Dooly County News

Looking around for something appropriate to say as our nation celebrates its 223rd birthday, I happened to run across an old clipping in my files from Eugene Methvin, one of the finest journalists ever from the state of Georgia.

What some thought would be a "roast" of Jean Burnette turned out to be a well-deserved "toast" instead to the longtime City of Cordele official Thursday night at the Retreat at Lake Blackshear.

The Dooly County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors regulary monthly meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 10, 2009.

Before the interstate, there was Highway 41. It was the main drag to Florida, rolling past south Georgia cotton fields and Burma Shave signs into dreamy little towns like Unadilla.

Governor Perdue has signed a statute granting Dooly County officials the right to appoint a board to handle all election duties.

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Two lanes are blocked on I-75 south in Dooly County, where crews are cleaning up a chemical spill.

Convicted Perry physician Spurgeon Green Jr., implicated in the death of one of his patients, is asking the government to pay for his defense after firing his attorney.

A nurse on her way to work at the Houston County jail in Perry says she was pulled over Wednesday on Interstate 75 by a man impersonating a law enforcement officer, authorities said.

A tractor-trailer plowed into the back of another on Interstate 75 in Dooly County on Tuesday morning, closing one southbound lane for hours and spilling a flammable solvent, according to the Georgia State Patrol.

A double tractor-trailer accident has snarled traffic on Interstate 75 in Dooly County and will take hours to clear, the Georgia Department of Transportation said this morning.

Just as precious gems take many years to reach their most beautiful form, it takes years of patience and hard work for people to grow and develop.

Fullington Academy has announced that Kristi Greer, of Unadilla, has been named headmaster for the 2009-2010 school year.

There are many people in all our communities whose job is to serve the public. As a matter of fact most jobs involve some type of service to the public; waiters serve food, a cashier checks your purchases and the cable guy makes sure you do not miss the next episode of CSI.

Weather conditions Monday and Tuesday may have contributed to four different traffic incidents that the State Patrol Post 30 investigated.

Contractors for the Georgia Department of Transportation will perform major reconstruction of Interstate 75 at different locations between Exit 37/Adel/Old Quitman Road and the Crisp/Dooly County line.

A Dooly County man could be sentenced to life in prison after he was found guilty of kidnapping and aggravated sodomy in Superior Court Friday.

The State Board of Education unanimously approved the allocation of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act or "stimulus" funds to local school districts Tuesday morning.

Nearly every one of the eight people who addressed the Dooly County Board of Education at a public forum Tuesday night said they want a superintendent who lives in Dooly County.

The Georgia Department of Labor reported Thursday that the unemployment rate in the Middle Flint area declined to a preliminary unadjusted rate of 11.0 percent in March This is down from a revised 11.2 percent in February.