TIFTON —
Dr. W. Ches Smith III, former pastor of First Baptist Church in Tifton, dies at age 85. More information will be provided later.
TIFTON —
Dr. W. Ches Smith III, former pastor of First Baptist Church in Tifton, dies at age 85. More information will be provided later.
Tift County Commissioners voted unanimously in a called meeting Tuesday to keep the millage rate set at 12.183 for both incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county.
The rate was set at .312 mills for the Special Services Tax District, which includes Ty Ty and Omega.
The southern half of the 1962 Class AA girls state hoops tournament was played in Fitzgerald, despite Fitzgerald having dropped their girls program in 1957.
When Georgia decided in 1945 to play a girls state basketball tournament, Macon Telegraph writer Sam Glassman was in favor, writing that the district tournaments that had always been held were just as strenuous. Days later, though, he wondered about the mental strain it was causing the players.