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1996 1st Annual Wiregrass Festival (now known as the Fire Ant Festival) Postcard

March 20-24, 1996

Pictured is Caroline Flake with her Ferret.

The theme that year was Ring of Fire Ants.

From Lisa Garrett Bonnell,

"Found this from my Brother, Kevin Garrett's, time at Sycamore School! He's the top, last one on the right! That is his Bugs Bunny poster, he entered into a class contest and won our family a trip to Six Flags!"

"Who Hacked Up Body of Woman?" November 25, 1968
"Search Widens For Parts of Body" November 26, 1968
"Lawmen Await Lap Report in Murder" November 27, 1968

On November 28, 1968, the Wiregrass Farmer carried a headline that gripped Turner County with shock and fear: “Who Left Severed Body in Pond?” The story detailed the grim discovery of a woman’s mutilated remains in an isolated pond just outside…

By December 5, the case had grown colder. The Wiregrass Farmer ran the headline “No Clues to Brutal Death” and reported that the investigation had stalled. Sheriff Kennedy admitted that the victim remained unidentified and that law enforcement may…

The Crime Lab’s final report gave the first clear description of the victim: a white female, 25 to 30 years old, about 5’3” tall, weighing roughly 130 pounds, with blonde or light brown hair. She had Type A blood and a distinctive scar on her right…

Friday & Saturday
Dec 13-14
Double Feature

Sunday & Monday
Dec 15-16

90 cents a carload!

"He has had two wives, the first dying several years ago. She was the mother of twenty-four of his lusty offspring and his second wife who is still living and strong and health has up to this time presented him with sixten. She is only 42 years old,…

General Assembly

"Districts which have been notified that they do not comply with the guidelines and have been cut off of new federal grants are: .... Turner County, ....

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