The Americus City Council discussed using cameras to help compensate for the officer shortage during a recent budget meeting. Americus Police Chief Mark Scott updated the Council on vacancies at the ...

The Americus City Council recently held its second budget meeting for The Rylander. Members expressed concerns that they still had unanswered questions about The Rylander’s budget and ability to ...

The Americus Kiwanis Club held a candidate forum on April 2. Superior court judge candidates, attorney Patrick Eidson, attorney Wesley “Wes” Beamon, and Juvenile Court Judge Lisa Coogle Jones were all ...

Furlow Charter School held Ag Education Day on April 3. Johnny Villanueva, with Flint River Irrigation, showed off an ...

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

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 with a ...

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 ...