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Comprehensive News Feed for Attapulgus, GA.

Results 1 - 20 of 44 in Attapulgus, GA

  1. Rain from Fay

    Thursday Aug 28 | Georgia Faces

    ... station in Cairo got 16.8 inches, the highest recorded. Other Georgia cities receiving significant rain include Attapulgus with 16.3 inches, Newton with 13 inches, Camilla with 10.8 inches and Dixie with 10.8 inches. Disease pressure high, pastures ...

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    Related Topix: Newton, GA, Camilla, GA, Cairo, GA, University of Georgia, Weather

  2. Flood warning issued after Fay wreaks havoc

    Tuesday Aug 26 | The Post-Searchlight

    ... counties, according to Decatur EMA Director Charlie McCann. The weather station at the University of Georgia's Attapulgus Research Farm measured 16.19 inches of rain between Aug. 21-25. The highest one-day rainfall total associated with the storm ...

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    Related Topix: Iron City, GA, Seminole County, GA, Natural Disasters, Flood, Hurricane

  3. Two killed in Monday evening crash

    Tuesday Aug 26 | The Post-Searchlight

    ... and struck several trees. A Climax man and a woman from Havana, Fla., were killed in a single-car wreck near Attapulgus on Monday night, shortly after 7 p.m. Milton Hamilton, 62, was driving north on Highway 262, about 2 miles north of the road's ...

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    Related Topix: Climax, GA, Colquitt, GA

  4. Traffic, outages: Downed power lines blocking West King StreetRead the original story

    Saturday Aug 23 | Tallahassee Democrat

    ... Way. Highway 319 in Crawfordville north to Tallahassee is now clear. Trees are down on Highway 159 toward Attapulgus, Ga. Updated 4:36 a.m. CVS and Wal-Mart, among other businesses, are now without power in the Kerry Forest Parkway area off ...

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  5. Traffic, outages: 4,000 city customers without power in three major outagesRead the original story

    Saturday Aug 23 | Tallahassee.com

    ... Way. Highway 319 in Crawfordville north to Tallahassee is now clear. Trees are down on Highway 159 toward Attapulgus, Ga. To get alerted to the latest news and information on Tropical Storm Fay, text Tallystorms or Tallynews to 44636 or go to ...

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  6. LARP list approved

    Tuesday Aug 5 | Thomasville Times Enterprise

    ... Magnolia Road (2 miles), starts west at the Decatur County line and runs east to the intersection of Whigham-Attapulgus Road. Commissioner Al Ball asked if the county had any participation in the funding or if it is just state funds. Moye said this ...

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    Related Topix: Grady County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Whigham, GA

  7. Storm causes fire, power outage

    Jul 25, 2008 | The Post-Searchlight

    ... * Renada Michelle Williams, 27, 823 Zorn Road, Bainbridge, deposit account fraud, SO; * Ayesha Lee Akins, 25, Attapulgus, Ga., deposit account fraud (two counts), SO; * Deloris Denise Bennett, 35, Donalsonville, Ga., deposit account fraud, SO; * ...

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  8. Arrest for influencing a witness madeRead the original story

    Jul 18, 2008 | The Post-Searchlight

    ... Ricky Wesely Cox, 49, 119 Robert Kelly Road, Bainbridge, deposit account fraud, SO; * Joseph Deandra Smiley, 25, Attapulgus, Ga., parole violation, SO; * Cody Terrell Stinson, 165 Fountain Drive, Bainbridge, deposit account fraud (two counts), SO; * ...

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  9. Ruby Lee Gaines Darby White, 88, of Asbury ParkRead the original story

    Jul 17, 2008 | Asbury Park Press Online

    ... PARK, died Tuesday, July 15, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She was born July 24, 1919 in Attapulgus, Ga. and moved to the Shore area in 1943, where she became a member of Second Baptist Church in Asbury Park.She served ...

