One of the first orders of business for the newly-formed Candler County Solid Waste Management Authority is to discuss a possible expansion opportunity at the Candler County Landfill. The Authority ...

Mr. Marion Harvey “M.H.” Kitchens, Jr., age 79, entered into eternal rest on December 1, 2025 at Southern Manor at Candler. Born on October 12, 1946, to parents Marion Harvey Kitchens, Sr., and Pearl ...

Several votes were split and Mayor Ed Boyd was called on to break a tie during the regular monthly meeting of Metter City Council on Monday night. The absence of Councilman James McKie led to a tie ...

Annette Powell Curl, of Collins, passed away late Sunday, December 7, 2025, at Community Hospice. Mrs. Curl was a lifelong resident of Collins and was a daughter of Troy Powell and America Sikes ...

The lights on South Kennedy around 7 p.m. Wednesday night were not the festival holiday lights we want to see. Instead, it was the lights of emergency responders answering the call to a structure fire ...

Silicon Ranch is inviting the public to an Open House Meet & Greet TONIGHT, Monday, Dec. 8, from 6-8 p.m. at The Pond House. The purpose of the meet and greet is to answer community questions ...

The following actions were taken during the December 1, 2025, Candler County Commissioners meeting: Tabled: Consideration of proposals for repairs and maintenance costs for buildings at the ...

Etta Jean Warren Clark, wife of James “Jimbo” R. Clark, passed away on Saturday, November 29, 2025, at Southern Manor at Candler. Mrs. Clark was born in Corbin, Kentucky, and was one of six daughters ...

Donald “Don” Green, of Collins, passed away on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, at Memorial Health Meadows Hospital in Vidalia. Don was born in Savannah, Georgia on August 7, 1965, and was a son of ...

Ruthie “Jody” Leggett, 79, passed away December 8, 2025 at St. Joseph’s Hospital. The Candler County native was a retired truck driver, that loved Westerns, going to Chik-fil-a, her dogs, spending ...

The Round Table Breakfast Club at Grady’s Truckstop treated its oldest and wisest member -- CB Jones -- to a birthday celebration at the Franklin Pondhouse in the Excelsior community. The menu ...