Alma News

In an industry slowly fading in Georgia, tobacco growers got a recent kick in the pants when their major purchaser announced it would no longer buy from them.

Attorney Orly Taitz was already facing a threatened $10,000 sanction from an aggravated federal judge last month, after he told her never to pursue a "frivolous" suit again and she immediately filed a motion for reconsideration the next day in the same case.

Attorney Orly Taitz, under threat of $10,000 in sanctions from U.S. District Judge Clay Land, submitted an affidavit Sunday in support of the argument that the judge may have been influenced by President Barack Obama's administration.

Classmates at Bacon County High remained in shock Tuesday. They can't believe anyone here could be murdered, certainly not sophomore Jasmine Moore.

Two Pike Electric Company employees affected when bucket truck struck a live wire Two Pike Electric Company employees experienced a shocking incident last Wednesday, July 22, in Collins, while the incident knocked out power in parts of Tattnall, Evans, and Toombs counties.

Heavy rains and flooding have washed out roads throughout Bacon County. The Alma Bacon County EMA says Wallaby Way, Tommy Taylor Road, Snapper Road, Sweetgum Road and two areas on Desert Rose Road in Alma, Georgia have been closed.