STUDENTS OF THE MONTH — J. D. Dickerson Primary School has announced the September Students of the Month. These students show the JDD Pride and are always the V, by being kind, safe, and well each and every day. (L to R): Back Row: Elizabeth Oxlaj Chavez, Ashton Hodge, Micah Delisser, Teagan McFarlin, Maliyah Solomon, Emrie Carson Smith, Caroline Powell, Kylie Robinson, Carden Hunt, Middle Row: Onyx Jones, Ari Day, Lamauri Brown, Isla Esterbrook, Kennedy Carter, Alaia McLeod, Omar Martinez, Reid Collins, Asher Beasley, Front Row: Gianna Sanchez Ibarra, Arielle Simpkins, Ava Taylor, Alex McFarlin, Sekani Peterson, Axel Miranda Florenco, Yubana Arrazate-Perez. STUDENTS OF THE MONTH — J. D. Dickerson Primary School has announced the September Students of the Month. These students show the JDD Pride and are always the V, by being kind, safe, and well each and every day. (L to R): Back Row: Elizabeth Oxlaj Chavez, Ashton Hodge, Micah Delisser, Teagan McFarlin, Maliyah Solomon, Emrie Carson Smith, Caroline Powell, Kylie Robinson, Carden Hunt, Middle Row: Onyx Jones, Ari Day, Lamauri Brown, Isla Esterbrook, Kennedy Carter, Alaia McLeod, Omar Martinez, Reid Collins, Asher Beasley, Front Row: Gianna Sanchez Ibarra, Arielle Simpkins, Ava Taylor, Alex McFarlin, Sekani Peterson, Axel Miranda Florenco, Yubana Arrazate-Perez.
FORESTRY TEACHER OF THE YEAR – Wheeler County Middle/High School Agriculture Teacher and Future Farmers of America Adviser Les Bateson (center) was named the 2026 Georgia Forestry Teacher of the Year. L to R: Georgia Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association President Pete Bennett, Les Bateson, Georgia Forestry Foundation Senior Vice President Matt Hestad.
PREPARING FOR FUTURE – Citizen Sara Brown asked the Toombs County Commissioners if they had thought about reviewing, editing, or enacting land use ordinances to help prepare for future developments, such as data centers, that may come into the County.Photo by Makaylee Randolph
CONTINUING TO KEEP VIDALIA CLEAN – More than 50 volunteers united to pick up trash along Ezra Taylor Road on Saturday, July 25, as a part of the Keep It Clean, Vidalia! initiative’s monthly cleanups. Over 72 bags of trash were collected and removed from beside the road. Keep It Clean, Vidalia! Leaders shared their gratitude to the Toombs County Sheriff’s Office for helping to direct and slow traffic, Scott Morrison and the First Baptist Church of Vidalia youth group for donating their time, and Scott Norris and Nutrition HQ for providing water for the group.
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