6 days ago · Breaking News ABAC, Tift, Tiftarea schools to close early Tuesday; area systems announce Wednesday closures. TIFTON — Tiftarea Academy and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College have announced school closures for Wednesday.

2 days ago · News Georgia PSC passes rule for data centers’ power usage. ATLANTA – Georgia energy regulators voted Thursday to put some guardrails around the proliferation of power-hungry data centers ...

2 days ago · TIFTON — Tift County has called for a joint meeting with the governing bodies of its municipalities to discuss House Bill 581. The Tift County Board of Commissioners, City Councils of Ty Ty, Omega, and Tifton, and the respective mayors of those cities plan to convene Thursday to deliberate upon their next course of action regarding the house bill and its policies.

Jan 20, 2025 · Breaking News ABAC, Tift, Tiftarea schools to close early Tuesday; area systems announce Wednesday closures. TIFTON — Tiftarea Academy and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College have announced school closures for Wednesday.

Waymon Alvin "Bubba" Harrison, Jr., 73, of Tifton passed away Friday, January 17, 2025, at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton. His funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, January 20, 2025, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Biff Coker officiating.

Jan 14, 2025 · TIFTON — County commissioners are working to update the lighting for the county’s radio communications tower. The strobe lights on the tower, which were installed in the 1980s, are set to be replaced and updated with LED lighting, along with new wiring for the tower, through a unanimous decision made by the county board of commissioners Jan. 13.

Jan 22, 2025 · Becky Taylor/The Tifton Gazette 12th Street on Wednesday morning. Drivers were advised to stay off roads and those who did found it treacherous.

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Jan 22, 2025 · TIFTON — Snow is turning into a kid’s best friend. School is being canceled across the area for Thursday, with Tift County, Tiftarea Academy, Cook County, Berrien County, Worth County, Irwin County and Ben Hill County announcing closures, as well as Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. Turner County said it was …

Nov 5, 2024 · County residents also voted on two amendments to the state constitution, which would provide for a statewide homestead property tax exemption and create the Georgia Tax Court for handling tax dispute and appeal cases, respectively, as well as a referendum increasing the exemption from property tax for personal property from $7,500 to $20,000.