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Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Sumter County Sheriff Pete Smith has advised that an inmate from the Sumter County Correctional Institute walked off a work detail Tuesday afternoon.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Updated with video; Charlene Pennymon crossed the finish line at the Boston Marathon just before the bombs went off.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  The Sumter County Sheriff's Office has announced that they have seized $35,000 in assets from a crystal methamphetamine drug trafficking network operating in the Sumter County area.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Agency, Lee County Sheriff’s Office and Taylor County Sheriff’s Office initiated a narcotics investigation in a mult-county area targetting a  drug trafficking network Tuesday.

Friday, March 15, 2013  Updated with video; Lee County commissioners have selected a candidate for interim county administrator.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  The James Earl Carter Library at Georgia Southwestern State University is hosting a civil rights history exhibit that lasts through the end of February.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012 

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  A Southwest Georgia woman has made some new head gear for babies at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  Sumter County Sheriff's Office reports that Ogletree returned home around 8:00 PM Monday night.

Monday, November 19, 2012  Our Birth Place, the labor and delivery unit at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, is celebrating it's 25th year anniversary with a special event on Tuesday, November 20th at 5:30 pm at the new facility.

Thursday, November 08, 2012  Sumter County Sheriff Pete Smith was notified earlier today in reference to a missing person identified as Russ Floyd Barnes, age 48.

Saturday, October 13, 2012  Updated with video; Hundreds turned out to the 8th annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk held at Phoebe Sumter in Americus.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012  Georgia Power has given a help to two new graduates from the Georgia Southwestern State University School of Education.

Monday, September 10, 2012  Several children rushed to hospital

Monday, August 13, 2012  Despite stormy weather at the beginning, hundreds of children and their parents came out for Phoebe Sumter's 1st Annual Children's Health Conference, which was held at the Sumter County Fairgrounds.