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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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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?

Photos courtesy of Connie Southwell, Moultrie Observer

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DeSean Bishop ran for 147 yards and two touchdowns to lead No. 18 Tennessee to a 45-24 win over Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga., on Saturday night.

The Atlanta Braves will turn to right-hander Grant Holmes on Sunday afternoon when they go for a three-game sweep of the visiting Philadelphia Phillies.

One point separated Deerfield-Windsor from Stratford Academy after five scoring runners covered 15.5 miles Thursday.

Photos by Kaneron Taylor