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CALENDAR

News Staff
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Submit your events to bb@bbnews.todaySee more events and a regional events calendar online at bbnews.today. LOOK FOR THE CALENDAR MENU ITEM.BALDWINSATURDAY, JULY 19What: Ladies’ Paddle When: 9 a.m.
Exchange Bank pledged $9,000 in support of The Depot Interpretive Center at Georgia College & State University. The Interpretive Center will teach about the local civil rights movement in Baldwin County. CONTRIBUTED

Exchange Bank pledged $9,000 in support of The Depot Interpretive Center at Georgia College & State University. The Interpretive Center will teach about the local civil rights movement in Baldwin County. CONTRIBUTED

Exchange Bank supports GCSU’s Interpretive Center

News Staff
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Exchange Bank has announced a $9,000 pledge in support of The Depot Interpretive Center at Georgia College & State University (GCSU).The first installment of $3,000 was recently made, just ahead of the groundbreaking, which is anticipated within the next month.

Think about estate planning

News Staff
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Think estate planning is only for the wealthy or elderly? Think again. If you own anything — a home, a car, a savings account, even a pet — you already have an estate plan. The only question is: Did you create it, or will your state do it for you?
Seniors Helping Seniors seeks local caregivers

Seniors Helping Seniors seeks local caregivers

Seniors Helping Seniors seeks local caregivers

Bailey Ballard
Thursday, July 10, 2025
A former Coca-Cola and Bumblebee Foods executive, Jeanine Lewis Canales opened a branch of Seniors Helping Seniors this week to serve Baldwin, Burke, Columbia, McDuffie, Putnam, and Richmond counties.

ARREST REPORTS

News Staff
Thursday, July 10, 2025
July 3Jamesia Aujanae Bullard, 32, of Eatonton criminal trespass; simple assaultAnthony Augustus Laville, 61, of Sparta DUI(alcohol); failure to drive within single laneTerrell Marquis Sanders, 36, of Milledgeville possession of methamphetamineCarson Elijah Ussery, 24, of Bryon - driving without...

CRIME WATCH

News Staff
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Woman caught shoplifting at WalmartOn July 1, law enforcement was dispatched to Walmart, at 2592 N.Columbia St., in reference to a shoplifting. Loss prevention personnel stated Janet P. Geib paid for $128.52 worth of items but shoplifted $132.70 worth of other items.
Searchers and divers on the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office boat return to the command post for a break Friday. LYNN HOBBS/Staff

Searchers and divers on the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office boat return to the command post for a break Friday. LYNN HOBBS/Staff

PWC accident claims life of Ellenwood man

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, July 10, 2025
An Ellenwood man lost his life while out on Lake Sinclair enjoying the July Fourth holiday.Christopher Grant Jr., 30, died from accidental drowning when he fell off the personal watercraft he was riding.
4th of July

4th of July

4th of July

News Staff
Thursday, July 10, 2025
A family gathers on their dock on Lake Sinclair to watch fireworks as another family launches fireworks behind them.
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