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During the month of November Seminole County Boy Scout Troop 700 members, along with volunteers from First Port City Bank and SWGA Health Clinics, will begin selling luminaries for the Seminole County Warpath on Cancer (SCWC) Tree of Hope project.  This Saturday, November 12th, Seminole County Boy Scouts will be set up in front of…

Seminole County Ministerial Association is sponsoring a Thanksgiving service on Sunday, November 20 and everyone in the community is invited. Oakview Church of God, located at 3595 Oakview Church Post Road, will host the 6 p.m. service.  The host church’s pastor, Gary Walker, will be the speaker and special music will be presented by the…

The Seminole County holiday shopping season will officially begin this Friday, November 11 with a Holiday Open House event in downtown Donalsonville. The Open House will be held from 10 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and participating merchants will be open with seasonal sales and giveaways and serving festive refreshments. Local merchants have a gift for…

Donalsonville police officer, Rain’a Butler, suspended from her job and facing felony charges of witness influencing in Miller County, has been reinstated to a paid clerical position within the police department.  The Donalsonville City Council meet in Executive Session last week, and in a four to one vote, voted to immediately reinstate Officer Butler with…

 Gov. Brian Kemp extended the temporary suspension of the state sales tax on gasoline and other motor fuels last Friday, citing a looming diesel fuel shortage. Kemp signed two executive orders, one extending the gas tax suspension through Dec. 11 and the other extending a supply chain state of emergency. The Republican Governor blamed high…

Thanks to an initiative involving 66 Georgia Sheriffs, including Seminole County Sheriff Heath Elliott, 42 sex offenders were arrested and 117 warrants were issued across the state from October 24 to October 31, 2022 for violations of state registration laws.  In 2015, the first coordinated effort across the state was launched to conduct residence verifications…

Pictured here, James Williamson, pastor of Pinegrove Baptist Church in Bainbridge, will be the guest speaker for the event Thank a Veteran! Attend the Veterans Day Paradeand 10 a.m. Veterans Day ceremony Friday, November 11th in downtown Donalsonville The annual Seminole County Veterans Day Parade is set for 9:40 a.m. Friday, November 11th in downtown Donalsonville. All…

53.73 percent of Seminole County’s 5,691 regular registered voters cast a vote in the November 8th General Election and a majority of them voted in favor of the TSPLOST referendum with 1,641 votes for yes to 1,226 votes for no.   TSPLOST will be a continuation of a special one percent (1%) sales and use…

Yes, Seminole County residents and all Georgians will still need to ‘Fall Back’ this year when time changes on Sunday morning, November 6. On March 15, 2022, just days after clocks were adjusted to “Spring forward,” the U.S. Senate passed the Sunshine Protection Act of 2021, which would abolish clock changes in favor of permanent…