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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Turner County, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 30 stories have been published about Turner County which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Ashburn, Georgia · Ashburn

Commission splits vote on booze ordinance

On a 3-2 vote, the County Commission voted to approve drafting a local law. County Attorney Brent Hyde was directed to draft the ordinance for the Commission. Commissioners Dana Whiddon, Chairman James Burgess and Joe Burgess voted for the ordinance. Commissioners Nick Denham and Brad Calhoun voted not. The Commission’s directions call for: 1) The business must have some other source of revenue making up more than 50 percent of the income, not j…See the Story

Ashburn, Georgia · Ashburn

New County logos proposed

Two proposed logos for the County were presented to the County Commission at the February workshop meeting. Commission Chairman James Burgess designed both. He said they are examples and could change. He also said he wants community input on the designs. Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ashely Miller noted that one of the designs contained some detailed work. Such details are lost when the logo is reduced to fit on hats and shirts. Mr. Bur…See the Story

Ashburn, Georgia · Ashburn

Too much to ask?

If you come to the Shepherd’s Pantry food bank on Thursday, you get a box of food worth at least $50. It costs the food bank $2 to fill that box. Yes, it costs real money The food bank also gets donations from a few people and some businesses. It is not enough. The food bank volunteers pay from their own pockets to buy food. This is on top of their time, the gas, vehicle costs and so forth needed to go to the regional warehouse to get food. If y…See the Story

Ashburn, Georgia · Ashburn

Ashburn City Council agenda

The Ashburn City Council meets at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Municipal Courthouse. The meeting is open to the public. This agenda is subject to change. Agenda items are: • The usual business of approving the agenda, minutes, invocation and such. • Discuss a Firehouse Subs Public Safety Grant. • Review the City’s employee health insurance and possibly approve it. • A closed session for personnel. The public may not attend this part of the meeting.See the Story

Ashburn, Georgia · Ashburn

FAF T Shirt Fridasy

Wear your Fire Ant Festival shirt on Friday to show your support. Shirts available at The Wiregrass Farmer office.See the Story

Ashburn, Georgia · Ashburn

Help wanted during FAF

Ashburn, Georgia · Ashburn

High power bill? Blame the Public Service Commission

If you are on Georgia Power, you saw your bill suddenly take a serious jump up. What you may not know is Georgia Power’s profits also took a serious jump up. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported, “Georgia Power increased operating revenue for the full year of 2024 to about $11 billion from about $10 billion. Its profits increased 22% to $2.5 billion. Georgia Power’s profits are capped at 11.9%. Forty percent of earnings above that have to b…See the Story

Ashburn, Georgia · Ashburn

County may rehab old 911 building

The County Commission is considering work on the old 911 building at the EMS and Fire Department HQ. The idea is to update the space so the State Court offices can move into there. This would accomplish several things. 1) It would move the State Court offices out of the Courthouse. 2) It would give State Court more room. 3) It would free space inside the Courthouse 4) It would put a County-owned building back into use. When State Court is in ses…See the Story