Gideon Members Rob Roy MacGregor, Al Manning, and Wade McDonald pictured with RTCA's 5th and 6th grade students.
Robert Toombs Christian Academy's 5th and 6th grade students were presented with Gideon Bibles on Friday, September 17. Thank you local Gideon members Rob Roy MacGregor, Al Manning, and Wade McDonald for delivering the Bibles and praying over our 5th and 6th grade students.
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Congratulations to Toombs Central Elementary School's August Students of the Month!
Front Row (left to right): Maddox Wilkes (Kindergarten), Ana Lucia Oliveros (Second Grade), Bo Martin (Pre-K), and Gunner Rountree(First Grade).
Back Row (left to right): Madelyn Mulling (Third Grade), Emmanuel Tinoco (Fifth Grade), and Kynslee Williams (Fourth Grade).
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Vonnie Marquise Harris
Interim Vidalia Chief of Police Capt. James Jermon says he is thankful that no officers nor the offender were harmed in an armed robbery and active shooting incident in the Sweet Onion City Wednesday afternoon.
Around 4:02 that afternoon, police responded to Vidalia Pawn Shop on North Street W., in reference to an armed robbery that had just occurred. The employee of the pawn shop said that a man entered the business, brandished two knives and demanded firearms. The suspect took the firearms, ammunition and magazines and fled from the pawnshop. Vidalia Police Department officers confronted the suspect, who has been identified as Vonnie Harris, III, 22, of Vidalia, a short time later near Peachtree Street where Harris fired multiple rounds from a handgun, striking two patrol cruisers. He was taken into custody without further incident at the intersection of Montgomery Street and North Street in Vidalia.
No officers or citizens were injured during the incident. Harris was charged with 5 counts of aggravated assault on a peace officer, four counts of aggravated assault, and with armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. He was booked into the Toombs County Detention Center.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is in charge of this ongoing investigation.
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MOUNT VERNON — Brewton-Parker College (BPC) has been named one of the nation’s most ethnically diverse liberal arts colleges. The 2022 U.S. News and World Reports Best Colleges surveys rate colleges on the regional and national level, with BPC ranking nationally in two categories.
BPC is ranked 18th in Campus Ethnic Diversity at national liberal arts colleges. U.S. News measures racial and ethnic diversity to “identify where students are most likely to encounter undergraduates from racial or ethnic groups different from their own.” A diversity index score is assigned based on the racial and ethnic demographics of the campus student body, excluding international students.
The college was also among the top 50% of national liberal arts colleges recognized for improving social mobility. Brewton-Parker was ranked 106th nationally on the U.S. News and World Report’s Social Mobility list for national liberal arts colleges, which “looks at the extent to which schools enrolled and graduated students who receive federal Pell Grants.” Studies have shown that economically disadvantaged students are less likely than others to finish college. The program recognizes colleges who excel at “graduating large proportions of disadvantaged students awarded Pell Grants.”
As described on the U.S. News website, each year, colleges and universities nationwide are rated by U.S. News in an effort to help prospective students evaluate higher education choices. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a variety of indicators. The national liberal arts rankings recognize colleges that emphasize undergraduate education and award at least half of their degrees in the arts and sciences, which include such disciplines as English, the biological and physical sciences, history, foreign languages, and the visual and performing arts.
BPC President Dr. Steven F. Echols stated, “We know that God has special purposes for BPC. One of those purposes is to model the diversity of the Kingdom of God. BPC celebrates that in the midst of our diversity we have oneness in Christ. We also are grateful that we make a transformational impact through providing financially under-resourced students with the life-changing opportunity of a Christian college education. We are blessed to have a unique ministry as South Georgia’s only four-year SACSCOC accredited Christian college. We thank Georgia Baptists for their wonderful support that makes the ministry of BPC possible.”
Brewton-Parker College is the only accredited four-year Christian college south of Macon and north of Jacksonville, FL. As a comprehensive Georgia Baptist institution, Brewton-Parker College provides liberal arts and professional programs in a learning community of shared Christian values. Through the application of biblical truth in scholarship and a co-curricular focus on character, servant leadership, and cultural engagement, the college strives to provide a transformational experience that equips the whole student for lifelong learning and service in Christ.
Visit Brewton-Parker College online at www.bpc.edu.
Press release issued by Brewton-Parker College.
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On Tuesday, September 21, the Lyons Police Department will mobilize for “Operation Clear Track,” the larges rail safety law enforcement initiative during Rail Safety Week.
LPD is joining with Amtrac Police and more than 600 local, state, federal and railroad law enforcement departments to “Operation Clear Track” to raise awareness and enforce railroad grade crossing and trespassing laws. This is the largest single law enforcement rail safety operating in the United States.
Personnel with the Lyons Police Department will be stationed at targeted railroad grade crossing and other locations handing out railroad safety cards to motorists and pedestrians and issuing warnings and citations to violators. The goal of Rail Safety Week’s Operation Clear Track is to reduce pedestrian and driver injuries and fatalities around railroad tracks through increased public awareness.
As such, LPD officers will be at the railroad crossing on Oxley Drive and Lanier Street from 9:00 a.m. – noon. In the event of rain, the officers will move their railroad safety campaign until the following day.
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