’s Pub on May 8. Attendees enjoyed drinks, food, and ...

School Board meeting there were no monthly financial reports were available. Superintendent Walter Knighton asked the board for a delay in providing the reports until Thursday. “We’ll get the actual ...

A community engagement meeting was held at Fresh Start Academy. The meeting was not open to press due to student ...

The Americus Correspondent It is common knowledge that all Valedictorians are smart. But Connor Rhyne, Schley County High School’s 2024-2025 Valedictorian, is much more than the sum of his good grades ...

Ossoff Press U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is pressing the Trump Administration to end the freeze on broadband internet expansion ...