Baker County News

Residents in Baker and Early counties can now get federal assistance for damage from severe weather that struck the state early this spring.

I am so very glad that the 15th of April has come and gone. It looks as though everyone has survived this time and not looking forward to another year, maybe the outcome will be the same.

With dozens of roads still closed in Baker county, the last thing anyone around here wanted to wake up to this morning was rain.

Thirty-four roads remain impassable, many underwater, as the county gets some much needed help from the state.

The county estimates now 28 dirt roads and 12 paved roads are either damaged or have water still covering them.

Several are closed, and more could close if heavy rains poor into the area Wednesday night and Thursday.

Health Officials have issued a Boil Water Order for private wells in Colquitt, Decatur, Miller, Seminole, Tift and Turner counties.

ST. MARYS, Ga. - The 130-mile St. Marys River is among the nation's cleanest waterways.

The congregation of Thankful Baptist Church commemorated past and present African-American leaders.

"We will overcome this," was the comment of the executive director of the Georgia Peanut Commission Wednesday on how the peanut industry will recover from recent recalls of products tainted with salmonella from ...

A young woman from Bainbridge is recovering from serious injuries she received in a forceful two-car crash early Sunday morning, according to the Georgia State Patrol.

Mr. Walter Raleigh Johnson, 86, of Albany, died Sunday, December 28, 2008 at Lee County Health Care in Leesburg.

Here is a list of the Georgia school districts that have not received state approval for their security plans, despite a law that went into effect in 1999: Atkinson County Baker County Baldwin County Ben Hill ...

A Newton woman was killed around 5 p.m. Sunday and the driver of a pickup truck seriously injured when the truck ran a stop sign on County Road 122, authorities said Monday.

One woman was killed after a two-vehicle collision in Baker County Sunday night.