WISK/WDEC
"Local News"
Monday
September 25th, 2017
The Mayor and City Council will hold a budget work session at 5 this
afternoon. The meeting will be held in Council Chambers of the Public
Safety Building
downtown. The community is invited to attend.
There
is still time to make reservations for the first annual State of Education
Dinner to be held in the Pope
Center
on the SGTC campus. The evening begins with a reception at 5:30 with the dinner
and special program to follow at 6:15.
This will be a unique experience for the business community to hear firsthand
from educational leaders in Sumter
County.
Contact the Chamber of Commerce at 924-2646 or by email at chamber@sumtercountychamber.com
for tickets. The cost is $25 for Chamber members and $35 for non-members.
There
will be a rare Tuesday high school football game tomorrow night. On September 8th,
Schley
County’s
home game with Ga.
Military College
was canceled due to issues with travel from Hurricane Irma. That game WILL be
played tomorrow night in Ellaville. Schley
County
had an open date this week and things worked out for the game to finally be
played. Fans can get a chance for some early football action tomorrow night
when Schley
County
will host Ga.
Military College
in Ellaville.
The
30th annual Taste of Sumter
will be held on Saturday September 30th in downtown Americus.
The annual event was moved to Saturday to coincide with the 30th
anniversary of the popular event. There will be plenty going on including
getting a taste of the restaurants around Sumter County; live music and if
you’re worried about missing the big game, TVs will be set up with the game on
during the Taste of Sumter. It’s always a great time to bring the family
downtown Saturday from 11 to 3 for the 30th annual Taste of Sumter.
The Americus Police Department’s Citizens
Police Academy
will begin next Tuesday on October 3rd and will finish on Thursday
November 16th. You can sign up now by dropping by the Public Safety
building; call Sgt. John Brown at 924-3677 ext. 325 or by email at jbrown@americusga.gov.
This is a twelve session course and participants must be willing to attend all
courses. Participants must be 18 years of age. The program is free and open to
the public.
From the Americus
Police weekend incidents, first off, APD
officers were not part of the car chase yesterday around noon. They did
coordinate with GSP about clearing the intersection at Wendy’s when the chase
was coming in on Highway 49 and the chase did continue through downtown and ended
on US 19S. The chase originated in Vienna,
went through Macon
County
into Sumter
County
before ending in Americus.
Any other information will be coming from the Ga.
State
Patrol.
There was a domestic-related shooting yesterday morning at 405
S. Jackson Street. Vera Tullis-Butler
shot Tomorris L. Johnson yesterday morning at approximately 3:39. He was taken
for treatment at the ER at Phoebe Sumter. She was charged with aggravated
assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
Officers went to theft reports at 105 Woodland Avenue; 710 Varsity
Drive; 1406 1st Montgomery; 2002 Roney Street; 103 W. Jefferson; and
305 Ridgeway Drive. A theft of lost/mislaid property occurred at 1506 E.
Forsyth.
Autos were entered at 303
Rucker Street and 214
Taylor Street.
A 2nd degree arson case at 2:45 yesterday for a vehicle fire
at 201 Peachtree Street
is under investigation.
A 2nd degree forgery occurred at 922
E. Lamar Street.
Broderick K. McGrady was arrested for disorderly conduct at 107-A
Horton Drive.
A criminal trespass complaint was made at apartment
5 303 E. Glessner Street.
Responding to a domestic situation at 514
Varsity Drive, LaShay Dowdell and
Kevin Banks were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
Officers answered 2 hit-n-run accidents that occurred in the
Wal-Mart parking lot.