Southwest

A Way Out

Ed Lightsey,

Javier Gonzalez, left, turned to education to escape the life of a migrant worker; as head of ABAC's High School Equivalency and College Assistance Migrant Program, he's helping others follow in his footsteps

January 1, 2007

Tifton/Tift County

Ed Lightsey,

In many ways, Tift County's economy depends in great part on the lands that surround it and the strangers who pass through Tifton, the county seat, on their way to or from Florida's attractions.

January 1, 2007

Southwest Georgia: A Brighter Outlook

Ed Lightsey,

Economic development updates for Southwest Georgia, Forsyth/ Monroe and Fitzgerald/Ben Hill.

December 1, 2006

Thomasville At-A-Glance

Randy Southerland,

Fast facts about Thomasville: population, government, unemployment, income, top employers.

February 1, 2006

Thomasville: Historian And Crusader

Randy Southerland,

Jack Hadley is on a one-man crusade to preserve the vanishing remnants of black history. In the process, he's helping put Thomasville on the map.

February 1, 2006

Thomasville: Courting Retirees

Randy Southerland,

For Joe and Terry Emerson it was love at first sight - first sight of Thomasville that is.

February 1, 2006

Southwest Georgia: Pooling Resources

Ray Glier,

It was a rainy Wednesday morning in South Georgia, the kind of day that makes you dread a 50-, 60- or 90-mile trip for a business meeting.

December 1, 2005