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Conservation group makes $60M land deal to end mining threat outside Okefenokee Swamp

1 week ago | moultonadvertiser.com | Russ Bynum

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - A conservation group said Friday it has reached a $60 million deal to buy land outside the Okefenokee Swamp from a mining company that environmentalists spent years battling over a proposed mine that opponents feared could irreparably damage an ecological treasure.
Who are the Sacred Harp singers using a more than 180-year-old hymnal today

1 month ago | moultonadvertiser.com | Holly Meyer |Jessie Wardarski

By HOLLY MEYER and JESSIE WARDARSKI - Associated Press BREMEN, Ga. (AP) - "The Sacred Harp" hymnal is beloved by those who sing from it, carrying on the Christian songbook's more than 180-year-old legacy. They are young and old - and all ages in between. Some have been singing from the hymnal all their lives, just as their parents and grandparents had done before them. Others became immersed in the shape-note singing tradition as adults and found fellowship as well as music.
Iranian student in Alabama to self-deport despite withdrawal of initial charge behind his arrest

1 month ago | moultonadvertiser.com | Safiyah Riddle

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - An Iranian mechanical engineering student at the University of Alabama has decided to self-deport after six weeks in a Louisiana detention center despite the government dropping a charge behind his initial arrest, his lawyer and fiancee said.
Area farmers push for farm bill improvements, worry about tariffs

Mar 5, 2025 | moultonadvertiser.com | Wes Tomlinson

Area farmers stress the importance of federal subsidies for recovery from droughts and natural disasters affecting crop production, hoping lawmakers in Washington will increase assistance when the current farm bill expires later this year and concerned about the impact of tariffs.
TVA presents public with draft Environmental Impact Statement for proposed Hillsboro Solar Project | News | moultonadvertiser.com

Feb 26, 2025 | moultonadvertiser.com | William Shelton

On Tuesday, February 18, the Tennessee Valley Authority, or TVA, invited members of the public to a meeting at the R.A. Hubbard School in North Courtland to discuss its draft
Lawrence Medical Center to close

Feb 18, 2025 | moultonadvertiser.com | Eric Fleischauer

Lawrence Medical Center, built in 1953, announced Monday that it will discontinue inpatient care and close the hospital, including the emergency room, by the middle of this year. “In order to maintain our license as an acute care hospital, significant resources are required to maintain an outdated facility that serves fewer than five inpatients each day,” said Lawrence Medical Center (LMC) Board Chairman Gary Terry.
OSHA: GE Appliances could have prevented employee’s death

Feb 5, 2025 | moultonadvertiser.com | Wes Tomlinson

GE Appliances has a "troubling history of safety failures" and failed to take steps that could have prevented the July 2024 death of a supervisor at the Decatur plant, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA recommended the maximum legally allowable penalty on Haier US Appliance Solutions, the parent company of GE Appliances in Decatur, of $193,585. In its Jan.
Town Creek woman charged in Morgan County with trafficking meth

Jan 29, 2025 | moultonadvertiser.com | Wes Tomlinson

A Town Creek woman was arrested Friday in Morgan County on a charge of trafficking methamphetamine and five failure to appear warrants, according to the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office. Wendy Leann Word, 44, was charged with a grand jury warrant for trafficking methamphetamine and for failure to appear on charges of possession of controlled substances, fraudulent use of a credit or debit card, and unlawful manufacturing of a controlled substance.
Ex-probation officer kept child kenneled with dogs, indictment says

Jan 22, 2025 | moultonadvertiser.com | David Gambino

A former probation officer in Decatur and foster mom charged last year with child abuse in Morgan County faces new charges in Lawrence County for allegedly forcing a girl to sleep naked in a kennel with dogs, according to an indictment filed Tuesday. Jodie (sometimes spelled Joddie) Brooke King, 48, was charged in December by a Lawrence County grand jury with aggravated child abuse, a Class B felony, according to Tuesday’s filing.
Pedestrian from Decatur dies in Lawrence County when struck by vehicle

Oct 2, 2024 | moultonadvertiser.com | Eric Fleischauer

A pedestrian from Decatur died early Sunday morning when he was struck by a vehicle that left the scene of a crash in Lawrence County, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Matthew Anderson Ryan Kelley, 31, was struck at 2:40 a.m. on Lawrence County 209, about 10 miles east of Moulton, ALEA said. "The preliminary investigation indicates that (Kelley) was lying in the roadway before he was struck," according to ALEA Cpl. Reginal M. King.