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Police inciddents

In incidents at the Swainsboro Police: Monday, officers went to a coin laundry on North Main Street to serve a Probation Warrant, after they found the man they charged a Lyons woman with Interference because she had told the police that the man was not there and she did not know him. On Sunday, an […]

Reports from the Sheriff’s Office

In reports made to the Emanuel County Sheriff’s Office: Sunday, a Burglary was reported on Angela Drive where a suspect made entry from a rear side window and jewelry was missing from a jewelry box that was tossed on a bed. Saturday, during an estate sale a on Canoochee Road a woman drove over a […]

BOE to consider uniforms

While the announcement of the new superintendent may have been the biggest news of the night at the Board of Education meeting, the largest amount of time was spent Monday listening to and discussing a proposal to institute School Uniforms as the standard dress code for grades 6 through 12. The suggestion came from the […]

BOE hires Dr. Judy from Bulloch

The Board of Education went outside of Emanuel County to find their new school superintendent, but not far. Monday they voted to hire Dr. Kevin Judy, an assistant superintendent in charge of Human Resources and other areas with Bulloch County Schools. He had worked for Bulloch County off and on for 18 years, starting his […]

Road mowing scheduled

Georgia DOT advises that mowing is scheduled for some locations in Emanuel County this week, including: State Route 4, mile markers 28.7-34 and State Route 26, mile markers 1-14.6 and State Route 15, mile marker 0-1.5. Work will be 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday, June 9 through Thursday, June 12, weather permitting. Please watch […]

Swainsboro Police reports

Wednesday, Swainsboro Police located the owner’s representative of an Anderson Drive property where a storage building had been damaged and a battery from a riding lawnmower and some tools taken. A 1999 Ford Mustang was found besides South Main Street facing the wrong direction where it appears to have skidded across the road and blew […]

TCPD reports

In incidents at the Twin City Police Department: Wednesday a package that the postal service says they delivered was reported stolen from a Bailey Street residence, and Tuesday 30-06 and .22 caliber rifles and a shotgun were taken in a Burglary at a 6th Avenue home where a rear window was broken out with a […]

Crowd at City meeting

The Meeting of the Swainsboro Mayor and City Council drew a very big crowd Monday, June 2. A large group from Harrington Homestead Sheriff’s Youth Home including kids, foster parents and administrators attended as a field trip to see government in action. Many of the others were neighbors of council member Rita Faulkner. She had […]

Rabies Clinics this week

The annual Rabies Clinics sponsored by the Emanuel County Humane Society and Dr. Wesley McRae begin Monday June 2. Monday’s locations are Summertown at the Community Center, 5 to 5:30, Twin City at City Hall, 6 to 6:30, and Garfield at City Hall, 6:45 to 7:15. Tuesday, June 3rd locations are Nunez at the Fire […]

City to meet Monday

The regular meeting of the Swainsboro Mayor and City Council is Monday evening at six at City Hall. Agenda items include: Consideration of the transfer of the old State Education Building on Kite Highway to the Swainsboro / Emanuel County Development Authority for development. Also up for discussion are allowing the Mayor to negotiate with […]