Gordon News

Central Georgia voters today will elect mayors, city council members, a state representative and decide on sales-tax questions.

During the past 72 years, nationally-acclaimed artist Marilyn Foley has experimented with oil painting, sculpture, mosaics and frescoes.

From the Annals of 1909 The Mystic Circle was charmingly entertained by Mrs. J.W. McWilliams at her suburban home.

Amber Cronk , a 20-year-old from Effingham County, celebrated her graduation form Savannah Tech's Gateway to College program on Saturday.

Chelsea Steverson, right, checks to see if Will Mobley is breathing during a rehearsal of "Dead Man's Cell Phone." The show opens Thursday at Savannah College of Art and Design.

FORT GORDON, Ga. a ' Fort Gordon will host Retiree Appreciation Day this Saturday, Oct.

From the Annals of 1909 A smoking furnace in the basement of T.H. Wynnea s jewelry store filled his place and the Jamerson drug store full of smoke and thinking a big fire was in progress the fire department was called and had a nice run up Hill Street.

I drove across the bridge at Lake Tchukolako late Wednesday afternoon to see my friend, Greg Eady, on his 50th birthday.

While the city of Savannah is benefiting from Robert reford and the filming of "The Conspirator", its also making travelling in some spots downtown a little harder.

September is typically a month of reorganization and recruitment for troops throughout the Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia Council, but girls in Effingham Troop 30197 were quick to react when they learned a local food pantry was in need.

Although history has probably been made on every street corner in America, I'm glad they don't put markers in the shadow of every lamp post.

Eight years to the day after the first shot of the war in Afghanistan, Middle Georgia received an awful reminder that the combat continues.

Wars' fallen with local connections. Mary Wiley's mother-in-law woke her and her husband, Chuck, around midnight Wednesday to tell them that two Army officers were at the door of their Windsor Township home.

People in Wilkinson County took a ride back in time Saturday. The Skippin' and Poppin' Antique Tractor show is part of the Fall Line Festival in the city of Gordon.

As of Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, at least 4,347 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

A soldier has died of noncombat-related injuries sustained in Iraq. The Defense Department says 27-year-old Army Spc.

As a supervisor at the St Joseph's/Candler Hospital lab, Chris Gordon is trained to search for subtle clues that might signal the onset of medical problems for the thousands of patients who pass through his hospital's doors.

Monday, Sept. 28 Noon to 4 p.m.: Harriet's Closet, a free supply closet to help fill the needs of cancer patients, is open in Room 413 of Oconee Regional Medical Center.

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources invites people around the state to "Go For Free, Georgia" by offering free admission to all state parks and historical sites, free fishing on all public waters in the state, free kids' fishing events and free Outdoor Adventure Days at various locations.

A federal indictment charging that a former Dodge County sheriff paid people for their votes in 2004 was unsealed Thursday.