Screven Co. dirt roads still impacted by recent rain
Screven Co. dirt roads still impacted by recent rain By Dal Cannady | February 22, 2021 at 5:53 PM EST - Updated February 22 at 6:16 PM
SCREVEN COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - Washed out dirt roads in some parts of Screven County has left more than an expensive mess. Itâs even caused changes to school bus pickups for parents in our area.
You can still see some of the ruts in a stretch of Quail Road. County crews say it will take more than a weekend of sunshine to get these roads back in shape.
Signs warned drivers of potential mud pits ahead. Elsewhere, washouts left pieces of underground drain pipes exposed.
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Couple charged with assisting escaped Screven Co. inmate
Couple charged with assisting escaped Screven Co. inmate By WTOC Staff | February 19, 2021 at 5:02 PM EST - Updated February 22 at 4:55 PM
SCREVEN COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - A Sylvania couple has been charged with assisting the previously escaped inmate in Screven County.
According to the sheriff’s office, 39-year-old Tammy Copeland Edwards and her husband, 35-year-old Daniel Lamar Edwards, have been arrested and charged with hindering apprehension of a criminal. That charge is a felony in Georgia and carries a penalty of up to five years in prison.
The sheriff’s office says the couple did not help Frederick Lamont Jones escape, the charges stem from acts that took place in the following days.
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MACON, Ga. - Georgia Farm Bureau (GFB) members elected Tom McCall for a two-year term as president of Georgia’s largest general farm organization on Dec. 8. McCall of Elbert County grows wheat, oats, triticale, grain corn, sweet corn and hay. The McCall family also raises beef cattle, hogs and sheep.
McCall replaces Gerald Long, who retired from the position after serving as GFB president since 2016. Long, of Bainbridge, served on the GFB Board of Directors in various roles since 1999 including GFB 9th District director, GFB South Georgia vice president and GFB 1st vice president.
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