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Seminole County Allstars place third in DYB World Series  Team presented  with the World Series’ Sportsmanship Award  for the second year in a row! After going undefeated and winning the Dixie Youth Baseball State Tournament, the Seminole County Recreation Department Allstars earned a spot in the Dixie Youth Baseball World Series, held in Anderson, South…

Sophomore Devin Gale wins 2022 Iron Indian competition Are you ready for some football? The Seminole County gridiron Indians, under the leadership of head coach Cedric Stegall, will host the Shaw High School Raiders out of Columbus in a preseason scrimmage game Friday night, August 12 at Seminole Stadium in Donalsonville. Kickoff is at 7:30…

Pictured here are Rand Mims, Will Miller, Royce Robinson, Hugh Scarborough and Will Walker; bottom row: JoBeth Kelley, Lillie Hornsby, Shivani Kapadia, Savannah Alderman, BethAnn Smith, Kathryn Baxter, Maggie Palmer, Madison Martin and Jaleah Scarborough Written by JoBeth Kelley Editor of the SCMHS Yearbook What is the best school in Southwest Georgia, you may ask? That would…

If you haven’t driven down Martin Luther King, Jr. Street in Donalsonville lately  and witnessed for yourself how almost litter-free the area is, well, it is worth the drive to do so. Local citizens informed the Donalsonville News last week of a Good Samaritan, Dennis Hayes, who has single-handedly been responsible for picking up the…

Georgia 811 encourages people to submit a free dig ticket three business days before digging to avoid damaging buried utilities Georgia 811 hopes that today’s date on the calendar, August 11, will serve as a natural reminder for residents to contact Georgia 811 prior to any digging project. Georgia residents can contact 811 at www.Georgia811.com or via…

Pictured here are Denise Meeks, District Manager and Katrina Crankfield-Ross General Manager;  along with Hardee’s employees Sabrina Samson, Malissa Clark, Katrina Crankfield-Ross, and Shakesha Henderson 2021 was an exciting and award-winning year for the Hardee’s of Donalsonville! To start the award-winning year, the local Hardee’s became a Certified Training Restaurant responsible for training future management…

Boy Scout Troop 700 has been hard at work over the Summer whether it has been placing flags along 84, or helping out at the Friendship Store. Most recently, the boys lived out the Scout slogan of “Do a good turn daily”, by picking up trash along Wiley Avenue. Troop 700 has a designated stretch…

Last week, while students at Seminole County Elementary School were prepping to head back into a new school year, the Seminole County Family Connection Collaborate was busy filling 400 backpacks with school supplies. Packed by Seminole County 4-H students and some rising sixth graders, the book bags were distributed to Seminole County Elementary students during…

Pictured above right is Creek Durden who was presented the home run ball that he received from State Director David Gloyd and District VI Director, Billy Fain. Also pictured above are the Seminole County 12U DYB Allstar Team. Coached by head coach Michael Jon Rogerson, and assistant coaches Stephen Scott and Brad Akers, these boys…

4-H’ers attend Crop Scouting and Agricultural Education Event 4-Hers from Seminole, Mitchell, Decatur and Grady Counties in Georgia along with 4-H’ers from Jackson County, Florida and students from Houston County, Alabama and South Carolina Governor’s School for Agriculture at John De La Howe attended the fifth annual Southeastern 4-H Crop Scouting school held on July…