It was a night of spectacular pageantry Saturday night at Southeastern Technical College as the Queens to reign over the 44th Vidalia Onion Festival were crowned in the annual scholarship pageant sponsored by the Vidalia Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association.
Zayna Taylor will wear the
...As part of their ongoing efforts to improve system reliability, Altamaha EMC we will be performing maintenance in the Kibbee area on Tuesday, April 13 and Wednesday, April 14. This maintenance will require scheduled power outages both days. We will keep the outage times as brief as possible, but each
...The City of Lyons has approved the annexation of a piece of property owned by Southern Mark Industry, LLC, and to pay just over $107,000 to extend sewage to an industrial project on H.D. Wright Road. Even though McLendon Enterprises was not the low bidder for the sewer project, the local company was
...Debra Brown opens the door to her new home.
Six formerly blighted homes on 5th Avenue in Vidalia are getting facelifts, and thanks to the contributions and hard work of some dedicated men, some veterans and women of domestic violence are getting a chance at being first-time owners.
Wednesday
...When an officer of the law exhibits heroic actions but doesn’t want to draw attention to himself, that’s truly worthy of the badge. Such was the case of Detective Sergeant Andrew Britton in October 2019. Simply by performing his job, he earned recognition by the new District Attorney Tripp
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We gaveled out for the last time on Wednesday and the Senate has now completed the 2021 legislative session. In just this week alone – probably our busiest days of the session – we finalized just under 100 pieces of legislation but overall that cover a range of topics that are important to you.
...Vidalia Police Department reports the following arrests.
Knight, Arnold Keith - W/M - 56 YOA - 176 E Columbia Ave Lyons Ga Violation of Family Violence Order
Knowles, Antonio Devon - B/M - 40 YOA - 1708 Aimwell Blvd Vidalia Ga Battery / Cruelty to Children / Obstructing Emergency Call
Jackson, Jarvis
...The COVID-19 reports are out from area public schools.
Vidalia City Schools reports that one student is currently positive with the virus, but there are no students quarantined. There is also no staff member either testing positive or quarantined as of last Friday.
Montgomery County Schools
...The Georgia Chamber is hosting a series of virtual and safe, in-person planning events known collectively as the 2021 Reimagined New Georgia Economy Tour. Presented by Wells Fargo, the Reimagined New Georgia Economy Tour will gather input and data from all regions of the state to prepare a
...The Vidalia Indians won Game 3 of their region series with East Laurens on Thursday evening April 8 in Vidalia by a score of 18-2 in three innings. With the win the Indians improve to an 18-4 season record including a 9-0 start in region play. Bryson Whited picked up his fourth win of the season
...The Vidalia Indians had to travel to East Laurens High School again on Wednesday, April 7 to face the Falcons in the second game of their region series and took a 14-3 victory. This game had been scheduled for Friday but was moved forward to avoid the bad weather forecast to arrive on that date.
...Lyons recreation department
58th annual youth tournament
Boys & Girls Age Control Date – Sept 1, 2021
13 & 14 Baseball May 20th – May 28th
11 & 12 Baseball May 20th – May 28th
9 & 10 Baseball w/Machine June 1st – June 5th
7 & 8 Baseball w/Machine June 1st – June 5th
13 & 14 Girls Fast
...The Vidalia Indians baseball team picked up their 16th win of the season on the road Tuesday evening in the first game of their 3-game region series against East Laurens by a score of 20-3. This puts their season record at 16-4 and region record at 7-0. Landry Mead had another great pitching
...The Vidalia Indians Track and Field wins the "No Fooling Around Invitational” at West Laurens High School.
The boys and girls teams both won by defeating Baldwin County, West Laurens, Dublin, Hawkinsville, and Wilcox County.
The results of our top 3 finishers in each event were as follows:
100-
...(L to R, Front): Jaime Fortier (mother), Riley Hammock, Robert Hammock (father), Melissa Hammock (stepmother); (Back): Head Coach William Harn.
April 6—Senior student athlete Riley Hammock of the Vidalia Lady Indians Soccer team signed a letter of intent for a scholarship to play soccer for the
...(L-R) Front: Jessica Bullard , Amya Bullard, Cornelius Bullard, Coach Melody Walker
Standing: Corneisha Bullard, Cornelius Bullard, Hayden Johnson, Coach Breanna Walker, Coach Calvin Wilcox
April 5--Last Thursday morning at Toombs County High School Amya Bullard, a forward for the Lady Bulldogs
...April 5---Here are the latest sports schedules and scores for the week.
Monday, April 5
Baseball: Braves at Nationals 4:05pm (Postponed)
Golf: Vidalia Boys & Girls at Middle Georgia Invitational at Wallace Adams Golf Course
Tuesday, April 6
Baseball: Nationals 6, Braves 5
Vidalia 20, East Laurens 3
...Vidalia put together its biggest offensive show of the season Thursday evening while winning Game 3 of the important region series against Toombs County by a score of 17-2 in 5 innings. It was a cold windy evening at Toombs County Field and there were several misplays on high pop flies. Bryson
...Below is a list of American Red Cross Blood drives around the area. Please plan to give the gift of life if you can. For more info and to register, go to www.redcrossblood.org.
Reidsville
4/19/2021: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Reidsville United Methodist Church, 121 Brazell Street
Uvalda
4/27/2021: 1 p.m. - 6
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