by Cook County Family Connection Our Director Zoe Myers and Maria Hardman (B&H Publishing) were guest speakers at a gathering of 60 Hispanic families at the RESA Office in Lenox on Friday morning, Sept. 20.   Zoe presented an overview of the work of Family Connection, and provided literacy resources and bilingual storybooks for each…

Local governments, churches, nonprofits, small businesses and large companies, and individual volunteers, young and old alike, all came together to bring relief to the community during the week following Hurricane Helene’s rampage. County Emergency Management Agency Director Johnny West reported to the County Commission Monday night, Oct. 7, 2024, that as of 10 a.m. that…

The Cook Middle School Hornets Football Team will face the Fitzgerald Middle School Purple Hurricanes during the Conference Championship tonight, Oct. 3 at 5 p.m., at CHS Veterans Memorial Stadium – 9900 GA-37. The Championship Game is FREE to attend. Cook Middle School has directed attendees to use the entrance at the front of CHS…

Hurricane Helene, a monstrous Category 4 storm at landfall at the Florida Big Bend, roared through Cook and surrounding counties early Friday morning, Sept. 27, 2024. The high winds sent massive trees toppling onto houses and power lines, knocking out power to thousands, and tore at buildings. The gusts and heavy rains also devastated local…

Sheriff Doug Hanks and the Cook County Sheriff’s Office have announced the arrests of two juvenile offenders for separate bomb threat hoaxes broadcast through the internet-based application “Snapchat” last week.  The first incident occurred on Monday, Sept. 9, with an image widely shared on social media purporting to detail a bomb threat and specifically directed…

The CHS Homecoming Parade will be Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 7:00PM. The opposing team for Homecoming 2024 will be the Irwin County Indians, the theme for Homecoming week this year is “Game on!  The Hornets are coming to play!” Any school, community organization, club, company, or individual wishing to participate in the parade should…

“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God has forgiven you.” – Ephesians 4:32 On Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, “The Closet,” a community outreach service of Holy Community Church, had its official opening and first Donors’ Appreciation Luncheon at Life After Birth (L.A.B.), 110 E. Fourth St., Adel.…

On Aug. 19, 2024, Constance Dianna Davis, 70, of Cecil pleaded under the First Offender Act to two felony counts of operating an unlicensed personal care home, according to Superior Court records. Chief Superior Court Judge Clayton Tomlinson sentenced Ms. Davis to a total of 10 years’ probation and ordered her to pay a $5,000…

Katelyn Stone, 15, is remaining as active as she can as a Cook Middle School eighth grader while she awaits a donor for her second heart transplant. Katelyn’s parents are Lyn and Katrina Stone. Katelyn was born with a very rare congenital heart defect, Hypo-Plastic Left Heart Syndrome. Basically, she was born with half a…

A standing-room-only crowd turned out on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, for the first of three public hearings conducted by the County Commission on a proposed property tax increase due to property reassessments required by the State. It had been over 10 years since the County had been reassessed.  The County Commission held a special called…