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The restaurant’s menu has included gourmet grilled cheese with beef and potato soup. -- - Image from Meritage on Facebook By Tony Adams tadams@ledger-enquirer.com A downtown Columbus fine-dining restaurant will be closing its doors in a week after a nearly 22-year run that includes about five years at its current location. Meritage Restaurant & Wine Bar, located at 1309 1st Ave. since 2013, will serve its final meal on May 19, with the eatery losing its lease due to the sale last fall...

Alabama Power linemen in the Southeast Division admit the work isn't for everyone but it's what they love doing. (Brittany Faush / Alabama NewsCenter)By Linda Brannon Not everyone is cut out to be a lineman. The work is strenuous, weather conditions can be extreme and you need to be in good physical condition and attentive to detail. But, for those who like the work, it is a satisfying profession. “It can be a dangerous job with long hours,” Alabama Power Valley Lead Lineman Joe Eldred...

Lou Crouch is shown above with William Shelby Cloniger who is being presented with the Smallwood-Sondron Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship by Ethan Sondron, son of fallen officer Patrick Sondron, and South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.William Shelby Cloniger of Butler was awarded the Smallwood-Sondron Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship at the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 18 – 01 graduation ceremony held in the John M. Pope...

Paul and Sharon Smith Johnson are shown above recognizing King Mitchell of Americus with the Smarr-Smith Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship as SGTC Foundation Trustee and retired Judge George Peagler and SGTC President Dr. John Watford look on. Mitchell has been hired as a police officer with the Americus Police Department.Americus, GA – Three Smarr-Smith scholarships were awarded at the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 18 – 01 graduation ceremony held in...

South Georgia Technical College LEA Academy Director Brett Murray (l) and President Dr. John Watford (back row far right) are shown above with members of the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy class 18-01. Cadets included: Zackary Ty Bearden of Americus; Andrew C. Brown of Albany; William Shelby Cloniger of Butler, Vivian M. Garcia-Aguirre of Americus; Gregory Guerra of Americus; Zachary J. Harris of Oakfield; Ashley Lynn Kokekangplue of Vienna; King W. Mitchell of Americus; Dustin Morgan Morris of...

SGTC sophomore red shirt guard Kanna Suzuki (14) has signed to play basketball at University of South Carolina Aiken.Americus, GA – South Georgia Technical College redshirt sophomore point guard Kanna Suzuki is moving on to the University of South Carolina Aiken to begin the next chapter of her college basketball career. This week, the South Georgia Technical College student formally accepted a scholarship offer from the NCAA Division II school. Previously, Suzuki helped guide the South...

South Georgia Technical College Foundation Executive Director and SGTC Vice President for Institutional Advancement Su Ann Bird is shown above (right) accepting a check from the Flint Energies Foundation board members to be utilized for GED scholarships.REYNOLDS, GA - The South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently received a $12,000 grant from the Flint Energies Foundation to aid in the funding of 75 General Education Degree (GED) Scholarships. Flint Energies adopted this...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford (r) is shown above congratulating Don Porter (left) on being appointed to the South Georgia Technical College Board of Directors.(Americus, GA)- Don Porter, Local Manager of Georgia Power in Americus, was nominated as a new member of the South Georgia Technical College Board of Directors recently. He will fulfill the unexpired term of former board member James E. “Jem” Morris which ends June 2018 and then be nominated for an additional three-year...

South Georgia Technical College’s newest Certified Nurse Aide program graduates stand in their red scrubs with instructors Shanice Barnum (Black scrubs, back) and Brandy Nipper (Blue scrubs, front) before their recent pinning ceremony.South Georgia Technical College held a pinning ceremony for the Crisp County Center campus’ 19 Nurse Aide (CNA) program students recently, signifying the completion of their program and pinning them as graduates. In addition to being pinned and receiving...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (right) is shown above with SGTC Foundation Board of Trustee member and Macon County Kiwanian Joy Nelson (center) and SGTC Dean of Adult Education Lillie Anne Winn (left), who is from Macon County.South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford was the guest speaker at the Macon County Kiwanis Club meeting recently. He gave members and guests a brief overview of the college which is celebrating its 70th anniversary this...

Shown above (l to r) are: SGTC Diesel Equipment Technology Instructor Chase Shannon with his students who received the Caterpillar Excellence Scholarships recently. They are Paul Strozier of Ellerslie, Jacob E. Brunson of Ellaville, and Danny Smith of Fort Valley. SGTC Academic Dean Raymond Holt is also shown with the scholarship recipients. Americus, Ga.—Three students in the Diesel Equipment Technology program at South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) were recently awarded South Georgia...

Robert Chandler Clary is the recipient of the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County High School Class of 1965 scholarship.Robert Chandler Clary of Cordele, a member of the 2018 graduating class of Crisp County High School, was nominated and selected to receive the Crisp County High School Class of 1965 scholarship at South Georgia Technical College. The scholarship can be utilized for tuition, books, supplies, on-campus housing, and educational tools while he continues his education...