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  10. Eating Clays and Other Soils

    Jul 16, 2008 | RoguePundit

    ... Kaolin (also called kaolinite ) used to be in and gave part of its name to kaopectate. Attapulgite (named after Attapulgus, Georgia) is a common clay in the Southeast that's also been used in kaopectate. Neither is in the current U.S. formulation, ...

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  11. Jim Martin and Vernon Jones hope to catch Obama's wave in Georgia's Senate race

    Jun 25, 2008 | Atlanta.creativeloafing.com

    ... a nightmare as a general election candidate. Let's just say it's difficult to imagine "family values" voters from Attapulgus to Zebulon going for a guy who used the mnage trois defense against rape charges. But in the Democratic primary, where ...

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  12. Police/CourtsRead the original story

    Jun 7, 2008 | The Post-Searchlight

    ... 8:30 a.m., Decatur County Fire and Rescue along with fire departments from Climax, Blackjack, Mount Pleasant and Attapulgus responded to the call of a fully involved fire at 165 Wendell-Harper Road. The owner, 85-year-old Iris Jennings, was away ...

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    Related Topix: Decatur County, GA, Climax, GA, Bainbridge, GA

  13. Two houses burned to ground

    Jun 6, 2008 | The Post-Searchlight

    ... 8:30 a.m., Decatur County Fire and Rescue along with fire departments from Climax, Blackjack, Mount Pleasant and Attapulgus responded to the call of a fully involved fire at 165 Wendell-Harper Road. The owner, 85-year-old Iris Jennings, was away ...

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    Related Topix: Decatur County, GA, Climax, GA, Bainbridge, GA

  14. County seeking to save moneyRead the original story

    May 30, 2008 | The Post-Searchlight

    ... Bainbridge, GA 39819. Other business In other business, county commissioners: * Heard from citizen Ben White of Attapulgus, who inquired if commissioners had recently discussed a previously proposed idea to eliminate the position of County Treasurer ...

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  15. Church News

    May 28, 2008 | The Post-Searchlight

    Vacation Bible School information * Attapulgus Baptist Church- The church will begin Vacation Bible School Sunday and it will continue through Friday, May 30, at 6 p.m. each day.

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  16. Peach field day

    Apr 30, 2008 | Georgia Faces

    ... Twilight Peach Field Day May 22 at 5 p.m.at the University of Georgia Research and Education Center in Attapulgus, Ga. University of Georgia Peaches come in many varieties. Anyone who wants to see the latest and best to grow in the Southeast should ...

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  17. Randolph Holt Sr., 75, of Asbury ParkRead the original story

    Apr 8, 2008 | Asbury Park Press Online

    ... a member of its choir, and attended Sunday school. He was also a member of the Fishing Club. He was born in Attapulgus, Ga. Surviving are his wife of 51 years, Dolores Holt; a daughter, Amanda Holt; a son, Randolph Holt Jr., both of Asbury Park; a ...

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  18. Hansell Eugene MaxwellRead the original story

    Mar 31, 2008 | Thomasville Times Enterprise

    ... his wife; three daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda and Jimmy Shephard of Bainbridge, Taresa and Lamar Maxwell of Attapulgus, Kim and Neal Hester Sr. of Pelham; sisters, Annie Lou Quigg of Thomasville, Carolyn Thomas, Helen Cumbie both of Climax; ...

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  19. Lila Johnson, 83, of NeptuneRead the original story

    Mar 30, 2008 | Asbury Park Press Online

    ... Park. She was a member of the Sister Club, Asbury Park. She was a hairdresser in the Shore area. She was born in Attapulgus, Ga. Surviving are four sisters, Myrtice Bouie of Neptune, Azie L. Mason of Ocean Grove, Ruby White of Asbury Park, and ...

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  20. Smith: What's in a name? Quite a bit

    Mar 28, 2008 | Athens Banner-Herald

    ... is all around us. Even in the out-of-the way places. For example, if you live in the South Georgia town of Attapulgus, wouldn't you want to know that the name is said to be derived from the Indian name "itu-pulga" which means "boring holes in wood ...

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