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Ballot monitors Jon and Carol Schoenhorn (l-r), county commissioner-elect Scott Little and County Manager Carlos Tobar (standing) were among those at election headquarters Tuesday night. GREENBERRY MOORE/Staff

Ballot monitors Jon and Carol Schoenhorn (l-r), county commissioner-elect Scott Little and County Manager Carlos Tobar (standing) were among those at election headquarters Tuesday night. GREENBERRY MOORE/Staff

Griffin unseats Vance; Trump carries Baldwin

Greenberry Moore
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Baldwin County went “red” this past Tuesday as all four Republicans in contested races on the ballot Election Day prevailed here.
Students at Oak Hill Middle School participated in the Georgia College “Lights on Aftershool” program. COURTESY OF GMC

Students at Oak Hill Middle School participated in the Georgia College “Lights on Aftershool” program. COURTESY OF GMC

High Achievers and YES programs ‘lit up’ October

Bailey McCully
Thursday, November 7, 2024
The Georgia College & State University (GCSU) High Achievers Program celebrated “Lights on Afterschool” Oct. 24 by partnering with the Youth Empowerment Series (YES) program at Oak Hill Middle School with “literacy” as the overarching theme.Launched in October 2000, Lights on Afterschool is a...
Dafredia Y. Stephens

Dafredia Y. Stephens

Woman pleads guilty, gets 10 years for disposal of uncle’s body

Debbie Lurie-smith
Thursday, November 7, 2024
A Baldwin County woman was sentenced to 10 years to serve in prison following a guilty plea in Jones County Superior Court last week bringing to a close a case that began with the 2021 discovery of an unidentified dead body that appeared to have been discarded.Dafredia Yvette Stephens,45, entered...

CRIME WATCH

News Staff
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Attempted break-in at Buffington’sOn Oct. 22, law enforcement was dispatched to Buffington’s, 120 W.Hancock St., in reference to a burglary.The owner stated that the cook arrived at the location and was unable to use his key to get into the rear door.
Students spent time on a commercial trawler, where they got to see in practice commercial fishing and learned more about the industry directly from professional fishermen on Jekyll island. COURTESY OF GMC

Students spent time on a commercial trawler, where they got to see in practice commercial fishing and learned more about the industry directly from professional fishermen on Jekyll island. COURTESY OF GMC

GMC Marine Biology holds excursion to Jekyll Island

Bailey McCully
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Georgia Military College’s Marine Biology class took a field trip to Jekyll Island this month to gain professional experience in the field of marine biology and engage in research.“The Jekyll Island field trip was designed to combine the concepts the students have learned in lecture and lab into a...

County approves $1.2M contract for Harrisburg project

Greenberry Moore
Thursday, October 31, 2024
The Baldwin County Board of Commissioners awarded a nearly $1.2 million contract last week for improvements at the Harrisburg Park on the south side of the county.At a called meeting Oct. 21, commissioners awarded a bid in the amount “not to exceed” $1,184,378 to Sam Hall & Sons for work on the...

Strong start to election through early voting

Greenberry Moore
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Election Day, a day building in both excitement and tension for months – if not years – is fast approaching, and this country’s voters may or may not know immediately on which side history will be made.When the results of next Tuesday’s presidential election are finally tallied, the United States...
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