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CRIME WATCH

News Staff

Thursday, November 20, 2025

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

News Staff

Thursday, November 20, 2025

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

Wes Ransom

Thursday, November 20, 2025

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

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

Bailey Ballard

Thursday, November 20, 2025

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

County reports strong resolutions for identified issues

Bailey Ballard

Thursday, November 20, 2025

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

BCSD assists families in need during holiday season

Bailey Ballard

Thursday, November 20, 2025

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

BOC discusses golf improvements, airport plan

Bailey Ballard

Thursday, November 13, 2025

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.

The Milledgeville Garden Club welcomed new member Anne Neely-Beck (left) and new officers President Elect Jan Jeffords-Schenck, President Ana Maria Edwards, Vice Predient Sandra Wilder, and Treasurer Holly Williams. Not Pictured are Secretary Anne Smart and Parliamentarian Jennifer Pollard. Hostesses for the meeting were Gail Pohl, Nancy Anderson, Kathy Geist, Shirley O’Quinn, Kathy Veal-Smith, and Jimmie Speir. CONTRIBUTED

MILLEDGEVILLE GARDEN CLUB

News Staff

Thursday, November 13, 2025

CRIME WATCH

News Staff

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Frequent shoplifter caught againOn Nov. 5 law enforcement met with the Asset Protection Manager of Walmart in reference to a shoplifting.On Oct. 26, Yasmin Andrews was at a self-checkout machine failing to scan approximately $173 of miscellaneous items.

ARREST REPORTS

News Staff

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Nov. 6Jessie Lamar Barber, 50, of Milledgeville - driving while license suspended or revokedJose E.

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