Milledgeville News

VFW POST 2872 Senior Vice Commander Allen Wilhelm recently presented the secretary of the Athens-Clarke County Veteran's Council, Myrestine Malloy, with a check to support the Milledgeville Georgia War Veteran's Home.

Baldwin County will be one of 10 host counties for the Georgia Department of Economic Development's annual International VIP Tour, March 19-21.

Civil rights activist Julian Bond is scheduled to speak at Georgia College later this month as part of a lecture series on social justice.

Milledgeville City Council will hold a work session at 5:30 p.m. today in city hall executive chambers.

The Oconee River Greenway Foundation is hosting its annual community meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Campus Black Box Theatre at 135 W. Hancock St. "With spring approaching, the Oconee River Greenway Foundation is looking for volunteers to help with events, cleanups and trail maintenance at the park," said ORGF President Sarah Hamil.

The Central State Hospital Local Redevelopment Authority announced the sale of the former Bostick State Prison facility and 16 acres of land Friday.

"When in Rome...do as you done in Milledgeville"-Flannery O'Connor Andalusia's pull extends across the globe.

The Central State Hospital Local Redevelopment Authority announced the sale of the former Bostick State Prison facility closed Thursday.

"This will generate discussions and try to get a plan of action for us to tackle these issues," McMullen said Tuesday.

Herschell Harvell, Jr., 53, Conyers, Georgia, made his initial appearance in federal court on charges of making false statements to a bank to obtain a mortgage loan and conspiring to obstruct an investigation into his real estate transactions by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Inspector General .

Two interrelated House bills recently introduced the spotlight to Georgia's waning rural health care facility access and medical workforce.

IHOP of Milledgeville and its restaurants across the country offered free short stacks of its famous buttermilk pancakes on National Pancake Day Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. In return of three free pancakes, guests were encouraged to donate funds to benefit the Children's Miracle Network Hospital's program at Children's Hospital at the Medical ... (more)

Bishop Robert Wright, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, which includes Milledgeville, will preside and preach at a service of Holy Communion with imposition of ashes on Ash Wednesday.

The local Distinguished Young Women program awarded Bronte Joseph the title of DYW of Milledgeville and Jolena Yao with the title of DYW of Baldwin County during the program's showcase over the weekend.

Three Milledgeville residents qualified for nonpartisan elections as the qualifying period opened Monday morning.

The Milledgeville-Baldwin County Development Authority created a simple, yet enterprising industrial tax abatement schedule that will soon be approved by the City of Milledgeville.

Allied Arts will present the Mandolin Consort of Atlanta at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Allen's Market Building, 101 West McIntosh St. in downtown Milledgeville.

The Buford boys survived one of their toughest challenges of the season Thursday holding off Cartersville 80-73 to advance to their second straight Class AAA Final Four.

Courtesy of Columbus State University Columbus State University president Tim Mescon, left, and Georgia Military College president Williams B. Caldwell IV have signed an agreement to count more than 120 courses as academic credit toward a degree at either school.

The range of temperatures that we’ve had during the past few weeks has been interesting -- to say the least.