James Carroll Oliver, 88, of Cobbtown, Georgia passed away peacefully and with dignity, surrounded by family at Southern Manor at Candler in Metter, Georgia on Wednesday, March 4th 2026. Known to all ...

A number of headstones at Lake Cemetery were damaged or destroyed on Saturday after an unmanned pickup separated from the trailer that was hauling it and careened into the cemetery. According to ...

The Metter High School Literary Team took home the championship trophy for the 3A Division II Region Literary Competition hosted by ECI on Wednesday, February 25. This makes the sixth straight year ...

Jorge Eduardo Hinojosa, 45, is in custody in Richland Parish, Louisiana, awaiting extradition for a rape and kidnapping that was reported on Feb. 27 in Candler County. At approximately 10:30 p.m. on ...

Ray Kirkland, of Metter, passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2026, at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Mr. Kirkland was born in Oak Park and was the son of the late Thomas Payne Kirkland and Ethel Lois ...

was born on September 14, 1950, in Twin City to the late Doyle Tyson Lanier, Sr. and Dorothy Allene Neal Lanier. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Tyson Lanier; sister, Shirley Chance ...

The Candler County Sheriff’s Office has announced the return of a tradition, with a new spin. Operation Bike Drop Plus 2025, a community-led project, is designed to bring holiday joy to local children ...

Michael Alfred Scott was sentenced to life in prison without parole plus five years in connection with the May 2024 carjacking that involved a Metter Ford employee. Scott was found guilty last week by ...

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One of the first orders of business for the newly-formed Candler County Solid Waste Management Authority is to discuss a possible expansion opportunity at the Candler County Landfill. The Authority ...

The Candler County Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 on Monday, Jan, 5, to deny the transfer of the Candler County landfill site to the Candler County Solid Waste Management Authority, This vote ...