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Panic-stricken residents rush to buy gas
By RICK NOLTE
Staff Writer
Monday looked like a hurricane was on its way toward south Georgia, or if you’re at least 50-something, you were transported back to the 1970s.
Satilla River falling after surpassing flood stage
Staff Report
A recent storm that dumped as much as nine inches of rain in locations throughout Coffee County has resulted in flooding of the Satilla River reaching monumental proportions in Brantley County.
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Patterson, Evans, Middleton headed to state finals
Staff Report
COMMERCE — Brantley County freshman sensation Jada Patterson captured the 200-meter dash and finished in the top four of three other events here Saturday at East Jackson High School in the Class 3A 26-team Sectional to qualify for the state finals.
Patterson posted a time of 25.44 seconds in the 200m winning by .02 hundredths of a second over Appling County’s Cadence Cray. Patterson placed second in the 100m dash behind Savannah Arts’ Monica Manker with a time of 12.38 seconds.
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