The West Laurens Lady Raiders are no strangers to the Elite 8 in softball. This is their fourth straight trip to Columbus including last years state runner up finish against Oconee in AAA. But this year the Raiders are competing in the AAAA tournament as the second seed of region 2 AAAA behind Rutland. West Laurens is an impressive 27-10 led by 5 seniors and a coaching tandem of Josh Crawford...
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Baldwin - 16 Mary Persons - 22 -------------------------- Peach Co. - 24 Pike Co. - 14 -------------------------- Henry Co. - 6 Southwest - 34 -------------------------- Harlem - 14 Dublin - 20 -------------------------- Screven Co. - 15 East Laurens - 14 -------------------------- Wilkinson Co. - 42 FPD - 21 -------------------------- GMC - 15 Hancock-Central- 34...
Here are your highlights for Week 9 of Football Friday Night: Baldwin Vs. Mary Persons Wilkinson Vs. FPD Bleckley Vs. Lamar Thomson Vs. Washington Greenbrier Vs. Northside Tattnall Vs. Stratford Westside Vs. Perry Bulloch Vs. Westfield Crawford Vs. Northeast Fan of the Day Play of the Day Ribrocker
Veterans in Milledgeville can now look forward to a short commute to receive VA medical care.According to a news release, the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin plans to open a Milledgeville VA outpatient clinic on November 1.That's located at A Wing, 1st Floor, Pete Wheeler Building at 2249 Carl Vinson Highway in Milledgeville.Services will include: primary care,mental health,social...
Dublin-441 Speedway will host the first annual Arlene Pittman Memorial Race this Fri. & Sat. Nov. 2nd & 3rd., featuring the American Dirt Late Model "Super 7" Series, with a record $30,000 purse. Fri. Nov. 2nd Heats & qualifying in Road Warrior, Pure Stock, Bomber, 440's, Super Street, and Late Models. A 15-lap LM shoot-out paying $500.00 to...
No life-threatening injuries are reported after a car collided with a school bus Wednesday morning in East Dublin.East Dublin police chief Bill Luecke said officers and EMS responded to the accident on Central Drive. EMS checked out the students who were on the bus and they all went on to school injury-free.Laurens County Schools Superintendent Rob Johnson said the bus was headed to the East...
DUBLIN, GA - Oconee Fall Line Technical College’s (OFTC) Air Conditioning Technology Advisory Committee held its fall meeting on October 10, 2012. The group discussed equipment trends in the industry, new industry standards, the programs’ current books and curriculum, equipment needs, current enrollment, recommendations for the program, and more. Advisory committees at OFTC help guide and...
The National Weather Service has issued a warning for High Fire Danger Conditions in Central Georgia. That's mostly due to "low relative humidities" Thursday afternoon and evening. If you live in one of the following areas, contact local authorities to check whether you can burn outside: --Oconee --Oglethorpe --Greene --Jasper --Putnam --Hancock --Monroe --Jones --Baldwin --Washington --Crawford...
Around 7:30 AM Wednesday, a school bus was headed to the East Laurens High School campus, when it was involved in a three-car collision. East Laurens chief of police Bill Leucke says that while the bus was stopping to pick up students on Central Drive in East Dublin, the third car hit the middle car, causing it to hit the back of the bus. Police say 23-year old Antonio...
Call the Department of Labor Career Center at (478) 751-6164 and give them the job number of the position that interests you. You can see more jobs available in Central Georgia on 13WMAZ's Job Market Thursday page. Job Title: PlumberLocation: Dublin, GAPay: N/AEducation: 12 Years/GEDJob...
Fourteen Central Georgia schools have been named among the Highest Performing and High Progress Title I schools in the state.Schools on the list have the "biggest academic gains by students in the last three years." Schools with large achievement gaps were not included, according to a Georgia Department of Education news release."Highest Performing" means that the the school is among the top five...
DUBLIN, GA – The Air Conditioning Technology program at Oconee Fall Line Technical College (OFTC) hosted a seminar on (DATE) about heat pump diagnostics for local businesses in the Dublin area and OFTC students in the air conditioning technology programs. Jack Morgan, the area technical director for Baker Distributing Company in Milledgeville, Georgia, presented the seminar and talked about...
A poll conducted by a Georgia liberal activist group gives Congressman John Barrow a 6-point lead over his Republican challenger. The BetterGeorgia poll interviewed more than 1,300 likely voters statewide and 450 in Barrow's 12th Congressional District. In that race, they said 48 percent are certain to vote for Barrow and 42 percent for Lee Anderson. RELATED | Barrow Counting on Republicans...
Here are your highlights for Week 10 of Football Friday Night: Warner Robins Vs. Northside Carver Vs. Peach Houston Vs. Jones Stratford Vs. Mount de Sales Howard Vs. Westside Mary Persons Vs. Veterans Edmund Burke Vs. Trinity, Dublin Washington Vs. Dodge West Laurens Vs. Baldwin Jackson Vs. Central Fan of the Day Play of the Day Ribrocker
Tyler Ivey of Tallahassee, Fla., captured the GRW Competition Engines pole position on Friday night Nov. 2nd, won the 15-lap dash for cash, then cruised to victory Sat. night Nov. 3rd at Dublin-441 Speedway in the first annual Arlene Pittman Memorial Race.Ivey, in His first appearance at 441 two years ago won, then repeated Sat. night. Evan Becton of Valdosta, Brandon Dewitt of Barney, Ga....
DUBLIN, GA – The Air Conditioning Technology program at Oconee Fall Line Technical College (OFTC) hosted a seminar on (DATE) about heat pump diagnostics for local businesses in the Dublin area and OFTC students in the air conditioning technology programs.Jack Morgan, the area technical director for Baker Distributing Company in Milledgeville, Georgia, presented the seminar and talked about the...
EVANS, Ga. (AP) - Political rivals in Georgia's most hotly contested race for Congress are making their final appeals to voters on their last full day of campaigning. Democratic Rep. John Barrow spent Monday waving to voters on rural street corners in Baxley and Vidalia as he sought independent votes and crossover support from Republicans to win re-election. His Republican rival, Lee Anderson of...
It always seems as if the holidays always sneak up on us. After all, Thanksgiving is just 2 weeks away! So whether you are getting ready to host 35 people for a Thanksgiving dinner or if you are preparing for the celebrations of Hanukkah or Christmas, you can get ready early and simplify your work and enjoy the holidays so much more.PlanningAs we get ready for the holidays, let’s take a minute to...
Christopher Cody Clark of Helena, Georgia, has been awarded the Brandon T. Lawrence Scholarship by the OFTC Foundation - South, Inc.Cody is a student at Oconee Fall Line Technical College (OFTC) enrolled in the Automotive Program at Oconee Fall Line Technical College’s South Campus. Cody graduated from Wheeler County High School this past year.The Brandon T. Lawrence Scholarship is given in...