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Governor’s Office of Highway Safety awards grant to GCSU

Georgia College & State University received a nearly $9,000 grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. The grant will help finance events and activities to promote lower risk drinking and encourage students not to drive after drinking.

Reclaim your financial footing after the shutdown

Now that the government has reopened, you may be among the millionplus people who will be watching for their back pay. When it comes, after the tense, long and frugal weeks, it may feel like a windfall. But of course, it is not.

CRIME WATCH

Man arrested for spray painting businessesOn Nov. 9, law enforcement was dispatched to Greene Street Pool Tavern, 120 W. Greene St., at 9:55 p.m. in reference to damage to property. Dalton Durden had spray painted inside the men’s bathroom.
LIR presents Quilts of Valor for Veterans Day

LIR presents Quilts of Valor for Veterans Day

LIR presents Quilts of Valor for Veterans Day

Learning in Retirement hosted its monthly meeting Friday, hosting the Quilts of Valor. Quilts were presented to two veteran members. The guest speaker was Ginny Deardoff Dornhagen, who was an Army nurse with service in Vietnam in the Intensive Care and Recovery units.
GMC names Ransom as chief of police

GMC names Ransom as chief of police

GMC names Ransom as chief of police

Georgia Military College appointed Wes Ransom as chief of police, joining the GMC family with over 15 years of law enforcement experience in patrol, investigations, campus safety, and command-level leadership.
Georgia’s Old Capital Heritage Center at the Depot Executive Director Dr. Amy Wright, dressed in historic attire, presented a 200-year history on the Brown-Stetson-Sanford House. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff

Georgia’s Old Capital Heritage Center at the Depot Executive Director Dr. Amy Wright, dressed in historic attire, presented a 200-year history on the Brown-Stetson-Sanford House. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff

GOCHC celebrates 200 years of The Brown-Stetson-Sanford House

Georgia’s Old Capital Heritage Center at the Depot celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Brown-Stetson-Sanford House, a home that launched the movement of historic renovations in Milledgeville. It also is one of many museums near the downtown area.
Baldwin County Commission Chair Andrew Strickland delivered the State of the County address at Eggs and Issues at Central Georgia Technical College. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff

Baldwin County Commission Chair Andrew Strickland delivered the State of the County address at Eggs and Issues at Central Georgia Technical College. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff

County reports strong resolutions for identified issues

Baldwin County Commission Chairman Andrew Strickland delivered the State of the County address during the Milledgeville-Baldwin Chamber of Commerce’s last Eggs and Issues this year.The county’s areas of focus included infrastructure, compliance, and code enforcement.
Baldiwn County’s Social Services and Family Engagement Departments unite each year to prepare meal boxes for students in need. This picture is from a distribution in 2023, after a state meal truck service was discontinued. CONTRIBUTED

Baldiwn County’s Social Services and Family Engagement Departments unite each year to prepare meal boxes for students in need. This picture is from a distribution in 2023, after a state meal truck service was discontinued. CONTRIBUTED

BCSD assists families in need during holiday season

The Baldwin County School District is able to expand its Holiday Nutrition Program due to a $2,000 grant from the Tri-County EMC Foundation Board of Directors.
The Little Fishing Creek Golf Course master plan presented during the first November meeting. CONTRIBUTED

The Little Fishing Creek Golf Course master plan presented during the first November meeting. CONTRIBUTED

BOC discusses golf improvements, airport plan

The Baldwin County Board of Commissioners met Nov. 4 to discuss golf course improvements, the Baldwin County Regional Airport Capital Improvement Plan, and workforce grants.