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The Appling County Board of Commissioners advise motorists of a road closure effective on Monday, Oct. 3 on Pretty Ford Road. [Full Story »] 

According to a report the high level of tritium detected at Plant Hatch, 5.34 million picocuries per liter, is far above the EPA’s drinking water standard of 20,000 picocuries per liter.  The source of the leaking tritium, an issue which has plagued many other plants, must be determined.  Tritium acts as radioactive water and it can’t be removed, thus the source(s) of the leak needed to be determined and stopped. [Full Story »] 

A “Ghost Out” is an alcohol and drug awareness program aimed at teenagers because traffic crashes are the number one killer of teens and over one-third of teen traffic deaths are alcohol-related (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration). On October 21 Appling County High School Students will be participating in a “Ghost Out” under the direction of Amy Rediger from the Appling County Family Connections and our local Safe Families Committee. This project is to bring awareness to teen issues such as texting, drinking, or drugging while driving. [Full Story »] 

Abby Watson caught her first big catch when she reeled in this big catfish with the help of her cousin, Alex. [Full Story »] 

This season the Arts Council of Appling County is excited to broaden our artistic scope and invite Georgia Country Music Award Nominee Ben Wells and the Ben Wells Band to our area. The band will be hitting our stage on October 8 at 7:00 pm in the Fine Arts Center. [Full Story »] 

The annual George Washington Griffin and Becky Yawn Griffin reunion will be held on Saturday, Oct. 15 in the social hall at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Baxley. [Full Story »]