Tift County News

Earnest Dove remembers his first day as a firefighter over 36 years ago - it was the day he applied for the job.

"Return to Bethlehem," the John Berry Christmas Show, will be presented in Tifton at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Dec.

The follow food service establishment was recently inspected in Tift County. The establishment was evaluated according to the rules and regulations set forth in the Georgia State Chapter 290-5-14. Anyone with a question, comment or complaint should feel free to call the Environmental Health Services section of the Tift County Health Dept.

Santa Claus will have a few others to share the holiday attention this Christmas in Tifton.

A man charged in connection with the Aug. 25 shooting of a Ty Ty man was released on a $10,000 bond Oct.

The Tift County appraisal staff will be reviewing property in the following locations through Friday of this week: northwest Tift County; west of Adams Road and Highway 125 North; north of Highway 82 and William Gibbs Road.

Organizers of the 11 a.m. Wednesday Veterans Day ceremony at Tifton's Veterans Park downtown are urging everyone to attend the ceremony to show support for military veterans and those currently actively serving in the military.

Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Region 5 Planning Board, responsible for planning services in the 44 county Region 5, including Tift County, will hold a public forum for Tift County on Thursday November 19, 2009 at Diversified Enterprises 249 .

This is the newest Easter Seal Christmas ornament depicting the Lankford Manor. It was unveiled during a recent ceremony hosted by Sondra and Jerry Davis, who now own the Lankford Manor and Three Graces.

The Tift County Board of Commissioners voted its approval Monday night for the Tift County Development Authority to sell a portion of the old Georgia State Patrol property to the Georgia Peanut Commission for $370,800. The money from the sale will go toward the county's debt to the development authority on the new GSP post on U.S. Highway 41 South.

Folks in the community are stepping up. They're trying to make sure she gets the medical attention she needs.

Enjoy a fall evening under the stars with a free "Keep Tift Clean and Green" concert from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Syd Blackmarr stage in Fulwood Park.

The continuing tough economic climate has the City of Tifton considering whether or not to furlough every city employee one day a month from January through June.

"Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful job. That's all that can be said about the new library in Tifton." Confirmation "The inability of federal regulators to catch Bernie Madoff confirms what millions of Americans, along with myself, already know.

The smile is back on the face of a local woman after people who read a letter about someone stealing her dog responded by uniting her with another one.

Bids to repair 40th Street and W.B. Parks Road were considered by the Tift County Commission Tuesday night.

The Tift County appraisal staff will be reviewing property in the following locations through Friday of this week: Within the city limits of Tifton; southeast Tift County; east of Central Avenue/Union Road; south of Fourth Street/Ferry Lake Road.

Today is a red-letter day for Tifton and Tift County as the public library returns to its home downtown with its front door fronting Love Avenue once again.

Michael Danforth, 44, 127 Enigma-Nashville Highway, Enigma, was charged Wednesday with DUI, failure to obey a traffic control device and driving with a suspended or revoked license.

Approximately 200 people will lose their jobs at Shaw Industries Plant WK in Tifton in the next four weeks after the company decided to reduce its workforce primarily because of the downturn in the housing industry.