Bainbridge News

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.

The Georgia Department of Transportation will detour traffic along part of Dothan Road in West Bainbridge starting on Monday, Nov.

Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education and Bainbridge College Early County are sponsoring a Nov.

Southwest Georgia Farm Credit will hold a community open house on Thursday, Nov.

At its meeting on Tuesday evening, the council heard from citizen Clayton Penhallegon, who presented the council with three requests.

In a document dated October 16th, 2009, from the Court of Appeals of Georgia, regarding Whitehead v. State, Whitehead challenged his conviction on several grounds, including insufficiency of evidence.

As recommended by one of our readers, we have added the Decatur County Health Inspection Scores on our website. The scores cover all of Decatur County and will be updated each Tuesday.

Early voting for the November 3, 2009 General Municipal and Special Elections has begun.

As enrollment continues to climb at Bainbridge College, the need for student scholarships also increases, making generous giftsa 'such as the Mildred Williams McCarty Scholarship established in 2008a 'even more vital for students' educational opportunities.

They were headed east on Shotwell Street when 18-year-old Tiffany Kouts turned in front of them.

Bainbridge Public Safety officers and the Sheriff's Office closed in after shots were reportedly fired in the parking lot of a convenience store on Friday afternoon.

Self-proclaimed "Prince of Pasta," Jim Gisondi of Bainbridge, makes learning fun - and tasty - in his Italian cooking class offered through Bainbridge College Continuing Education Division.

In the last month four Decatur county stores have been robbed and none of the robbers has been caught.