If the forecast is any indication, the 2025 installment of Another Bloomin’ Festival this upcoming Saturday will be a day to celebrate being outdoors. But it is a celebration of so much more: The joys ...

In response to Sterling Guess’ article, I was surprised when he said it was no longer Republican vs. Democrat or Black vs. White. For a moment it seemed he was advocating voting for a specific ...

The Candler County School System’s loss is Vidalia City Schools’ gain as Ellis Strobridge, who has served as principal of Metter High School for seven years, has accepted the position of principal of ...

Metter City Councilwoman Rashida Taylor has announced her intention to seek election as mayor of Metter for the 2026-2029 term. Taylor said, “I want to be mayor to continue our community’s progress, ...

Work on Metter’s Central and East Park has been completed just in time for Another Bloomin’ Festival 2025. To kick off a weekend of festival fun and the celebration of Easter, a ribbon cutting for the ...

The Metter High School Track teams competed at Claxton Meet on Thursday, April 3. The boys walked away with team 1st place, six individual 1st place finishes, seven 2nd place finishes and seven 3rd ...

Dutch Ford Farms, a historic landmark dating back to 1860, provided a picturesque setting for the traditional double-ring ceremony uniting Miss Jency Alaina Scott and Mr. John Bernard Underwood on ...

Mrs. Heigaard was born on April 16, 1934, in Cochran, Bleckley County, Georgia to Hilton DeSoto Fowler, Sr. and Cora E. Smith of Cochran. She was a retired registered nurse. Mrs. Heigaard enlisted in ...

Jean Braddy Sikes, of Metter, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. Born in South Carolina to William Homer Braddy and Lois Dove Braddy, Jean ...

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Film director James Cameron and his team of screenwriters predicted the future back in 1984 – an altogether scary year already if you’d read George Orwell’s book of the same name. 1984 was the year ...

Dennis “Denny” Vernon Thompson, Jr. of Cobbtown, GA passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on April 15, 2025, after an extended battle with cancer. Born in Toombs County, Denny ...