Pavo News

"This pushing of the gay issue on soap operas is worse than ridiculous. It must stop." "If people would get as excited about Jesus as they did Michael Jackson and go to church, this country would be a greater country than it is.

Jun. 23--THOMASVILLE -- Two Thomas County firefighters had to be cut from a tanker that overturned en route to a structure fire early Saturday afternoon.

A man accused of molesting a boy in early 2008 has been found not guilty. Julian Kyle Joiner, who was arrested and charged with the molestation and battery of a 12-year-old Pavo, Georgia boy, has been found not guilty on both charges.

The Thomasville YMCA will administer the Summer Food Service Program, beginning June 1 and ending July 24, with various sites set up throughout Thomas County.

Local municipalities are expected to receive some anticipated funds this week. On Tuesday, City of Thomasville Mayor David Lewis will be hosting a "Mayoral Luncheon" with representatives from the cities of Barwick, Boston, Coolidge, Meigs, Pavo and Ochlocknee.

The placing of flags on veterans graves begins today and continues through Monday morning.

The warm weather brought hundreds of people to Pavo Saturday for the 22nd annual Peacock Day, including many first-timers. Charlie Bishop and Tracy Johnson, of Lake Talquin, Fla., attended their first Peacock Day with Bishop's homemade soaps and Johnson's tie-dyed shirts.

A hit-and-run driver who struck a girl Wednesday evening during a car chase was captured after he abandoned a stolen vehicle and fled on foot, according to the Moultrie Police Department.

Deaths reported to The Moultrie Observer on Thursday, April 30, 2009, include Bernardino Perez Barcenas, 41, of Moultrie; Junior Stewart, 54, of Pavo; Irene Lynn, 85, of Pavo; Mary E. Iverson, 66, of Moultrie; Wallace Anderson Jones, 96, of Sparks; and Mary Frances McCall Tatum, 60, of Doerun.

Deaths reported to The Moultrie Observer on Monday, April 27, 2009, include Irene Lynn, 85, of Pavo; Marie Tucker Burdett, 82, of Sycamore, Ga.; Abbie Sue Harrell Green Dukes, 86, of Bainbridge, Ga.; Bernardino Perez Barcenas, 41, of Moultrie; and Harold Lloyd Kennedy, 82, of Waycross, Ga.

On Saturday, 31 girls and women from the ages of 0-20 will compete in Downtown Moultrie's first Miss Moultrie Spring Queen Pageant.

We will update this list as we are notified by state and county officials about road closures due to water or erosion that makes them unsafe.

The Okapilco Creek Bridge on State Route 122 in Brooks County between Barney and Pavo has been closed due to flooding.

The unemployment rate in Southwest Georgia hit 9.3 percent in February, as 87 of the state's counties had double-digit jobless rates, the Georgia Department of Labor reported Thursday.

For the second time in a few days, trafficking amounts of crack cocaine have been seized in Thomas County.

In chain-reaction style Friday at Thomas County Middle School , three students were charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession.

Macedonia Baptist Church will have its Men's Day Program on Sunday, March 15, at 3 p.m. The guest speaker will be the Rev.

An old Pavo oak tree's future is leaning toward the positive, but no one is absolutely certain about her future.

Sometimes when I'm talking on the phone I tend to forget that some of the expressions I use may not register with the person on the other end of the line.

The South Georgia Christian Women's Conference will convene Saturday, March 7, at the Georgia Baptist Conference Center in Norman Park, from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. Pamela Strong Simmons of Winston-Salem, N.C., ...