Sunday, May 19 2013 10:19 AM EDT2013-05-19 14:19:32 GMT
A Lowndes County man is behind bars after deputies uncovered nearly half a million dollars of marijuana. Deputies responded to a complaint at Jose Sanchez's house on Highway 129 North Friday. AuthoritiesMore >>
A Lowndes County man is behind bars after deputies uncovered nearly half a million dollars of marijuana.
Saturday, May 18 2013 11:42 PM EDT2013-05-19 03:42:03 GMT
Hundreds of people came out to Lake Blackshear Saturday to support law enforcement and the Crisp County Sheriff. It was the first annual pigs in the park event, put on by the Georgia Narcotics Officer'sMore >>
Hundreds of people came out to Lake Blackshear Saturday to support law enforcement and the Crisp County Sheriff.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 9:47 PM EDT2013-05-19 01:47:12 GMT
Thomasville Police are looking for two men who attempted to rob a store, scaring customers and clerks. Police say they responded to the Dollar General on West Jackson Street around 9:15pm Friday. EmployeesMore >>
Thomasville Police are looking for two men who attempted to rob a store, scaring customers and clerks.
Saturday, May 18 2013 6:59 PM EDT2013-05-18 22:59:02 GMT
Dougherty County police are searching for a motorist who hit a pedestrian and then fled the scene. Authorities say it happened around 11pm Friday near the 3900 block of Radium Springs Road. PoliceMore >>
Dougherty County police are searching for a motorist who hit a pedestrian and then fled the scene. More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 6:58 PM EDT2013-05-18 22:58:50 GMT
It's graduation time for high schools in Dougherty County and students are ready to embark on their next journey. 230 graduates received their high school diplomas from Westover Comprehensive High SchoolMore >>
230 graduates received their high school diplomas from Westover Comprehensive High School this Saturday morning.More >>
February 8, 2007
Plains- Alternative fuels are becoming big business, and south Georgia is right in the middle of the fuel boom. An ethanol plant is planned for Tifton and Mitchell County broke ground just last month. A bio-diesel plant is under construction in Bainbridge and now Plains is getting ready to break ground on a bio-diesel plant.
Alterra Bio-Energy plans to build a 25 million gallon a year bio-diesel production plant on this property in Plains. Alterra will market a B-20 blend that can immediately go into diesel tractors and trucks. Right now, they say the market is ripe. Georgia uses approximately two billion gallons of diesel a year and only produces 10 million gallons of bio-diesel.
"We think it will benefit the whole area around, because it's going to take a good bit of crops grown by the farmers to supply it and we think they can grow at least two crops a years one soybeans and during the winter they can grow canola, so give them some cash flow all year around," said Boze Godwin, Plains Mayor.
The Plains plant will use canola and soybeans to produce the bio-diesel fuel.
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