Mayor's surgery successful

Mayor Pro Tem Denese Shinholster led Tuesday's City Council meeting in the absence of Mayor Mary Parham- Copelan.Shinholster, the City Council member from District 3, gave fellow council members an update on Parham-Copelan, who recently underwent surgery.'They mayor's surgery was successful,'...

Midway RedSpeed tickets returning

New state laws can be a little fuzzy sometimes, which is why the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office discontinued its RedSpeed speeding ticket program through Midway Hills Elementary School to begin the school year.At issue is House Bill 1161, which placed new restrictions on school safety zone...

County’s financial situation ugly

The “county millage rate” in Baldwin County would double, and it’d become one of the highest in Georgia history.Interim County Manager Paul Van Haute painted an extremely bleak picture of Baldwin County’s financial situation during Tuesday’s regular county commission meeting.

OBITUARY: SIBLEY PLACE INDUSTRIAL PARK

COUNTY COMMISSION ABANDONING ITS ONCE-GRAND PLANApparently, time’s up for the Sibley Place Industrial Park.Interim County Manager Paul Van Haute announced on Tuesday that the 1,500-acre property, located along the bypass, soon will be for sale.

Bypass/49 corner property hits the market

The old Georgia Forestry Commission property, located at the corner of Ga. 49 and the bypass, recently hit the market, and the asking price is $525,000.“Suitable for a broad range of retail, restaurant, hospitality, service, medical, office or other commercial uses” is how the property is described...

PD drone helps nab rampager

It definitely wasn’t looking good for Darterrious Dean.From his vantage point, atop a storage shed, he could see a drone buzzing over his head.

ARREST REPORT

MONDAY,AUGUST24•LyticeAnnameshaCallaway, 30, of Milledgeville – felony tampering with evidence, false report of a crime, false statements // Baldwin County Sheriff 's Offi ce (BCSO)• Darterrious Leon Dean , 28, of Macon – aggravated assault (two counts), felony criminal damage to property (three...

Man arrested for DUI with kids in the car

A man led a Milledgeville Police Department officer on a low-speed chase through the southside before being arrested for DUI and other charges.The chase ultimately culminated in the Milledgeville Manor, where Adul Hakim Sanders was held at gunpoint.He was handcuffed and detained without incident.

Ace Shoplifter never really stood a chance

Jason Edward Franks was booked at the county jail on Monday, not long after Chandler Bros. Ace Hardware posted a image of him on Facebook stealing a saw from inside the store.The leads quickly began coming in, and Franks was arrested in short order.Franks apparently has been busy lately.

GCSU: Future civil engineer performs unique research on 3D printed concrete

Addison Stuart is a junior physics major in Georgia College & State University’s dual-degree program where she’ll pursue a civil engineering degree from Georgia Tech.