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Leadership Lowndes Class of 2025 visits Moody AFB
By Airman 1st Class Cade Ellis, 23rd Wing MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Lowndes County, Georgia – Members of the Leadership Lowndes Class of 2025 participated in Defense Day to gain insight into the base’s mission and operations at Moody Air Force Base on March 20, 2025. Leadership Lowndes is an annual program that brings…
Read MoreAn Update from Congressman Austin Scott
March 31, 2025 Dear Georgian, Last week, the House Intelligence Committee had our open source hearing, and FBI Director Kash Patel shared with me that the FBI successfully apprehended three individuals from the FBI Top 10 Most Wanted list under his leadership. It was refreshing to hear that the FBI is focused on their mission…
Read MoreLawmakers decide to ban cellphones in public elementary and middle schools
by Ty Tagami | Mar 25, 2025 | Capitol Beat News Service GEORGIA – Children and adolescents won’t be able to use personal cellphones in public schools starting next fall after the General Assembly overwhelmingly supported banning the devices in elementary and middle schools. House Bill 340 passed the Georgia Senate Tuesday 54-2 after the state House of Representatives passed…
Read MoreAn Update from Congressman Austin Scott
March 23, 2025 Dear Georgian, IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR FARMERS: Secretary Brooke Rollins has announced the USDA’s Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) for the 2024 crop year. This program was passed last Congress, with $10 billion allocated to economic assistance, among other disaster funding. Producers must submit ECAP applications to their local FSA county office by Aug.…
Read MorePearson mayor returns to city hall post after jail release on $75,000 bond
By T.S. Carter PEARSON, Atkinson County, Georgia – Pearson Mayor Robert “Buster” Johnson’s legal troubles are not over. But he will end March back at his old job in city hall, having put up a $75,000 bond earlier this month. While he’s back running things at city hall, not all is as it…
Read MoreBerrien’s renewal of E-SPLOST may spur effort to build performing arts center
By T.S.Carter BERRIEN COUNTY, Georgia – The stage may have been set for building a performing arts center in Berrien County. Going into the March 17 referendum on renewing the county’s Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, the School Board proclaimed construction of a performing arts venue as a top priority for…
Read MoreU.S. Rep. Scott a no-show at town halls so constituents holding their own
By T.S. Carter BIBB COUNTY, Georgia – South Georgia Democrats say U.S. Rep. Austin Scott is not ignoring a Republican House leadership edict for their members to refrain from in-person district town hall meetings. The reason is that Scott, in his 8th term as Georgia’s 8th District representative, does not hold town…
Read MoreAn Update from Congressman Austin Scott
Dear Georgian, Last week, the House passed H.R. 1968, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act. I supported this continuing resolution to keep our government open. Our fiscal year starts October 1st, and we need to immediately start the appropriations process for the next fiscal year so we don’t end up in this situation again.…
Read MoreEmployee grievances could be Enigma mayor’s undoing, says council foe
By T.S. Carter ENIGMA, Berrien County, Georgia – Every drama has a final episode. And the best of them has a final showdown. Such could be the scene March 18 in the chambers of the Enigma City Council. Mayor Cecil Giddens could wind up on the short end of a majority vote to oust him…
Read MorePrison-Based Organization Responsible for Distributing 50+ Kilos of Meth in Two Months
ALBANY, Daugherty County, Georgia – A Georgia inmate who is a member of the Ghostface Gangsters (GFG)—a criminal organization founded in the prison system—and a drug courier were sentenced to prison today for their roles in a large methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy funneling drugs from a Mexico-based source involving another prisoner and high-ranking GFG member. Warren…
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