Just when we thought things were settling down, along comes a rain system that dumps more than nine inches of rain on Candler County and surrounding areas in one 24-hour period. The steady rainfall ...

Metter High Tiger Head Coach Lee Shaw and senior MHS football team members Tommy Chicola and J J Fields were guests at the recent meeting of Metter Rotary Club. They are pictured left to right with ...

The day before Halloween, I was privileged to attend a seminar held at the Bigwood Community Room of the Pre-K through 8 th grade building of the Candler County Schools. I was asked by Metter ...

David Emanuel Academy traveled to Augusta Friday night for the first playoff game of the series. The Eagles entered the playoffs in the 8th position and took on number-one ranked and undefeated ...

The Metter Tigers closed out the regular season with a big Homecoming win over ECI this past Friday night. Metter beat their biggest rivals 28-10 to finish the season with a record of 9-1 overall and ...

Team Vicki, made up of participants from Georgia and Tennessee, came in first place in the amount of money donated to the fight against ALS in the Walk to Defeat ALS – Nashville, held on Saturday, Oct ...

The Metter Tigers will host round one of the state playoffs this Saturday as they welcome the Hawkinsville Red Devils into The Jungle. That’s right, this week the Tigers will play on Saturday. Metter ...

Metter-Candler Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for their annual gala event which will be held Nov. 23 from 6-10 p.m. at Dutch Ford Farm. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. The theme for 2024 is “Metter’s ...

Funeral arrangements for Robert Lucas have been announced. Visitation will be held at Kennedy Funeral Home – Hooks Chapel, Metter, GA on Thursday, September 5, 2024 from 10:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m. The ...

The flooding rains last week did not hamper Metter High School’s Homecoming celebration. However, the Homecoming festivities, which had already been postponed because of Hurricane Helene, had to be ...

Editor’s Note: Today we step back in time to Martha’s memories of the holiday classic, fruitcake! This column was originally printed in November 2018. Our beloved Martha is not feeling well this week, ...

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