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NEW VIDALIA FIREFIGHTERS - Vidalia Fire Chief Brian Sikes introduced three new hires to the Vidalia Fire Department. L to R: Chief Brian Sikes, Firefighter Chris McLendon, Apparatus Operator Robert King, Apparatus Operator Jonas Blackwell.Photo by Makaylee Randolph
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NEW VIDALIA FIREFIGHTERS - Vidalia Fire Chief Brian Sikes introduced three new hires to the Vidalia Fire Department. L to R: Chief Brian Sikes, Firefighter Chris McLendon, Apparatus Operator Robert King, Apparatus Operator Jonas Blackwell.Photo by Makaylee Randolph

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new Mayor Pro Tem. The Council presented Pineland Behavioral Health Center employees with a proclamation declaring May Mental Health Awareness Month.

ESG CEO Clay Sykes and members of the Dixon family presented Vidalia High School Class of 2025 Graduate Aiden Harvill with the Ronnie A. Dixon Memorial Scholarship.

The next council meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 9.

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FROM LIEUTENANT TO CAPTAIN - Vidalia Fire Department Lieutenant Kristopher Owens was promoted to Captain within the Department during the Vidalia City Council meeting on May 12. His mother pinned him with his new ranking.Photo by Makaylee Randolph
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Wheeler Schools Named Governor’s Leadership Academy

The Governor’s Office of Student Achievement (GOSA) has named Wheeler County Schools as a Governor’s School Leadership Academy (GSLA). The Wheeler School Board heard the good news at its regular monthly meeting on May 12. The Academy is offered to continued from page K-12 public school districts in Georgia, and admission to the GSLA is guided by a rigorous selection process t...

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City of Soperton Opens Million Pines Farmers Market
Local leaders and community members officially open the Million Pines Farmers Market during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, May 29, in Soperton, GA. The city-operated market will feature local vendors every Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon under the SPLOST funded pavilion.
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City of Soperton Opens Million Pines Farmers Market

The City of Soperton held a ribbon cutting for the new Farmers Market on Thursday, May 29, 2025,...

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Early Voting Continues for Upcoming Special Election
MOCO SUPERINTENDENT’S STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL SPOTLIGHT – The Montgomery County School System Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council has worked tirelessly throughout the 2024-2025 school year to help better the school for students and promote literacy throughout the district. Council Member Calli Rodgers recently completed a literacy project where she read “Where the Wild Things Are” to a class and then helped the students to create little sock monsters, like those in the book. Rodgers said she chose the activity because the book was one of her own childhood favorites.
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Early Voting Continues for Upcoming Special Election

mrandolphadvance@gmail.com Voters are beginning to cast their ballots for the upcoming Specia...

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Painting Upgrade Completed at WCS Athletic Facilities
NEW LOOK — Finishing touches are put on a graphic at the Wheeler County School athletic field. A project to upgrade the appearance of buildings within the sports complex included painting and graphics at the old gym, the press box, visitor’s locker room and concession stand.
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Painting Upgrade Completed at WCS Athletic Facilities

At its May session, the Wheeler County Board of Education was updated on upgrades at athletic fa...

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Mount Vernon Garden Club Visits County Farm Plant Co.
VISITING SOMEWHERE SPECIAL – The Mount Vernon Garden Club always visits somewhere special during the month of May. So on May 13, the Club traveled to County Farm Plant Company in Baxley.
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Mount Vernon Garden Club Visits County Farm Plant Co.

The Mount Vernon Garden Club recently traveled to County Farm Plant Company in Baxley as their ...

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