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ABAC recognizes local students for Spring Term academic excellence

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ABAC recognizes local students for Spring Term academic excellence

Students who achieved academic excellence in their coursework during the Spring semester were recently recognized at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. ABAC cites its top academic students each semester on the President’s Honor List, the Dean’s Honor List and the Distinguished…Read Article

Tifton Teacher Charged With Assaulting Students

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Tifton Teacher Charged With Assaulting Students

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A Tifton special education teacher surrendered to authorities earlier this month after being accused of assaulting students at Eighth Street Middle School, police said. Dixie Hardy, 55, faces felony and misdemeanor charges following a five-day investigation sparked by a school board complaint What We Know: The Tift County School Board alerted police May 9 about […] The post Tifton Teacher Charged With Assaulting Students appeared first on The Ge…Read Article

Tift Regional ranks in small number of hospitals with CLABSI infection rate of zero

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Tift Regional ranks in small number of hospitals with CLABSI infection rate of zero

TIFTON - Tift Regional Medical Center is one of 339 U.S. hospitals and one of eight Georgia hospitals with a CLABSI infection rate of zero. The post Tift Regional ranks in small number of hospitals with CLABSI infection rate of zero appeared first on Valdosta Today.Read Article

These states have investigated miscarriages and stillbirths as crimes

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MMPhoto21 // Shutterstock These states have investigated miscarriages and stillbirths as crimes In late March, police in southern Georgia arrested a 24-year-old woman who had a miscarriage after a witness reported seeing her place the fetal remains in a dumpster. The coroner in Tift County determined it was a 19-week fetus from a naturally occurring miscarriage, but some legal experts consider the arrest a bellwether for the criminal suspicion t…Roe V. Wade · Tifton See the Story

Planting Cotton Amid Worsening Drought Conditions in Georgia - Southeast AgNET

By Clint Thompson The Georgia Cotton Commission and Camp Hand, University of Georgia (UGA) Extension cotton agronomist, advise growers what they should consider during planting season amid worsening drought conditions in the state. “I know that we’re talking about a tough year, but in a lot of cases it would benefit folks to water before you plant,” Hand said. “You plant into good moisture and that just helps you out, in terms of getting a stand…Tifton · Tifton Read Article

Softball Reaches 40-Win Plateau in Sweeping Regular-Season Finale - Georgia Gwinnett College Athletics

The No. 9-ranked Georgia Gwinnett College softball team recorded its 40th win of the season while concluding the regular season with a sweep of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (Georgia) by 3-1 and 5-0 scores in a road doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon in Tifton, Georgia.Tifton · Tifton Read Article

Central-Phenix City basketball coach Burkett takes Georgia job

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Central-Phenix City boys basketball coach Charles Burkett has taken the head coaching position at Tift County in Tifton, Ga.Basketball · Tifton Read Article

Want To Make A Difference In Tifton? Here's How

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Tifton residents now have multiple opportunities to shape their city’s future as officials announce openings on seven community volunteer boards. 🔍 What We Know: The City of Tifton needs applicants to fill vacancies on several important boards including Keep Tift Beautiful, Tifton Tree Board, Planning and Zoning, Public Library Board, Historic Preservation Commission, Housing Authority, and Tifton Urban Redevelopment Agency. Applications remain…Tifton · Tifton Read Article

How To Win Big Prizes In Tifton During Easter

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Move over, Easter Bunny. Tifton businesses are hiding eggs worth thousands in prizes across town this week. 🔍 What We Know: The inaugural citywide Easter egg hunt kicks off Saturday and runs through April 18. Participants who find hidden eggs at local Chamber member businesses can enter to win a grand prize basket that would make the Easter Bunny jealous. 🏆 The Prizes: That basket isn’t filled with chocolate and jellybeans, folks. We’re talkin…Tifton · Tifton Read Article

Charges dropped against woman who had miscarriage and disposed of fetus

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Criminal charges brought against a Georgia woman who experienced a miscarriage and allegedly disposed of the fetus in a dumpster were dismissed Friday — a dramatic development in a case that illuminated the complex legal gray area of prosecuting pregnancy loss. Selena Chandler-Scott, 24,was charged last month with concealing the death of another person and abandoning a dead body after she had a miscarriage, officials said. The fetus was 19 weeks old and had not taken a breath outside the womb, the state medical examiner found.Georgia Politics · Tifton See the Story

Georgia Ag Hall of Fame Adds Two New Members - Southeast AgNET

The Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame has inducted two new members in 2025 through the University of Georgia’s CAES Alumni Association Awards and Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame Ceremony. This year’s honorees were David Bridges, a former Assistant Dean for CAES at UGA’s Tifton Campus and Ralph Evans a businessman and peanut industry leader. Bridges’ contributions in agriculture are many including research efforts in weed control in tobacco led…Tifton · Tifton Read Article

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