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Defending Sacrifice
Tweet This week, we mourn two from our area who were lost to violent acts half a world apart. One is my dear friend Kimberly Layfield, who fell victim to a madman’s rampage in Seattle. The other is United States Marine LCPL Steve Sutton. Over the weekend, reports surfaced that a notorious [...]
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Southwest Georgia’s jobless rate unchanged at 9.0 percent in April
Tweet ATLANTA – State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler announced today that the preliminary unemployment rate in the Southwest Georgia area was unchanged at 9.0 percent from March to April. The jobless rate in the Southwest Georgia area in April a year ago was 9.5 percent. Metro Athens had the lowest area rate at 6.5 [...]
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