Chris Cook and Josh Croom graduate from the Georgia Fire Academy
Donalsonville Fire and Rescue Department Chief Dean King has announced two new additions to the Fire and Rescue department’s team. Seminole County’s Chris Cook and Josh Croom graduated from the Georgia Fire Academy’s Basic Firefighter Course last week. The two have completed 345 hours of firefighter training through the Georgia Fire Academy over the last…
Read MoreCarter Arts & Lecture series begins at Kirbo Center September 27
Andrew Edlin presents ‘Churchill’ on October 19 as a part of the Carter Arts & Lecture Series at ABAC Bainbridge. Season tickets for the series are now on saleavailable online at arts.abac.edu Tickets can be purchased online at arts.abac.edu. or by calling the ABAC Ticket Line at (229) 391-4895 The words of legendary statesman Winston…
Read MoreLions Club collecting supplies to aid Hurricane Ida victims
Join Georgia Community Bank’s Amy James and Ramona Hagler and make a donation The Donalsonville Lions Club, under the leadership of Lions Eloise Taylor and Mitchell Blanks, is coordinating a needed supply drive for Louisiana storm victims that will run through September 24. The club requests residents to drop off items at the former fire station…
Read MoreNot planning to get vaccinated? Look up Typhoid Mary, the original Superspreader
You may not be familiar with the name Mary Mallon, but you’ve probably heard of Typhoid Mary. They’re one and the same. Mallon emigrated from Ireland in the late 1800s and found work as a cook for wealthy families in New York. It turns out she was an asymptomatic carrier of typhoid and unknowingly spread…
Read MoreCounty’s fully vaccinated rate inches up to 39%
Even though the daily rate increase of positive COVID-19 cases has slowed in the recent days, because of the area’s continued low vaccination rates, the COVID-19 pandemic is not subsiding here in Seminole County. Since last Wednesday Seminole County’s positive case number increased by 28 cases from 1,122 to 1,150 cases, and from 19 to…
Read MoreShowing the Colors – We will never forget!
Local First Responders met at the Donalsonville Fire Rescue Department Saturday morning, September 11th to remember the 20th anniversary of 09-11-01. At 8:46 a.m., the time the first plane hit the World Trade Center, a remembrance wreath was placed at the flagpole to honor the 343 FDNY firefighters, 23 NYPD officers and 37 Port Authority…
Read MoreJoin us as we salute our Everyday Heroes – Seminole County’s First Responders
When they teach you how to call 911 when you are in grade school they tell you everything you need to do, state your name, address, the whole nine yards. You don’t really think anything of it. It’s just something you learn and stick it in the back of your head until you need it.…
Read MorePut the toilet seat down
At the end of last week’s column, which was posted on Facebook, I asked what lessons from their childhood the readers of this column still remembered all these years later. There was a huge outpouring of comments, both on Facebook and to me personally. While there were many comments that reminded me of my own…
Read MoreWarriors secure win against Knights in first game of season
#41 Ty Williams makes a tackle in SGA’s victory over the Macon East Academy Knights The SGA Warriors were finally able to get their 2021 football season underway this past Friday in Damascus with a match up against the Macon East Academy Knights out of Cecil, AL. In their face off last year, the…
Read MoreNick Cull leads Indians to first victory of the season
Seminole County’s Nick Cull rushed for three touchdowns, including an 8-yarder with 23 seconds left to give the Indians a win over Headland Friday in Donalsonville. Cull, an Ole Miss commitment for his play on defense, showed he is not bad on offense either. His game-winning touchdown run capped a last-minute drive as the Indians…
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