JDD students for being Student of the Month for the month of May. are: (Back Row , L to R):  Layla Smith, Zayden Fields, Brentlee Copeland, Scarlett MacDonald, Saylor Powell, Siya Patel, Laila Mai Haynes; (Middle Row, L to R):: Keith Childs, Lily’Mae Driggers, Ra’Shyia Preston, Yahkeem Lewis, Miles Wetmore, Coleman Hall, Leilani Jones; (Front Row, L to R):  Robert Horne, Olivia Lynn, Dante Hatfield; Not pictured: Jordyn Watson, Kristin Willis, and Yubana Arrazate-Perez.

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Toombs County Commissioners have announced a temporary road closure at the intersection of Kelly Collins  Road and SR 152 to the intersection of Kelly Collins Road and JP Edenfield Road from May 19, 2026, to June 9, 2026, or until the necessary repairs are completed.

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Southeastern Technical College is proud to announce the 2026 Spring Semester President's List. These students earned a grade point average of 3.75 or higher while enrolled in 12 or more credit hours for the semester.

Appling: Abby Eason

Bulloch: Skylar Marks

Candler: Kaitlyn Dekle, Alexis Driggers, John Monroe, Mirian Nunez

Effingham: Bralen Claridge

Emanuel: Kelcey Bird, Morgan Hall, Leuntay Starnes

Evans: Dylan Joyner

Jefferson: Summer Williams

Jenkins: Katie Bell, Kevin Parrish, Jazara Pierce

Johnson: Jaxson Lee

Montgomery: Kimberly Dees, Landon Glisson, Carley Moxley, Grayson Osborne, Sage Powell

Tattnall: Ashlyn Bacon, Rosaria Browder, Breanna Callaway, Brianna Johnson, Brianna Kiltz, Lexie Miller, Yanet Olvera-Cimarron, Mariafernanda Ovalle Gonzalez

Telfair: Sierra Parrish, Millie Smith

Toombs: Karyme Arias, Alyssa Bailey, Maxon Beverly, Kyler Boggus, Riley Braddy, Devin Burrell, Chad Corner, Octavian Edwards, Talaya Fletcher, Isaac Fontaine, Peyton Foster, Loistine Godwin, Justin Heckel, Summur Howell, William Knight, Nataleigh Lechot, John McDonald, Hannah McGowan, Walker Moncus, Adriana Nava, Caleigh Page, Sean Page, Harlie Rapp, Demetrius Sharpton, Cristina Tinoco, Joey Todd, Tynetta Willis, Wendy Zamorano

Wheeler: Adam Cravey, Ernest McNeal, Britney Rooks

For more information on programs offered at STC, visit www.southeasterntech.edu or call (912) 538-3100 for the Vidalia campus or (478) 289-2200 for the Swainsboro campus.

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Larry Calhoun, President of  Southeastern Technical College, was the Master of Ceremonies recently as ground was broken for an important addition to the Southeastern Early College and Career Academy (SECCA) campus and the curriculum.

“This is about a $1.3 million project to expand the building, which will enable us to offer new programs” he said. “When it’s completed, we will have carpentry, electric, masonry, and maybe plumbing.  But, actually, we’re not sure of exactly what programs will may be able to offer in the future. In addition, we’ll be adding two classrooms on the front of the building.”

Calhoun says a drawback to offering more programs in the past was lack of space, and notes that SECCA has a unique situation that other Early Career Academies across the state hasn’t had to face.

“There are approximately 80 career academies across the state and that’s one school system, one technical college,” he said. “This one is four systems coming together and we were the first ones to do that back around 2010. That enabled Toombs, Treutlen, Montgomery, and Vidalia to come together to offer these programs and it’s been a success. But we’re basically bursting at the seams for room.”

He said that the programs currently offered have also been successful, with every pathway filled with students from area high schools. Through SECCA, students are able to earn college credits in specific fields while still in high school.

The building is projected to be completed in the fall of 2027, and by that time, Calhoun, who announced his retirement recently, will no longer be in charge. But he says, he’s confident in whomever his successor will be in keeping SECCA growing.

“When Southeastern Technical College in Vidalia merged with the Swainsboro campus, Dr. [Cathy] Mitchell told me, ‘Go over there and build us a Career Academy facility,’ so I can tell you a lot of little trivia about the construction of this building as it is now. But it’s been a good building, and this construction is going to make it even better.”

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