Get a perspective on how events have shaped today's news in the
community by looking at the Week in Review for a particular week of interest in
the last three months.
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Here are Week in Reviews for the past three months, going from the week
just before last week at the top of this page to the end of the third month at the bottom of
this page. Click on “The Week in Review” title to see the detailed stories.
Week in Review: April 28 to
May 4, 2007
--Double murder suspect arrested.
--One of the fire calls is a suspected arson.
--The Thomas County Board of Commissioners voted to take the first steps of the
process to take by eminent domain property for a new courthouse.
--The teacher of the year is named.
--Fires continue in Southeast Georgia.
--There is a legislative update.
--Federal aid for crops in Georgia impacted by the Easter freeze has fallen
victim to the Iraq war debate.
Week in Review: April 21 to
April 27, 2007
--Double homicide causes search
for suspect.
--There is an armed robbery of a convenience store.
--Fires cause damage.
--There is a meeting of the Thomasville City Council.
--Thomas County is in extreme drought condition.
--The Legislature will be in a special session.
--Delta Air Lines will come out of bankruptcy protection.
Week in Review: April 14 to
April 20, 2007
--Fires cause substantial damage
in the community.
--A strong set of storms cause damage in South Georgia, but none in Thomas
County.
--The Legislature ends without a supplemental budget.
--A student from Georgia and with relatives in Thomas County, was one of the
Virginia Tech shooting victims.
--The Thomasville City Council will consider bids in an upcoming meeting to
upgrade the irrigation system at the city's County Oaks Golf Course.
--The State expands the ban on when homeowners can water their lawns.
--The community hears rumors about trouble at the schools in Colquitt County.
Week in Review: April 7 to
April 13, 2007
--The City of Thomasville indicate
that bringing water service to the area just outside the City of Thomasville is
a 20-to-30 year plan and providing sewer services was a much more expensive
proposition.
--Freezing temperatures on Easter cause problems.
--There are several fire calls of interest.
--The Thomasville City Council passed a rezoning issue on second reading that
will allow for a commercial plant nursery.
--Two of four red-light cameras are operational at the intersection of US-319
and US-19 near Wal-Mart.
--The Legislature struggles with its final days.
--A political poll has been released of 800 likely Georgia voters is released.
Week in Review: March 30 to
April 6, 2007
--A new president of Archbold
Hospital is named.
--Rick Ivey resigns from the Thomasville City School Board.
--One of the fire calls is to the county middle school.
-- The Thomasville city council discussed the need to reform the overall
permitting process of the city.
--A busy 2007 storm season is predicted by Colorado State University
meteorologists with an almost 50% chance the Gulf Coast will be hit by a major
hurricane.
-- State officials say the HOPE scholarship program has $744 million dollars in
reserves.
--The metropolitan Atlanta area grew in population at a faster rate that any
other metro area in the US from 2000 to 2006.
--The State Ethics Commission has decided there is enough evidence to consider
allegations that former Lt. Governor Mark Taylor's campaign for Governor last
year took illegal contributions and did not fully identify donors.
--A Democrat announced his candidacy today for the northeast Georgia Tenth
District congressional seat.
--A controversial federal visa program is being used more and more by high tech
US and Georgia companies to bring in highly skilled foreigners for jobs the
companies say cannot be filled by Americans.
--Florida has taken another step to improve US-98 along the Gulf coast south of
Thomas County.
Week in Review: March 24 to
March 29, 2007
--Fires cause damage.
--The Thomasville City Schools decide to move the system's pre-K program classes
to each of the elementary schools by 2008.
--The US Army bestows another honor on Lt. Henry O. Flipper, the first black
graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point.
--The leadership in the State Senate announced a stripped-down version of a
supplemental state budget for 2007.
Week in Reveiw: March 17 to
March 23
--Educational SPLOST passes
--A fire damages a house in the county.
--City of Thomasville Planning are Zoning officials are seeking citizen input
into plans for developing design standards for two major roads through the city,
but some property owners say it's a plan that has already been rejected.
--Several presidential candidates expected in Tallahassee.
--Legislative update.
--Water resource update.
Week in Review: March 10 to
March 16, 2007
--A 17-year old Thomas County
Central High School student who shot himself in the head while attending church,
will apparently recover.
--The Thomasville City Council passed on first reading a rezoning of a portion
of a block along Fletcher Street to allow a retail landscaping nursery
operation.
--The Thomas County Board of Commissioners met and part of the discussion and
action concerned the expansion of the county's fire department.
--There were fire calls of interest.
--While the Legislature was in recess, there was news of an effort to create a
Confederate Heritage Month, apologize for slavery, require a new vaccine for
young school girls and saving PeachCare.
--The State Insurance Commissioner adds up insured losses from the March 1
tornados.
Week in Review: March 3 to
March 9, 2007
--A local lawyer was found dead in the backyard
of his home.
--Thomasville authorities worked to mitigate a hazardous materials situation
downtown.
--Among the fire calls was one to SWSH.
--The state struggles to rescue the PeachCare program.
--A new political poll is showing the current favorites of Georgians for
President.
--State insurance officials said damage statewide from storms was at $135
million dollars and likely to increase.
--State Department of Revenue officials say revenue coming to the state rose
over revenue from the same month last year.
--Legislators work to fund PeachCare and storm damage.
--Two tickets are sold for a record Mega Millions lottery drawing and one is in
north Georgia.
Week in Review: February 24
to March 2, 2007
--A powerful thunderstorm moved
through southern Thomas County during the early morning hours this Friday.
--A Jefferson County man died in a traffic crash in Thomas County.
--There was a fire call of interest.
--The Thomas County Board of Commissioners spent much of the night in their
regular meeting in land use issues.
--The Thomasville City Council awarded a contract for the construction of an
elevated boardwalk as part of a walking trail around Cherokee Lake.
--There will be a new Principal at Scott Elementary School.
--Lt Governor Casey Cagle was in Thomasville for a meeting with citizens to
discuss current legislative issues.
--The Georgia General Assembly continues its work as the clock winds down on its
40-day session.
--Thomas County Sheriff's investigators have made arrests in a check
counterfeiting ring.
Week in Review: February 17
to February 23, 2007
--There were several fire calls of
interest.
--A Thomasville woman was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a
gun and carrying a weapon on school property.
--Absentee ballots are available now for Thomas County citizens to vote in the
referendum to decide if there will be an additional five years on the
Educational Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax.
--A local dog that rescued a woman after she was incapacitated in a car crash is
honored by American Humane.
--The Thomasville City Council met in a workshop session and heard a report
about Mainstreet and tourism and discussed the status of the old Oak Grove
Nursery on Smith Avenue.
-- A Thomas County man was sentenced in connection with the sex-for-contraband
case Tallahassee Federal Correctional Institution from last year.
--There are legislative updates.
--Governor Sonny Perdue called Thursday, February 22, for an independent
commission that would draw maps for legislative and congressional districts in
the state.
--Governor Sonny Perdue called for a special election to fill the US House seat
left vacant on the death of Representative Charles Norwood and several
candidates have come forward.