If the forecast is any indication, the 2025 installment of Another Bloomin’ Festival this upcoming Saturday will be a day to celebrate being outdoors. But it is a celebration of so much more: The joys ...

The Candler County School System’s loss is Vidalia City Schools’ gain as Ellis Strobridge, who has served as principal of Metter High School for seven years, has accepted the position of principal of ...

Work on Metter’s Central and East Park has been completed just in time for Another Bloomin’ Festival 2025. To kick off a weekend of festival fun and the celebration of Easter, a ribbon cutting for the ...

Metter City Councilwoman Rashida Taylor has announced her intention to seek election as mayor of Metter for the 2026-2029 term. Taylor said, “I want to be mayor to continue our community’s progress, ...

Mrs. Heigaard was born on April 16, 1934, in Cochran, Bleckley County, Georgia to Hilton DeSoto Fowler, Sr. and Cora E. Smith of Cochran. She was a retired registered nurse. Mrs. Heigaard enlisted in ...

Jefferson “Jeffrey” Lanier, III, of Metter, passed away on April 4. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia on November 29, 1963, to the late Jefferson G. Lanier and Mary Goodwin Lanier and was later raised ...

The world has lost a truly extraordinary soul. A devoted wife, an unparalleled mother, a doting grandmother, and a fearless adventurer, Susan Wright was a force of nature whose love and spirit knew no ...

Velma “Joyce” G. Woods, of Metter, passed away peacefully on the morning of Saturday, April 12, 2025, at Wellstar Hospital in Augusta. Born in Wauchula, Florida, Joyce made Metter her home for the ...

Mariana Ramos Tomas, age 37, passed away on Monday morning, April 7, 2025 at Community Hospice in Vidalia, Georgia. She was born to Miguel Estrada and Maria Del Carmen Ramos Tomas on March 24, 1988 in ...

Marcile Hooks Bird, of Metter, passed away peacefully at her home early Thursday morning, April 3. Born in Emanuel County, she was the daughter of Elder Vendie Hudson Hooks, Sr. and Fleetie Youmans ...

Shirley Ann Fordham Steele, age 83, passed away on April 10, 2025 at Azalea Health and Rehabilitation in Metter. Shirley was born to the late Johnny “Buddy” Fordham and Minnie Lou Bowers Fordham on ...

The Southeast Georgia Middle School Region Track Meet was recently held in Bryan County, showcasing local students’ athletic skills. Metter Middle School teams did an amazing job, with the boys’ team ...