TIFTON — High school football is taking its next big steps this week. Tiftarea Academy hosts the Blue-Gold intrasquad game and a handful of area schools are playing scrimmage games against other teams ...

Thousands of Georgians will soon be spending money from the state’s new subsidy for private K-12 education, as the first quarterly payouts appear in “promise scholarship” accounts.

“Put me in coach, I’m ready to play today.” To be honest, I’ve never liked that John Fogerty song, which carries the title of “Centerfield” and every ballpark thinks they have the obligation to play ...

PHOENIX — Hayden Murphy is officially an Arizona Diamondback. The team announced Monday that Murphy, and 15 other players, have agreed to terms with the organization. Murphy was taken in the 15th ...

The first day of school is Aug. 1. Full information for back to school is on every Tift school website, including school supply lists. Orientation days for kindergarten and high school freshmen have ...

DOERUN — On Saturday, the Doerun community laid to rest two victims of an automobile accident July 8. Funeral services were held at Heritage Church in Moultrie for 12-year-old T’Keyah Lambright and ...

A two-year-old Georgia law requiring teachers to use the “science of reading” in their lessons has led to literacy gains in the state’s lowest performing schools, the Georgia Department of Education ...

TIFTON — Valdosta-based waxing salon The Wax Bar has opened their doors to a new location in Tifton. The waxing service celebrated the opening of its new branch in Tifton July 24, partnering with the ...

South GeorgiaLEADS, the largest regional leadership development program in the state of Georgia, is proud to announce the 2025-26 class of its eight-month leadership initiative. Representing 18 ...

Two people face charges of child cruelty, and one of them a charge of murder, in connection with the death of an 8-year-old boy in Colquitt County.

THOMASVILLE — On the evening of July 10, the National Technical Honor Society at Southern Regional Technical College inducted 13 new members into the organization. The formal ceremony was held at SRTC ...

Nursing students graduating with an associate's degree from Georgia technical colleges will be allowed to transfer directly into participating four-year public colleges and universities under an ...