Thousands of visitors will be in Hogansville on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 17-18, will the Hummingbird Festival returns to the city. The event is one of Georgia’s favorite and well-attended fall festivals that began in 1998 by Glenda Jones and Jackie Byars. Eventually Hogansville’s late Mayor Bill Stankiewicz and Mary Stewart assumed responsibility for the festival.
Historic Zion Church Restoration, Inc. has announced the annual Blues Festival to help benefit the church restoration project will be held on Saturday, Oct. 24. The group is requesting individuals, businesses and anyone interested, to consider becoming a participant of the 2026 Talbotton Blues Festival.
Early and Advanced voting began in Meriwether County on Oct. 13 for the Nov. 3 General Election. Voters can cast a vote Monday through Friday until Oct. 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day and on two Saturdays Oct. 17 and Oct. 24 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Advanced voting is being held at the Meriwether County Board of Election and Registration office located at 756 Woodbury Highway in Greenville.
Early and Advanced voting began in Talbot County on Oct. 13 for the Nov. 3 General Election. Voters can cast a vote Monday through Friday until Oct. 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day and on two Saturdays Oct. 17 and Oct. 24 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Advanced voting is being held at the Talbot County Board of Election and Registration office located at 1761 Geneva Highway in Talbotton.
Some of the sci-fi movies feature time travel. In some of the films, like Back to the Future, folks traveled to the future and back in time. The ability to travel through time is by far one of my favorite movie storylines. I mean, who - at least once in their lifetime - hasn’t wished they could turn back the hands of time or move into the future? Think about it: we could all become millionaires back in the day coming up with new inventions or we could set something right in our life that went wrong.
Jamaria Mahone was crowned the 2026 Homecoming Queen at Central Elementary-High School and Jaquan Wilson was crowned King. The two teens were named and crowned during half time of the Hawk football game last Friday night against the Marion County Eagles.
Meriwether County Sheriff Chuck Smith reported on Wednesday, Sept. 29 that his agency had made multiple arrests regarding entering auto incidents in Meriwether and surrounding counties.
Historic Zion Church Restoration, Inc. has announced the annual Blues Festival to help benefit the church restoration project. The group is requesting individuals, businesses and anyone interested, to consider becoming a participant of the 2026 Talbotton Blues Festival.
For some reason, most criminals think they are masterminds and, most of the time, that turns out not to be the case. You would think a criminal would develop a strategy before committing a crime. While I’m sure there are some crooks who do spend time developing a plan, there are probably far more who do not, and that usually results in what is referred to as a “dumb and funny” criminal. There is nothing any funnier to me than dumb criminals who step into something without a way of stepping out properly.
The Meriwether County Sheriff’s Office announced on Thursday, Sept. 24 the recent resolution of two significant criminal cases investigated by the department’s deputies and investigators.
