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Kendrick Butts

First responder radio discussions give bad flashbacks to SDS days

Christian Mckearney

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Discussions about first responder radio contracts during Tuesday’s county commission meeting set the stage for a possible standoff between the Baldwin County government and the Milledgeville city government.Essentially, the county government soon will ask the city government to help pay the annual...

First responder radio systems very expensive

Christian Mckearney

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Motorola may seem like a blast from the past, a relic from the earlier days of cell phones.Many people probably don’t even realize that the company is still around.As it turns out, however, Motorola is very much alive and well, and the company by far is the biggest player in the first responder...

Calvin Brown

Calvin Brown finds attorneys

Christian Mckearney

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Calvin Bernard Brown, the man involved in a skirmish with a Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office deputy earlier this month, has retained the legal services of two Atlanta attorneys.“Prominent Civil Rights Attorneys Harry Daniels and Gerald Griggs have been retained to investigate the August encounter in...

Maj. Brandon Sellers

Chief detective arrested, fired

Christian Mckearney

Thursday, August 20, 2026

The Milledgeville Police Department is down a detective, as Maj. Brandon Sellers was fired following an arrest last week, Chief Dray Swicord confirmed to The Baldwin Bulletin.Sellers, 48, had led the MPD’s criminal investigations division for the past two years.

Parker Soltay makes a diving attempt for John Milledge.

FOOTBALL’SBACK!

Trey Norris/staff

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Around here, high school football is always one of the first signs of autumn, a reminder that these 98-degree temperatures won’t last forever. The John Milledge Academy Trojans kicked off the 2026 season last Friday night with a 31-7 win over old rival Brentwood in Sandersville.

Eighth grade math scores dismal

Christian Mckearney

Thursday, August 13, 2026

A new round of standardized tests scores recently were released for school districts around Georgia, and the some of the math scores for the Baldwin County School District were dismal.There’s no way of sugarcoating it.At the eighth grade level, 17 percent of the BCSD students tested were...

GEORGIA COLLEGE & STATE UNIVERSITY IS ON QUITE A ROLL

Christian Mckearney

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Downtown Milledgeville once again is awake, its annual summer snooze over, as classes resumed this week at Georgia College & State University.Right around 1,850 freshmen are enrolled this semester, setting the school record, one that dates back 135 years.

Milledgeville’s Huley Park receiving upgrades

Christian Mckearney

Thursday, August 13, 2026

New playground equipment is on the way at Huley Park, the municipal park located between Martin Luthern King Jr. Drive and Carrington Woods.The City Council approved the purchase during a recent regular meeting.The price tag for the project is $283,434, which may seem high, but that’s just the...

Chance Rogers, a night shift lieutenant for the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office, resigned in the days following a skirmish between another deputy and a criminal trespass suspect. CONTRIBUTED

Deputy-involved skirmish has people talking

Christian Mckearney

Thursday, August 13, 2026

FACEBOOK VIDEO VIEWS IN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDSVideos from an incident involving a Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office deputy and a suspect at a southside convenience store have now been viewed on Facebook more than 300,000 times.In the videos, Deputy Joseph Harker is seen punching the suspect, Calvin...

Victor Washington

Man calls his favorite phone number again

Christian Mckearney

Thursday, August 13, 2026

At this point, 911 dispatchers are so familiar with Victor Jerome Washington that he’s sort of like unwanted family.For the third time in the last three months, Washington was arrested on the same charge – unlawful conduct during 911 call.Washington, 64, is a resident of the Dogwood Retirement...

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