The Americus City Council met May 15. The Council heard an ordinance to raise the spending limit for department heads and the ...

Several local leaders met at Fresh Start Academy to grapple with issues of violence in Sumter County. The meeting was not ...

A community engagement meeting was held at Fresh Start Academy. The meeting was not open to press due to student ...

The Americus Correspondent It is common knowledge that all Valedictorians are smart. But Connor Rhyne, Schley County High School’s 2024-2025 Valedictorian, is much more than the sum of his good grades ...

The Americus Correspondent “What do you call a kitchen full of graduates? A recipe for success.” Addison Drinnon, Furlow Charter School’s 2024-2025 Valedictorian, quipped into the microphone during ...

By the Americus Correspondent Ethan Beck is the type of person who would pull over and help you change your tire by the side of the road – in the rain. He embodies the concept of servant leader. His ...

Ossoff Press U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is pressing the Trump Administration to end the freeze on broadband internet expansion ...

By the Americus Correspondent “I am passionate about helping others,” says Ty’Ronee Hamiton, Sumter County High School 2024-2025 valedictorian. “That’s why I want to be a lawyer. That’s how I can pay ...

The ribbon cutting for Presidential Cottages was held on May 8. Cars wound down the long drive. Rows of Paulownia trees ...

Coroner Bobby Hancock-Harris approached the Sumter County Board of Commissioners during the May 13 meeting, asking for ...

I like many of you have seen the headlines claiming dire wolves have been raised from the dead. I have also, unlike many of ...

AM officers of the Americus Police Department were dispatched to a residence in the 500 block of Bessie Mays Circle to a reported fight and possible gunshots. On arrival officers located one victim in ...