Portrayer of historically significant African American women to to perform at Middle Georgia State.

Monday, September 26th, 2016, 5:59am

Dr. Daisy Century, an actress who portrays black women who changed history will perform in the Presidential Dining Room (Georgia Hall) of Middle Georgia State University's Cochran campus October October 4 at 7 pm. Her character that evening will be Madam C.J. Walker. Tickets are $5 each.

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Local travel team finishes second in return to field.

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Sunday, September 25th, 2016, 8:32am

Local travel team finishes second in return to field.

BC Crush 12-u softball played in the USSSA South Georiga Fall Frenzy at Southern Pines in Dublin Saturday. They finished second, falling to Middle Georgia Impact 8-4 in the title game. The team will return to action sometime after middle school season wraps up on October 8.

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Sunday, September 25th, 2016, 7:28am

The Lady Royals traveled to Loganville for the Ram Classic hosted by Loganville High School. Friday night, BC split games, defeating Winder Barrow 7-6 in nine innings but losing to Worth County 8-3. Saturday, they lost to Prince Avenue Christian 11-2 and were no hit by Lanier County 13-0.

It will be Senior Night when Bleckley hosts Dodge County September 27. Ceremonies start at 5 pm, game at 5:30.

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Saturday, September 24th, 2016, 7:27am

Offense struggles as BCHS drops region football opener.

Bleckley had just 96 total yards of offense as they lost at Northeast 41-6 Friday night. It will be Cancer Awareness Night when the Royals host Dublin September 30 at 7:30 pm.

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Local restaurants to donate portion of proceeds to man's kidney transplant fund.

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Friday, September 23rd, 2016, 5:55am

A pair of Cochran restaurants will hold "days" where a portion of their sales will go toward the fund set up for a man needing a kidney transplant. Reed Floyd Day will be at Dairy Queen, 606 N Second St, September 29 and at La Cabana Mexican Restaurant, 317 W Dykes St, October 6.

Funds collected from both will go to the Reed Floyd Kidney Transplant Fund. Floyd, a Cochran man, was born with one kidney and in need of a transplant. Donations to the fund can be made now by going to Cochran Bank & Trust, 127 6 St SE. Call Jenelle Floyd, (478)230-1821, for more information.

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Thursday, September 22nd, 2016, 8:41am

To commemorate Disability Awareness Month, Middle Georgia State University's School of Education is hosting "The Ability Exhibit," a series of events to promote inclusion. As part of that series, a screening of the HBO documentary "I Can't Do This But I Can Do That" followed by discussion will be held October 2 from 9:30-10:30 am. The screening will take place in Room 302 of Walker Hall on the Cochran campus.

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Wednesday, September 21st, 2016, 8:43am

REACH Scholar signing ceremony held at BCMS.

Governor Nathan Deal was the guest speaker at a REACH Georgia Scholar signing ceremony held Tuesday morning inside the Bleckley Middle School Gym. REACH is program started by Deal to provide lower income students with academic potential greater access to colleges and universities.

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