Touring the home of Savvy Reptiles reveals a wide variety of reptiles and amphibians. It’s also the home of Blake and Savanna ...

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, Healthy Sumter, in conjunction with Phoebe Sumter, Flint River Fresh, the Americus Rotary and Sisters in Service of Southwest […] ...

Last week, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) greeted nearly two dozen Buddhist monks in Decatur, Georgia, during ...

At approximately 12:54 a.m., Sumter County Fire Rescue was dispatched to a reported structure fire with possible entrapment ...

In the Christian calendar, January 6 is the Feast of the Epiphany, commemorating the visitation of the Magi (Wise Men) to the ...

The Emancipation Proclamation is one of the most important documents in relation to human rights ever signed into law in this ...

SCFR personnel were dispatched to a motor vehicle fire this morning at 2:47AM at Hwy 195 & Hwy 280 west in DeSoto. Upon ...

On January 1, 2026, at 12:49 a.m., officers of the Americus Police Department were dispatched to a report of a person shot at a residence in the 100 block of […] ...

AM, Sumter County Deputies responded to a vehicle accident in the 2400 block of GA Hwy 49 South. Upon arrival, deputies discovered a vehicle […] ...

Note: D. Jason Berggren is an associate professor of political science at Georgia Southwestern State University. As part of the Americus Times-Recorder’s historical coverage of Jimmy Carter, this ...

Correction: The original unofficial numbers given on election night were incomplete and have been updated. The election was also November 4, not November 5. The results were posted on November 5.