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Anndrea Lampkin and Amber Asbell pose for a photo outside of Ambi Rae Boutique and Allure Beauty Bar.

Anndrea Lampkin and Amber Asbell pose for a photo outside of Ambi Rae Boutique and Allure Beauty Bar.

Ambi Rae and Allure now open

Ambi Rae Boutique and Allure Beauty Bar will have opened Aug. 13, providing clothing and beauty to the community of Jones County. Both businesses are located at 109 Atlanta Road in downtown Gray. Ambi Rae will be open Tuesday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tess Owen (left) and Julie Blizzard examine gifts available at the GWM bookstore. CONTRIBUTED

Tess Owen (left) and Julie Blizzard examine gifts available at the GWM bookstore. CONTRIBUTED

GWM: Your book shop for great holiday gifts

Do you have a book-loving person in your life? Perhaps someone in a book club? Looking for the perfect holiday book-themed gift? Then look no further than the bookstore at Georgia Writers Museum (GWM, 109 S. Jefferson Ave.) in downtown Eatonton.
GBI investigates officer-involved shooting

GBI investigates officer-involved shooting

GBI investigates officer-involved shooting

The GBI is investigating an officer involved shooting in Milledgeville. The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI Dec. 13 to conduct an independent investigation. One woman, identified as Fiesta Lattina Murphy, 48, from Duquesne, Penn., was shot and is currently in the hospital.
Twenty-four Cadet Glee Club members performed at the Southern Association of College and Schools Commission annual conference. DEAN THORNTON/Contributed

Twenty-four Cadet Glee Club members performed at the Southern Association of College and Schools Commission annual conference. DEAN THORNTON/Contributed

GMC glee club performs in front of 4,000 people

GMC’s Corps of Cadets Glee Club performed Dec. 6 in front of 4,000 people at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta during the Southern Association of College and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) annual conference.

Unidentified man makes bomb threat at Kroger

Law enforcement was dispatched to Kroger On Dec. 10 in reference to a bomb threat. Customers and employees had been evacuated from the store and the parking lot was blocked off. According to the store manager, the threat came over their walkie talkies.

Baldwin County Regional Airport closed for repaving

The Baldwin County Regional Airport closed on Nov. 21 and will not be reopening until Jan. 7th. The airport is currently undergoing a resurfacing project that will repave the runway which is 5,509 feet in length and 100 feet in width. The project cost $2.

Warnock defeats Walker; former football star concedes

Incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock narrowly defeated Republican Herschel Walker Tuesday in a closely fought race for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat, giving Democrats a slim two-seat majority in the upper house in Washington. Warnock was leading Walker 51.1% to 48.8% as of 11:50 p.m.