EDITOR’S NOTE: An “indictment” does not reflect guilt or innocence. An indictment shows that a grand jury finds sufficient evidence to proceed with a trial. Many cases are pleaded out before trial. A ...

When Derick Austin graduated from Baldwin High School in 1992, he was already deeply invested in his school community. “I was actually the senior class president,” he said. “Very involved in athletics ...

The new Veterans Transitional Support Unit at the Georgia War Veterans Home in Milledgeville has finally opened. A ribbon cutting ceremony marking the occasion was held Tuesday morning and included ...

SANDERSVILLE, Ga. — The names of the two children killed in a mobile home fire outside Sandersville Valentine’s morning have been released. Washington County Sheriff Joel Cochran identified the ...

After the muted colors of winter, the first hints of spring are beginning to appear throughout the Arboretum. What was once a landscape of bare branches and fallen leaves is gradually coming back to ...

A Milledgeville man and a woman are fortunate they were not injured during a drive-by shooting while sitting in a car last Saturday, local authorities say. The shooting erupted shortly after midnight ...

Mayor Mary Parham-Copelan delivered the State of the City Address during Tuesday night’s Milledgeville City Council meeting. “What a wonderful time we have had over the past four years up until now,” ...

A new five-story hotel with amenities has cleared one hurdle in the quest to become a reality in downtown Milledgeville. The new Duckworth Hilton Hotel & Restaurant gained additional traction Monday ...

Local prosecutors elected to Board of Governors of State Bar of Georgia ...

Milledgeville City Council is set to discuss a proposed curfew for teens under age 16 at Tuesday’s meeting at City Hall. The item was previously on a City Council agenda but was tabled for later to ...

LAKE SINCLAIR – A domestic argument between a recently divorced couple turned violent in Baldwin County Saturday morning, leading to an exchange of gunfire between a deputy sheriff and a man at a ...

A man and a pregnant woman were found shot to death Friday morning in what authorities believe was a murder, feticide-suicide case. Milledgeville Police Chief Dray Swicord said in a press release ...