Odum News

"This is our third year doing the maze,'' said Tanya Poppell. "And we have thousands of people joins us.'' The challenge is to enter a life-sized labyrinth carved into the Poppell's 10-acre corn farm, a series of turns, tricks and dead ends that can test and totally confound anyone.

Spurred by growth in several colleges and schools, the University of Georgia has its largest student body in history this fall with an enrollment of 34,885. The fall semester enrollment is up 705 students above last fall when the enrollment topped 34,000 for the first time, with several newer colleges, schools and programs recording enrollment ...

Citing lower costs and the company's familiarity with Bristol, city leaders Friday selected a search firm to help them hire a new city manager.

Third-grade teacher Diane Parr, right, is seen with some of her current Garden Earth Naturalist Club members at Colham Ferry Elementary School.

After having been separated for more than 50 years, Mark Keith Farris of Ada and his sister, Dorothy Marilyn Dawson, were recently reunited.

It's only about six weeks away. The 48th Annual Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair, that is. The Fair opens Oct.

However, Diane is not new to the Glennville Post Office; in fact, she feels it is her a oehome away from homea since she already served as Officer-in-Charge in Glennville from June of 2005 to November of 2006 and again in that capacity February 2008 to her appointment this week as Postmaster.

During her healthy days, Sunday would have been the day to wake up and get ready for church.

Perdue switches the tracks in Odum on Wednesday to mark the opening of a 2?-mile passing siding on Norfolk Southern's track.

Gov. Sonny Perdue is coming to Wayne and Appling counties Wednesday for a local version of "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" - but only because Perdue is scheduled to arrive by plane.

A butcher at a local Piggly Wiggly supermarket on Thursday shot and killed a man who was dating his ex-girlfriend, police said.

Comer Elementary School has received a Eugene Odom Environmental Grant from the University of Georgia.

University of Georgia professor Miguel Cabrera has been named the inaugural Georgia Power Professor in Environmental Remediation and Soil Chemistry.

PMFM Inc., a registered investment adviser firm in Athens, has changed its corporate name to Stadion Money Management.

Although I haven't checked, I'll bet there is a hall of fame for post hole diggers.