Category: Community

Town Wrapped Blue

Melissa Blankenship

Local Law Enforcement Serves the Community

Communities around the country are painting their towns blue in support of  local law enforcement agencies the week of May 13 to May 19.  The citizens of Cochran and Bleckley County depend on our police officers and deputies for a variety of tasks from directing traffic in front of the schools to putting their lives on the line for our protection, so in honor of Law Enforcement Week, businesses and individuals around Cochran are buying up bows to wrap the town in blue.

According to Police Chief Chris Coley, Continue reading Town Wrapped Blue

Felkins elected FFA state president

New state FFA officers wield the gavel.

By Melissa Blankenship

Tucker Felkins was elected the 2017-2018 state FFA president on Saturday, April 30 at the annual FFA convention in Macon at the Macon Centreplex.  This is a position that no one from Cochran, or even Georgia FFA’s central region, has ever held. Continue reading Felkins elected FFA state president