Paul Farr fired behind scandal

Americus attorney Paul Owen Farr was fired as the county attorney by the Sumter County Board of Commissioners during their December 2006 regular monthly meeting for reasons that have not been publicly disclosed. According to county commissioner Al Hurley, Farr was let go because of some inappropriate dealings with the law firm of Barnes, Farr, and NeSmith.

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Marshall fires back at Murray

Dr. John Marshall, owner and publisher of the Americus Sumter Observer, has responded to a threat by Americus attorney William J. Murray to sue the printer of his newspaper if "Girls Gone Wild" Part 2, an article detailing the attorney's daughter's criminal background, was carried in the December 2006 issue of the paper.

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Cover-up suspected in DUI case

Part 2: Attorney's Daughter Cover Up 

Editor's Note: This is the second of a two-part series on "Girls Gone Wild." Part one on Carley Michelle Blount, the daughter of Americus Mayor Barry Blount, appeared in the November 2006 issue that can be viewed online at www.americusumterobserver.com

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Songs, praises, prayers ring in New Year at annual Gospel Workshop

By Freelancer Millard K. Ives

Bursts of gospel energy propelled their voices to the heavens, shaking the church building into a sanctuary of bliss with music, praises and dance.

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