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Friday, April 19, 2024

Sumter sheriff’s office holding drive-through event for back-to-school supplies

The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office is hosting drive-through events for students in need to pick up school supplies.

The events will be held Saturday, Aug. 8 – while supplies last – at 1 p.m. at Wildwood Middle High School, 700 Huey St., and at 9 a.m. at South Sumter High School, 706 N. Main St. in Bushnell. Students must be present or parents should bring their child’s birth certificate.

Because of COVID-19 concerns and the need for social distancing, everyone must remain inside their vehicles during the event. No walk-ins will be allowed.

Golf course deserves a failing grade

A Village of Hadley resident recently played an executive golf course that had earned a B- grade in a recent report grade. He says the golf course now deserves a failing grade.

It’s great that Villages-News.com features holes-in-one

A reader from Arkansas is envious that Villages-News.com publishes stories celebrating Villagers’ holes-in-one. He wishes he and his friends could get that kind of recognition where they live.

Roosevelt Executive Golf Course should be downgraded to F grade

A Village of Bradford resident, in a Letter to the Editor, contends the Roosevelt Executive Golf Course has a D grade, but should be an F.

The press is biased against Trump

In a Letter to the Editor, a Village of Osceola Hills makes the case that the press is biased against former President Trump.

Former Morse South Gate attendant offers a little perspective

A former Morse South Gate attendant, in a Letter to the Editor, offers a little perspective after another letter writer was critical of attendants working that gate.