June 17, 2009 RSS feed / Community

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Bainbridge High School announces Teacher of the Year

Mrs. Donna Roland was selected as Bainbridge High School's Teacher of the Year. More...

Lake Walter F. George

by Yvonne Bush

Do you know who Walter F. George was and why he has a lake named after him? The last few years our family has been fishing in that Lake and camping at the Cotton Hill facility. Walter F. More...

Library News

by Catherine Vanstone

The Art of Eric Carle Join us at the Miller County - James W. Merritt, Jr. Memorial Library on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 3:30 p.m. as Colquitt's own Carey Collie presents "The Art of Eric Carle", an interactive art program. More...

Another legend leaves us

Kenn Blankenship was born in West Virginia in 1940 to Arnold S. and Cora Mounts Blankenship. His dad was a coal miner. In 1952 the mines closed, and the family moved to New Richmond, Ohio, a small town on the Ohio River just east of Cincinnati. More...

News Around Us

Bainbridge - Decatur County Sheriff's deputies arrested a juvenile for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute following a traffic stop early Sunday morning. More...

June is Hurricane Preparedness Month; Georgians get ready for storms and floods

ATLANTA - South Georgia residents have already survived weeks of flooding but it's time to get ready for hurricane season, said officials with the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). More...

Southwest GA residents prepare for National Pool Championship

Riff Raff team will be shooting for its share of $150,000+ guaranteed purse! More...