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Traffic stop leads to drug arrest

On March 9, 2025, at approximately 4:14 AM, a deputy traveling eastbound on 23rd Avenue West, observed a ... Read more

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Cordele-Crisp NAACP seeks removal of Wright as Board of Education chair

By Jeff Moore Contributing writer   The Cordele-Crisp Chapter of the NAACP wants the Crisp County Board of ... Read more

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Dooly County ESPLOST voting

The upcoming ESPLOST vote isn’t about adding a new tax—it’s simply renewing the existing penny sales tax that ... Read more

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Crisp County announces interim adminsitrator

Clark Harrell, Crisp County County Administrator announced at the Tuesday, March 11 meeting that he is leaving to ... Read more

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Deputies find drugs, gun in truck

On Thursday, March 6, 2025, at approximately 10:40 A.M., deputies were patrolling the 100 block of Bedgood Road ... Read more

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Helen Powers Newsome

Helen Powers Newsome died Friday, March 7, 2025, at her residence after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Newsome was ... Read more

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Traffic stop leads to drug arrest

On Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at approximately 10:40 A.M., a deputy on patrol in the area of 24th ... Read more

Obituaries

Mrs. Stella Bell Turpin Bridges

Mrs. Stella Bell Turpin Bridges, age 94, passed away on Thursday, March 6, 2025. Born February 15, 1931, ... Read more

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Mrs. Stella Bell Turpin Bridges

Mrs. Stella Bell Turpin Bridges, age 94 passed away on Wednesday, March 6, 2025. Born February 15, 1931, ... Read more

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Troop 270 visits Olustee Civil War Battlefield

The State of Florida remembered the 161st anniversary of the Battle of Olustee or Ocean Pond the weekend ... Read more