Echols County News

Seven local school systems received recognition for having Title I distinguished schools.

Author Janice Daugharty devotes some of her time to sign a book for one of her fans.

Troopers say just after 9, 48-year-old Tony Maine was driving west on Georgia 94.

A one-vehicle accident claimed the life of an Echols County man Friday night. Around 9 p.m., Echols County Sheriff's deputies, Georgia State Patrol troopers and emergency medical services were dispatched to the accident at mile marker 14 on US Hwy 94 East, about five miles east of Statenville.

Deputies say they found a pound of marijuana belonging to one local man... and now he's in big trouble.

Two area residents were recently taken into custody and charged with drug-related crimes.

A discussion on the current state of Georgia's public education system was helmed by a member of the State Board of Education Tuesday night in Statenville.

Are you interested in learning more about public education in Georgia? Do you have suggestions that may help Georgia lead the nation in improving student achievement? If so, you may want to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to speak directly to the State Board of Education Member Linda Zechmann.

The other section of the old fraternity house will be moved in the next week. Echols County resident Conrad Rogers plans to rehab the home.

T.J. Crosby, playing Link, jumps in the air as Matthew Rivera, playing Ganondoff, swings his sword and Christian Carter, playing Princess Zelda, draws her bow during a skit for children on the South Georgia Regional Library? front lawn in a reenactment of the Legend of Zelda.

T.J. Crosby, playing Link, jumps in the air as Matthew Rivera, playing Ganondoff, swings his sword and Christian Carter, playing Princess Zelda, draws her bow during a skit for children on the South Georgia Regional Library? front lawn in a reenactment of the Legend of Zelda.

In Freedom: An Underwater Escape, magical entertainer Aaron Radatz hopes he can hold his breath long enough to escape from a wooden crate at the bottom of the park's lake.

Hard work usually pays off, but for the migrant farm workers who toil from dawn to dusk, having basic health care is a luxury.

A semi-truck converted into a high tech mobile classroom in the middle of the Ortega Migrant Camp is bringing opportunity to dozens of children in Echols County this week.

The temporary state/federal Disaster Recovery Centers in Coffee, Colquitt, and Lowndes counties will transition to U.S. Small Business Administration Disaster Loan Outreach Centers , the Georgia Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced today.

Mobile Disaster Recovery Centers operated by the State of Georgia and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are open in Dougherty and Brantley counties to assist people affected by the storms and flooding that began March 26.

Swine flu has yet to spread to Georgia, but that's not stopping local clinics from spreading the word, even in Spanish.

Seventeen homes in Echols County sustained major damage in during the recent flooding, according to the Echols County Sheriff's Office.

SAFETY MESSAGE...RESIDENTS AND THOSE WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT THREATENED PROPERTY.

The Echols County Historical Society will present its "Old-Times" Festival from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in Statenville.