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Early voting started statewide on Tuesday, giving voters three weeks to cast ballots ahead of the Nov. 3 election.

“For me, this is all about ratepayers. Will this keep our rates low? That’s my biggest concern on a project like this.”

“It’s like down home week, coming to see all the friends, and that’s very reassuring to see. We look forward to welcoming 40,000 or 50,000 of our closest friends to the Sunbelt Expo.”

Lee County residents urged school board members Friday to reconsider spending, find other revenue and weigh the strain on household budgets before voting Thursday on a proposed 3-mill property tax increase.

Terrell County school officials are working to correct payroll, purchasing and recordkeeping weaknesses identified in a fiscal 2025 audit, with Superintendent Shereca Harvey outlining the findings and additional reviews during an Oct. 6 school board work session.

“It’s still under investigation and we’re looking to make more arrests as we gather more evidence and identify more individuals involved. That’s our interpretation, that it was an argument or a fight that went down. That’s one thing we are looking at.”

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See the scores from Friday night.

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Terrell Academy finally broke through against Westfield on Friday, but it took more than two home runs from Jacey Lane to topple the nine-time defending state champions.

Georgia voters will be charged with deciding the fate of three constitutional amendments on this year’s ballot.  They include measures to shore up funding for the future of 911 systems, an increase on the amount of agricultural and timber property that can be classified for conservation use, and changes to how probate judges are elected across the state.