Bainbridge News

PATIENT' as part of an emergency drill on Tuesday morning are respiratory therapist Chad Knight, physical therapist Laura Winburn and nurse practitioner Angie Tyus.

The grand opening of Paw Pawa s Dog House was celebrated on Nov. 11 with a Bainbridge-Decatur County Chamber of Commerce-sponsored ribbon cutting.A Paw Pawa s Dog House is located in downtown Bainbridge at 109 N. West St.A The owners, Michael and Leeann Walden, were joined by chamber representatives for the ribbon cutting.

Emory Smith of Tifton, familiar to area residents for his work with Southwest Georgia YMCA District, has been named as the full-time director of development at Bainbridge College .

Each year since 1991, the Bainbridge Downtown Development Authority has chosen an historic building as subject of the annual Bainbridge Christmas ornament.

The U.S. Census is hiring in the Bainbridge area. To take the qualifying test, apply at the Decatur County-GIlbert H. Gragg Library, located at 301 S. Monroe St.

Hannah and Will Bius, daughter and son of Martin and Denise Bius, showed the grand champion commercial and registered heifers at the Decatur County Fall Festival and Fair Beef Cattle Show held on Nov.

Wednesday's scheduled 9 a.m. Veterans Day ceremonies in Willis Park could be moved to 9 a.m. Thursday if forecasted heavy rains from Tropical Storm Ida hit.

The annual Bainbridge-Decatur County YMCA Veterans Day Classic 10,000-meter, 3.1-mile run will be Saturday, Nov.

It's the second one in Decatur county this week, and the eighth unsolved armed robbery in the past several months.

Defendants in two separate cases pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and were sentenced to prison time, according to the office of District Attorney Joe Mulholland.

GETTING READY FOR FALL FOTO is Lynn Watts, who is helping Macee Poitevint. The annual West Bainbridge Elementary Fall Festival was held Oct.

Thirty-year retired U.S. Army veteran and Bainbridge College Director of Business and Industry Services Gean Hendrix, and National Guard Command Sgt.

When they got the money, they handcuffed the clerk to the door and ran off. Deputies got there pretty quickly.

Two masked men robbed the Quick Buys convenience store in Bainbridge on Thursday night, the latest in a string of armed robberies in Decatur County.

Bainbridge police department says two armed gunman held up the Quick Buy Food Stores Inc.

30-year-old Hugh Scott McStay was fired from the Beef O'Brady's several weeks ago accused of stealing.

Decatur County Sheriffa TMs deputies arrested four area teens after citizen tips helped lead to their capture in two separate burglary cases on Monday.

A new teacher reward program at Wal-Mart helps 10 teachers at Elcan-King Elementary School in Bainbridge offset rising expenses for much-needed classroom supplies.

BOY MEDAL WINNERS: Top five boys finishers at Saturday's Southwest Georgia Middle School Cross Country Championships stand with their medals.

The general municipal elections for Bainbridge and Climax will be held on Tuesday, Nov.