AMERICUS -- An Americus native long term employee of Citizens Bank has been appointed assistant vice president of the branch in Americus.
Charlene Pennymon joined Citizens Bank six years ago and works as a mortgage lender and customer service official. She said she is very excited about her new work. "I've always worked to achieve the highest goal," she said. "I give 110 percent."  FullStory......... 

Troy Anthony Davis is a thirty-eight-year-old African-American man from a large middle-class, churchgoing family in Savannah. When he was a younger, he was the type who would buy the kids in the neighborhood ice cream when the ice cream truck came around. He was the type who went to night school so he could care for a paralyzed sister during the day. In 1989 he was planning to join the U.S. Marines. That year he got caught up in a police investigation.  FullStory......... 

Americus residents look forward to the completion of the new Lowe’s located on highway 280 E.

Part I: African Americans in Americus

The history of Americus and Sumter County, Georgia dates back to 1832 when it was founded. It is debated whether Americus was named after the explorer Amerigo Vespucci or by the locals at that time. Americus used to be the 8th largest city in Georgia. The stagnant growth is mainly due to the denial of economic growth by those who are in power and whose incentives are to only see advancement of their race.   Full Story......

Deficits prompt cutbacks at NAACP Baltimore staff to shrink 40%; regional offices to be closed

By Kelly Brewington
The NAACP is cutting about 40 percent of the staff positions at its Baltimore headquarters and plans to temporarily close its seven regional offices to cover three years of budget shortfalls.
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