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A send-off reception for Miss Flint River’s Teen Jillian Johnson will be held at the Donalsonville-Seminole County Chamber of Commerce on Monday, June 3 from 5:30 until 6:30 p.m.  The public is invited to attend to wish Jillian well as she competes in the Miss Georgia Teen Pageant to be held June 13 – 15…

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has made an arrest in a theft investigation out of Seminole County. Back on February 23, 2024, the GBI was requested by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office to assist with a theft investigation at Youmans’ Machine Shop in Donalsonville. During the investigation, it was learned and is alleged that…

Stewards of Lake Seminole, Inc. was notified last December that their project request was one of only five projects selected nation wide to receive funding from the United States Army Corps of Engineers Handshake Program. The Handshake Program was started in 2004 to offer seed money to Corps installations to support worthwhile partnership projects. The…

Public hearing set for 6:00 p.m. on June 4  Some local citizens have requested the Donalsonville City Council remove the current requirement that businesses selling on premise consumption of alcohol must derive at least 50 percent of the business’s total annual gross sales from the sale of prepared meals and food with that change only…

The Seminole County Memorial Day ceremony, hosted by the American Legion Post 157, is set for Monday, May 27  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…

The Seminole County Tennis Indians, the Georgia High School Association Class A Division II State Tennis Champions, just keep on winning. Fresh off their second state championship in four years, the Tennis Indians dominated the Class 1A post season honors.   Coach Tina Fain was named 2024 Class A Division II Coach of the Year. …

Seminole County Middle High School Seniors are set to receive their well-deserved diplomas at the Seminole County Middle/High School Class of 2024 Graduation and Commencement Program to be held at the Jesse McLeod Gymnasium beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 24. The doors will open at 6:00 p.m. and will close at 7:20 p.m.…

The 2024 Seminole County Tennis Indians include Dillon James, Rhett Holt, Andrew Gravlee, Ethan Gravlee, William Fain, Landon Kirkland, Jeb Burke, Bryson Grantham,Ellis Denham, Buck Edmunds, and Landon Thompson. The Indians are coached by Tina Fain and  Jim Palmer. Yes, yes, yes. They aced it! The 2024 Seminole County Middle High School Tennis Indians are State Champions!  The team travelled to…

Graduation Exercises for Southwest Georgia Academy’s thirty-three Seniors are to be held on Thursday, May 23 at 8:00 p.m. in the Wayne Proffitt, Jr. Gymnasium.  Honor Graduates will consist of fourteen members of the graduating class.   Using the traditional marches for the processional and recessional, graduates will participate in a very formal program honoring…

Pictured above, left to right, Seminole County Middle High School Indian and Lady Indian Golf team members include, front row: Sara Grace Alexander, Kendall Denham, Ashlyn Thompson and Anna Kate Kirkland; back row: Coach Jake Page, John Walker, Jeb Burke, Landon Kirkland, Jonathan Jarvis, William Fain, Nathan Landing and Coach Jim Palmer   The Seminole…