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The statewide phone and personal electronic device ban for kindergarten through twelfth grade students in Georgia’s public schools officially begins with the start of the 2026/2027 school year. Recently, local superintendents shared their take on the ban, and what they hope it accomplishes in the classroom. mrandolphadvance@gmail.com continued from page Georgia House Bill 340, also kno...

mrandolphadvance@gmail.com The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is investigating a shooting that took the lives of two young people on Thursday, July 23. At around 6:14 p.m. on Thursday, the Toombs County 911 Dispatch was informed by a caller that shots had been fired inside a residence at the Raymonia Apartments complex, located in the 1000 block of Easter Drive in Vidalia. Upon ...