RaceTrac will be officially opening it's newest location in Metter at 1302 South Lewis Street on Thursday, October 23! To celebrate the grand opening, RaceTrac will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony at 9 ...

Metter Police Officers were dispatched to the Baymont Hotel on Oct. 13 in reference to an out-of-town individual found deceased at the hotel. The individual was identified as Joel Walden, 58, of a ...

The City of Metter has been presented a concept for a single-family residential development for up to 220 homes to be developed on an 89.8 acre site on Central Avenue (The Stillmore Highway). The ...

Martha Helen Rushing, 92, passed away peacefully Saturday evening, September 6, 2025, at her daughter’s home in Statesboro, GA, under the home care of Ogeechee Area Hospice. She was born in Metter, GA ...

Donna Jean Saunders Cobb, age 62, of Cobbtown, GA, entered the gates of Heaven on Friday, October 17, 2025. On September 6, 1963, Donna was born to Richard Harvey Saunders and Hermalean DeLoach ...

Chilly nights call for a delicious soup to warm you up. Cheeseburger Soup is loaded with celery, carrots, onion and potatoes nestled in a creamy cheese sauce. This dish truly is comfort food at its ...

After two terms as mayor and a total of 22 years serving the City of Metter, Mayor Ed Boyd has announced that he will not seek re-election this fall. “This has been a rewarding experience, and I ...

It is hoped that the third time is the charm for Metter City Council, which has scheduled a third round of public hearings regarding a proposed 2.54 millage tax increase for Fiscal Year 2026. The ...

The 2025 election for Mayor and District seats on Metter City Council has one of the highest levels of participation in recent memory. When qualifying drew to a close on Friday afternoon, three ...

A four-story Hampton Inn & Suites is not the only new development coming south of I-16. On the west side of Hwy. 121 South, site preparation is already underway for a new RaceTrac service center.

When I find myself spending an hour of my life watching “Extreme Dodgeball” on television, it means I’m having a severe jonesing for some sports action. And now, football season is upon us to satiate ...

A year ago, yoga instructor Kim Woolf took a chance. At the time, she was teaching at Kindred Yoga & Wellness in Metter where she had a good number of female students along with just a few males who ...