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Recreation Department to host Dixie Youth Baseball District V Tournament this Saturday and Sunday
A Dixie Youth Baseball District V Tournament will be held this Saturday and Sunday, May 27 and 28, at the Seminole County Recreation Department. Seminole County teams participating will be the 8U team with Anthony Brock as head coach, the 10U team with Jim Shingler as head coach, and the 12U team with Justin Turner…
Read MoreNew era to begin May 28 for Friendship Methodist Church
On Sunday March 26th the congregation of Friendship United Methodist Church made the overwhelming decision to leave the United Methodist Church and join the newly formed Global Methodist Church. This was not a decision made lightly and involved a lengthy discernment process. Through the process it was revealed that the current direction of the United…
Read MoreMemorial Day tribute begins at 10 a.m. Monday, May 29 at the Courthouse
The Seminole County Memorial Day ceremony, hosted by the American Legion Post 157, is set for Monday, May 29 and will be held on the front lawn of the Seminole County Courthouse located on Knox Avenue in downtown Donalsonville. Memorial Day weekend begins this Friday afternoon and the annual Seminole County Memorial Day celebration and…
Read MoreSCMHS graduation set for Friday, May 26th
Ninety-three Seniors are set to receive their well-deserved diplomas at the Seminole County Middle/High School Class of 2023 Graduation and Commencement Program to be held at the Jesse McLeod Gymnasium beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 26. The doors will open at 6:00 p.m. and will close at 7:20 p.m. All guests must have…
Read MoreGrowing up Alday . . .
Written by Heather Blizzard Meadows, granddaughter of Ned Alday. My entire life, every year, when May approached I knew what to expect, what comments would be made, and how I would look inside my mother’s eyes and see the sadness of what occurred on May 14, 1973, come to life all over again – the tragic murder…
Read MoreHouston Academy awards Lewis Carter IV, names AV Booth in his honor
Senior Awards Day was held in Houston Academy’s new auditorium recently where the facility’s Audio Visual Control Booth now bears Lewis M. Carter IV’s name in recognition and thanks for his many hours helping design and install its control systems. The announcement of the naming of the booth in Carter’s honor was the icing…
Read MoreArt on Fire raises more than $11,000 for Cultural Center project
Art on Fire, an evening event of art, history, food, drinks, entertainment and more – staged to show us all what Donalsonville’s historic fire station facility can become – ignited in a fiery display of activity Saturday evening, May 13. The Woolfork Avenue Cultural Arts Center was announced as the facility’s future name, and more…
Read MoreMaker of EV battery materials coming to Bainbridge
A manufacturer of materials for the lithium-ion batteries used to power electric vehicles will invest $800 million in a plant in Southwest Georgia that will create more than 400 jobs, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Monday. Chicago-based Anovion Technologies supplies premium synthetic graphite, the largest battery material used in EVs by mass, exceeding copper, nickel, manganese,…
Read MoreThirty-three graduate from SGA on May 16th
Graduation Exercises for Southwest Georgia Academy’s thirty-three Seniors were held on Tuesday, May 16, at 7:00 p.m. in the Wayne Proffitt, Jr. Gymnasium. Honor Graduates consisted of twenty-eight members of the graduating class. Using the traditional marches for the processional and recessional, graduates participated in a very formal program honoring this special event under…
Read MoreSCMHS graduation set for May 26th
Baccalaureate Service is Wednesday, May 24, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Donalsonville Church of God The Seminole County Middle/High School Class of 2023 Graduation and Commencement Program will be held at the Jesse McLeod Gymnasium beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 26. The doors will open at 6:00 p.m. and will close at…
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