Putnam County News

Severe storms, including at least one possible tornado, downed trees and power lines and left damage across Central Georgia.

Robert I. Landau was sworn in as the newest member of the Board of Directors of Central Georgia Technical College.

Going back to elementary school might not sound like much fun for some people, but for Jake Adams, it has been great.

From left, bus tour participant Shannon Stackhouse-Flores talks to Early College students Alexis Kelley and Andrea Grable about their health class project.

Gov. Sonny Perdue has announced the approval of five environmental infrastructure project loans for Georgia communities totaling about $6.7 million.

The Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority announced $6.7 million in loans for water and sewer projects Tuesday, most of which is a $5.1 million loan to the Macon Water Authority.

The following is information compiled from public records taken from reports of the Milledgeville Police Department and the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office.

Three men accused of kidnapping and beating a Milledgeville man to death before dumping him in Putnam County will spend life in prison.

Putnam County officials are hoping someone will preserve the Butler-Baker School, a historic black school where 'The Color Purple' author Alice Walker became valedictorian in 1961.

Three men accused of beating a man to death over a $25 marijuana purchase went on trial Tuesday.

The Oconee Master Gardeners Association met Wednesday for the first time as an independent club.

A well-known Augusta businessman is dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound following a police chase Saturday morning in Putnam County.

It will be a four-way race to replace former state Rep. Bobby Parham in the statehouse.

Many hospitals with their own ambulance services receive a subsidy from local government, usually designated for ambulances.

When director Leanne Branch was asked to take the reigns of the musical classic "Annie Get Your Gun," she agreed with one stipulation - she got to pick her stage manager.

Christopher Tarpley, a student at the Langston Chapel Elementary School, speaks to a 4-H class in Statesboro, Ga For more than 100 years, Georgia students have learned leadership, character and public speaking skills through the 4-H program.

The feature presentation is "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" rated PG. 6:30 p.m.: The Old Capitol Area Chapter of The Military Officers Association of America meets at the Georgia Military College dining hall.

Digging resumed this week for an alleged illegal water tap at property owned by Tom Thompson, chairman of Eatonton-Putnam Water and Sewer Authority.

Fireworks explode in the skies over Lake Sinclair Saturday evening. Hundreds of boaters stopped on the lake for a few hours as lakeside residents and businesses lit the fuses of fireworks along the shores and docks of Lakes Sinclair and Oconee to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday in 2009.

Eatonton-Putnam Water and Sewer Authority began digging by their Chairman's property for an illegal tap last week, after they received a complaint about dirty water from an address not listed in their system, according to Donna Archebelle, Eatonton-Putnam Water and Sewer Authority Asst.