Representative Patty Stinson recently won a challenge to her residency in District 150. A hearing was held on March 30 after ...

Kim Fuller recently retired as director of the Friends of Jimmy Carter. Kim Fuller has been with the organization since 2012.

Disclaimer: The following marriage licenses were filed with the Sumter County Probate Court. This information is public record and is published as submitted by the court. The newspaper is not ...

County Administrator Scott Carver recently gave updates on county government to the Americus Kiwanis Club.  The reevaluation ...

Patrick S. Eidson, the third candidate to enter the race for Superior Court Judge in the Southwestern Judicial Circuit, has ...

The City of Plains is celebrating Georgia Cities Week. The event is an annual effort for municipalities across the state to highlight government services and engage with the community. Citizens […] ...

The jail door to the cell that imprisoned Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Sumter County is back on display outside the County ...

Georgia Southwestern staff were able to view various exotic creatures in the herpetology collection at GSW on March 25, including an African lungfish, rock iguanas, anacondas, and a reef tank […] ...

Healthy Sumter, in conjunction with Phoebe Sumter & Big Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, distributed 150 fresh produce boxes this past weekend to residents of Americus and Sumter County. This event ...

Bakers’ Dozen opened on March 23. They are located at 130 Cotton Avenue, Americus. Their hours are from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 ...

During the Feb. 18 meeting of the State Elections Board, the Sumter County Board of Elections received a reprimand after ballots from LNA testing and a ballot stub were found […] ...