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Georgia Power Requests 12% Rate Rise Over Next 3 Years

Georgia Power consumers are left outraged after the company filed a request with the state Public Service Commission (PSC) to raise rates almost 12% over the next 3 years, with most of the change occurring in 2023. This rise in rates would increase the average homeowner’s power bill by a total of $16.29 per month. The beginning stages of this change would occur next year, as the company ...

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Who Has the Right to Be Honored?

A parent of a member of the Vidalia High School Class of 2022 addressed the Vidalia City Schools Board of Education during the regular monthly meeting on June 14 about graduates’ right to wear the regalia, which they earned, at graduation. According to Cynthia Green, her daughter was denied her diploma on graduation night after choosing to wear her Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Cor...

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GBI Investigating Officer-Involve d Shooting in Lyons

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Region 12 Eastman Office is conducting an independent study of an officer-involved shooting that occurred Tuesday morning in Lyons. The investigation was requested by the Toombs County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO). At 1:37 a.m. on June 28, the TCSO was attempting to apprehend Rabul Valdez Jr., on outstanding warrants when the shooting occurred. V...

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Two Children’s Lives Lost In ATV Accident

A family has been left devastated as a 13-year-old and 4-yearold lost their lives in a fatal ATV accident in Montgomery County on Sunday afternoon. Cameron McCarty, son of Michael and Wendy Waters, was riding an ATV on Adams Road in Uvalda with his younger cousin, Braylynn Brantley, son of Tori continued from page Brantley, when they were struck by a vehicle traveling north on South Old ...

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Knight Receives FFA State Degree, Heads to Nationals

The Toombs County High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) Chapter ended their year with a bang, as Class of 2022 Student Dakota Knight received a state degree at the Georgia FFA State Convention in April. Dakota Knight has been a member of the Toombs County FFA since middle school and has served multiple officer positions over the years. His Supervised Agricultural Project (SAE) hou...

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