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Georgia Bulldogs wallop Western Kentucky, 70-20
The No. 2-ranked Georgia football team looked different Saturday afternoon at Sanford Stadium, dressed in all white for the first time ever, but the result was like so many games that have preceded it.
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‘Tell them ordinary Americans did extraordinary things’
Twenty-five years to the day after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, veterans and their families gathered Friday at Veterans Park to dedicate a monument to those who served in the Global War on Terror.
State superintendent: Lee County High firefighter certification program a model for Georgia
Georgia State School Superintendent Richard Woods said Thursday that a new partnership training Lee County High School seniors to become certified firefighters could serve as a blueprint for school districts across the state.
Elephant statue at Colquitt County cemetery is an unexpected sight
A white marble elephant statue was placed as a memorial to circus owner William F. Duggan, who is buried at a cemetery near Moultrie. Duggan’s grave sits next to his father George Duggan at the Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church cemetery.
Lee County orders Winifred Road speed study as growth raises safety concerns
Lee County will study traffic speeds along Winifred Road and consider lowering the posted speed limit following residential growth and the resurfacing of the increasingly traveled corridor.
‘There’s only one Palmyra’: Residents defeat Ledo Road rezoning
A standing-room-only crowd erupted in applause Tuesday after Lee County commissioners rejected a request to expand general commercial zoning along Ledo Road beside the Palmyra subdivision.
Dawson City Council uninformed as state freezes sewer loans, audits remain incomplete
With three overdue audits, no Mauldin & Jenkins briefing on Thursday’s agenda and funding deadlines approaching, the larger question is increasingly urgent: How will Dawson pay to finish the work, and what will further delay mean for the future reliability of the city’s water and wastewater systems?
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Georgia Bulldogs wallop Western Kentucky, 70-20
The No. 2-ranked Georgia football team looked different Saturday afternoon at Sanford Stadium, dressed in all white for the first time ever, but the result was like so many games that have preceded it.
Albany State whips Savannah State for Bowser’s first win, 49-17
Golden Rams win big!
Braves edge Phillies in 11-inning thriller, increase NL East lead
Drake Baldwin lined a two-out RBI double to center field in the 11th inning to cap a two-run rally and give the Atlanta Braves a 6-5 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies on Friday.
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Dougherty outlasts Monroe, 28-14 at Hugh Mills Stadium
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Georgia Bulldogs wallop Western Kentucky, 70-20
The No. 2-ranked Georgia football team looked different Saturday afternoon at Sanford Stadium, dressed in all white for the first time ever, but the result was like so many games that have preceded it.
Albany State whips Savannah State for Bowser’s first win, 49-17
Golden Rams win big!

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