Skip to content

Top Stories

SWGA Farm Credit becomes a $5,000 Stewards of Lake Seminole supporter

Pictured with Mr. Dickman are Association employees Vic Hunter, Wendi Newberry, Kayla Johnson, Mandy Johnson and Dee Dow   Southwest Georgia Farm Credit presented a $5,000 check to Steve Dickman, founder and president of the Stewards of Lake Seminole, a group dedicated to preserving the health of the lake. Pictured above with Mr. Dickman are…

Read More

Georgia Community Bank donates $75,000 to Hospital through Georgia HEART

Pictured  left to right, are April Massey, Katie Hatcher, Carla Widner, James Moody, Pam Cunningham, Alton Harrison and Brenda Dick. Georgia Community Bank recently contributed $75,000 to Donalsonville Hospital through the Georgia HEART Hospital Program. This is the largest Georgia Heart donation the hospital has received since the program’s inception in 2017.  The Georgia HEART…

Read More

Les Robinson retires from Board of Education

  Pictured – Retiring Board of Education member Les Robinson receives a plaque of recognition for his service to the Seminole County School System from Board of Education members Dr. Charles Walker, left and Spencer Stewart, right.   At the regularly scheduled Seminole County Board of Education Meeting held on March  6, District 5 Board…

Read More

Kaiser awards $60,000 to Donalsonville Hospital

In an effort to address declining access to care in rural Georgia, Kaiser Permanente, an integrated managed care consortium, has donated $60,000 to Donalsonville Hospital and nine additional rural hospitals in the state.  The number of rural hospital closures has been on the rise across Georgia and around the nation. Since 2010, at least nine…

Read More

Mark Spooner selected 2023 Ag Person of the Year

    Each year the Donalsonville-Seminole County Chamber of Commerce and the Seminole County Young Farmers honor one individual who makes valued contributions to the agricultural industry of Seminole County and presents them with the Ag Person of the Year award.  At the chamber’s 24th Annual Farmer Appreciation event, held as a luncheon last Thursday,…

Read More

$ave money and purchase rodeo tickets in advance

There’s still time to join the Boots & Roots Rodeo sponsorship team! Sign up as a sponsor or vendor by calling the Chamber of Commerce at 229-524-2588   Tickets are now on sale for the April 28 and 29 Donalsonville-Seminole County Boots & Roots Rodeo and the public is encouraged to purchase tickets in advance. Ticket…

Read More

Here’s the buzz on Seminole County’s Honeybees

The Seminole Area Beekeeping Club will meet Thursday, March 16th at 6 p.m. in the APGG conference room. The meeting is open to the public and will cover the topics of maintenance, management, swarm control, and queen replacement. For additional information email seminoleareabeekeepers@gmail.com It’s that time of year again! The bees are brooding up to…

Read More

Friendship House creates indoor pickleball court inside its Rambeau Gym

The Friendship House of Jesus in Donalsonville has recently created a pickleball court inside its Rambeau gymnasium facility. Pickleball is one of the fasting growing sports in recent years with clubs converting some tennis courts to pickleball courts to meet the growing demand. The Friendship House facility provides an unique option for indoor pickleball that…

Read More