Candler County Schools will reopen Friday, January 24. Most roads seem to be in good shape and our buses will be running their normal schedule. We look forward to providing a safe learning environment ...

David Emanuel Academy senior Peyton Lee has been named STAR Student and has selected Donna Campbell as his STAR Teacher.

I don’t know who taught me how to cook. I think I mostly learned by being in the kitchen with my mother when she was preparing the meals that she served our family every day. Mama never actually ...

This week, for the first time in a few years, we may be faced with an opportunity to sing “Jingle Bells” deep in the South as we brave a snow-white landscape and ice-covered roads, walkways and steps ...

From time to time, Metter Advertiser receives questions from the community that we attempt to answer as quickly as possible. However, we have come to realize that questions one person may have are ...

The weather did not stop the celebration! The community gathered Monday afternoon along the parade route from Metter Police Department through downtown Metter for the annual Martin Luther King Jr.

Kats Diner, Metter’s newest eatery, is opening Saturday, Jan. 25, at 751 South Lewis Street, across from Walgreen’s Pharmacy. Owners Joe and Alissa Sudowski are not new to Metter’s culinary scene ...

Metter’s L.C. Anderson Memorial Library, Candler County’s public library, has a new manager as of Monday, January 13, 2025. She is Elissa Gasper of Vidalia, Georgia. Gasper comes to the library after ...

Metter-Candler Chamber of Commerce has selected Gaitten Creative to lead the planning and execution of this year’s Another Bloomin’ Festival alongside Festival Chair Marty Ray. “This community event ...

James H. “Jake” Lovett, devoted husband of Kay Strange Lovett, passed away peacefully on Monday evening, January 20, 2025, at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro, Georgia. Jake was born in Blackshear, ...

Today our countryside is layered in beautiful white! And we know you are out enjoying it! Don't forget to share your favorite Snow Day pictures with us for our 2025 Snow Day scrapbook, which will ...