The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has called a public meeting May 7 to present slight changes made in the project to widen Highway 44 to four lanes through Greene and Putnam counties. The Public Information Meeting will be held from 5-7 p.m.

Saturday was a beautiful, sunny day in downtown Greensboro. Perfect for, well, everything. Walking the family dog, showing off your classic car, eating snow cones and funnel cakes for lunch or just sitting in the shade watching the world go by.

Visitors to downtown Greensboro will be greeted by the smell of freshly fried funnel cakes this Saturday morning, as Southland Jubilee officially takes over the streets from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Take a stroll through the streets of downtown Greensboro during Southland Jubilee next Saturday, April 20, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“People were emotional. It was really intense,” said one family member of a patient at Savannah Court of Lake Oconee (SCLO) senior care center who attended a meeting there last month.

A Greene County man lost his life in a mobile home fire on Ward Road in northwest Greene County during the early morning hours of March 30.

The small meeting room at Greensboro City Hall was packed with 40 people and others were out in the parking lot, crowding the door attempting to hear or see. It was the city Planning and Zoning Board meeting, and they were there to speak against the annexation of 364 acres of land across Highway 44 from the old Athens Tech building.

The city of Greensboro is getting bigger and bigger. The City Council Monday night approved annexation and rezoning requests for parcels of land totaling 94.4 acres along Meadow Crest Road.

Push-in ceremony marks delivery of new fire truck for Reynolds area In an event that goes back to the late 1800s, Greene County Fire and Rescue conducted a “push-in ceremony” last week to inaugurate a new $550,000-plus fire engine. Engine No.