Sumter County News

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After a few weeks of investigation into a shooting incident that occurred during a car chase involving the Leslie Police Department, the Smithville Department and the Sumter County Sheriff's Office, Southwestern Judicial Circuit District Attorney Plez Hardin announced that charges have been filed against an individual.

Americus police and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are investigating the slaying of a 46-year-old woman found dead in her home.

We're following a developing story in Americus. Right now, Americus Police, the Sumter County Sheriff's Office and Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents are looking for a murderer.

A second Georgia Southern University student tested positive for swine flu, according to state Public Health Lab officials.

A car chase that started in the community of Leslie last Tuesday and ended up in the depths of Sumter County in front of a residence, 376 Wiggins Road, involving not only the Leslie City Police, Lee County Sheriff's K-9 unit and Smithville City Police, but deputies from the Sumter County Sheriff's Office, is still the talk of the community.

A Thomas County 10-year old is the fourth person in southwest Georgia with a confirmed case of the H1N1 virus.

This week two residents of the West Central Health District, one who lives in Sumter County and one who lives in Muscogee County, were confirmed positive for Novel Influenza A H1N1 virus otherwise known as swine flu.

In this copy of a photo made by accident investigators in March 2007, troopers investigate a Sumter County accident in which the 2000 Jeep Cherokee Jimmie Davis was driving rolled over after he was rear-ended. Davis' wife, Lounelle, said weak roof construction that doesn't protect passengers if the vehicle rolls is why her husband died in the ...

The Sumter County Board of Education passed a spending resolution for the month of July at their monthly meeting Thursday night.

Circle your calendars because Paula Deen is coming back to South Georgia and tickets are still available.

The Sumter County Board of Education meets today at 7p.m. at the Board of Education Building.

Three people have been arrested in the fatal shooting of a Sumter County man last week.

William Lewis, 50, knows exactly what he wants to do in his life. He wants to get his GED and read a book to his grandsons.

Superintendent Katie Brochu will serve Whitfield County Schools through 2012 under a contract extension the board approved unanimously during a called meeting on Monday.

The city of Plains is full of history, and being the home of the 39th President of the United States is a good place to start.

Area youth to be taught writing as avenue of expression Becky Holland AMERICUS - Gaston Bachelard, writer, said, "A word is a bud attempting to become a twig.

The Americus-Sumter County Payroll Development Authority met at 4 p.m. Tuesday and to discuss advertising to prospects, potential prospects and 2008 financial records.

Seventeen-year-old Erica S. Johnson of Buena Vista was extradited to the Sumter County Jail on Thursday from North Carolina after allegedly kidnapping a friend's infant on April 30.

For Bobby Gaultney, his love for gardening came from an early age. "I got started doing this when I was six or seven years old, from my grandmother," he said.