Former Candler County Sheriff’s Patrol Captain Jamey O’Brien was sentenced last week by Superior Court Judge Tommy J. Smith to 170- 180 days in Probation Detention Center and 10 years probation after ...

Women on mission at New Life Baptist Church honored two ladies as Mothers of the Year on Mother’s Day. Both ladies are Proverbs 31” ladies. Joanna Cardell was chosen as an older mother with grown ...

After a successful season, the Metter High School Baseball team has continued to impress individually. Finishing the regular season 2nd in the region with a 13-3 record and advance to the Elite 8 in ...

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Surrounded by love, Hubert Crooms, a Candler County native, joined his Savior, wife, Louise Crooms, earthly parents, and 10 brothers and sisters in Heaven, Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at the age of 92. The ...

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In last week’s meeting of Metter City Council, Mayor Ed Boyd and members of Metter City Council discussed a proposal by Sheriff John Miles to provide policing services for the City. All of the ...

A four-story Hampton Inn & Suites is not the only new development coming south of I-16. On the west side of Hwy. 121 South, site preparation is already underway for a new RaceTrac service center.

In the late hours of Sunday evening and early hours of Monday morning, Candler County Sheriff’s deputies made three arrests in two separate drug-related cases. On Sunday evening, at approximately 6 ...

Local author Rebecca Black has published her newest book “In the Red Dress: Addictions, Relationships, and Spirituality in my Bipolar World”. Black is a loving mother and grandmother who worked for 20 ...

Wiley Preston Durden, 80, of Albany, GA, passed away Friday, August 30, 2024 at his home. Born September 28, 1943 in Candler County, GA to Wiley and Williene Durden, he graduated from Metter High ...