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Board Chairman Jeff Taylor called the Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, work session of the Cook County Board of Education to order. Board Member Chad Sumner gave the invocation, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by Dr. Tim Dixon, Superintendent. Approval of agenda Chairman Taylor presented the work session agenda for approval. Motion made by…

Alapaha Judicial Circuit District Attorney Chase L. Studstill has announced that Clyde Doyle Hamby, Jr., age 31, of Omega, Georgia, was sentenced August 24, 2022, on felony charges of Aggravated Assault on a Police Officer, Terroristic Threats and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony. Hamby entered a plea before jury selection…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Sept. 21, 2022) – Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (CSE: TRUL) (OTCQX: TCNNF) (“Trulieve” or “the Company”), a leading and top-performing cannabis company in the U.S., today announced the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (“GMCC” or “Commission”) awarded Trulieve GA, Inc. with a Class 1 production license. Trulieve patients in Georgia will be able…

The latest collection in the worldwide best-selling book series Chicken Soup for the Soul, Miracles and the Unexplainable, features the story of Adel author Richard Bennett, who came close to death on a number of occasions after a horrific automobile accident nearly 22 years ago. Richard says he had what could be described as two…

The Cook County Caring Volunteers Group (CCCVG) started working back in June and July to start a fundraiser to help our SOCK Program and help with some of the school supplies for the Back-to-School Bookbag Giveaway. Members of this great group of volunteers are: Sharon Locklear, Brenda Moore, Scott Morris, C’reon Arnold, Mykel Seabrooks, Brandon…

During the Adel City Council meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, City Manager John Flythe advised that on Aug. 31, Blockstream company officials called and advised they did not want to be totally disconnected, but they were not going to run their units. Their reason was the projected cost of the September bill was over…

During the Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, meeting of the Adel City Council, Councilman Greg Paige made a motion to enter into executive session (closed to the public) to discuss a personnel matter. Councilman Terry McClain seconded. All were in favor. Following executive session, the meeting was re-opened to the public. During the last business item…

City Manager John Flythe advised the Adel City Council during their Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, meeting that the indication at the Council work session on Aug. 24 was to remove the penalty clause for utility bills, so that no penalty is charged as long as the customer pays at least one bill per 30 days.…

A standing-room-only crowd consisting of many upset citizens filled the Adel City Council meeting room during a Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 24, 2022, work session on much delayed utility bills. EDITOR’S NOTE – Please see the complete work session that was live-streamed on the Adel News Tribune’s Facebook page as well.  Adel Mayor Buddy Duke started…

On Aug. 19, 2022, Senior Superior Court Judge Dane Perkins ordered a 20-year sentence for Jerry Lynn Tatum, 28, of Adel after Tatum pleaded under the First Offender Act to aggravated battery. Tatum will serve the first 2.5 years of the sentence in state prison, followed by the remainder on probation. The judge also sentenced…