Polls closed Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the May 19 election. Please check back for updates to this story and results for additional races. Vote counts may change as additional ballots […] ...

Decatur County 4-H proudly celebrated its annual 4-H Awards Banquet on May 5. The evening was dedicated to recognizing the accomplishments, leadership and hard work of 4-H’ers throughout the 2025-2026 ...

Grace Christian Academy senior Jacob Elkins has spent most of his life on a baseball field. From the time he was three years old, the sport shaped his identity and friendships. But heading into his ...

Grace Christian Academy’s 11 seniors graduated Friday. The Class of 2026 was comprised of Abram Justin Anderson, Stephen Luke Boyett, Maddox Walton Cantley, Elijah-Grace Cawvey, Robert Kale Daughtry, ...

Bainbridge High School’s Class of 2026 graduated Saturday, turning their tassels from right to left before flinging their caps in the air to celebrate their achievement. Principal Christopher Bryant ...

Summer on the Bainbridge Swim Team smelled like chlorine, wet towels, and those tubes of white zinc we smeared across our noses in a hopeful attempt to avoid third-degree burns. By mid-summer, my ...

As with warm milk, I was nursed on the shenanigans of Georgia affairs in Atlanta — my grandfather would have had it no other way. And thanks to those remarkable civics and government teachers in high ...

This past weekend, my first grandchild, Henry Vanstone, graduated from Bainbridge High School. That by itself is enough for any grandfather to be proud, but the way he did it causes me to brag just a ...

There is a quiet lesson that life teaches us if we are willing to slow down long enough to notice it: time changes everything, even when we don’t realize it is happening. One of the simplest ways I ...

May is graduation time for hundreds of young people in our town. Many will continue their education at universities, trade schools, the School of Hard Knocks and entering the workforce. In all cases, ...

The Decatur County Sheriff's Office honored seven local fallen officers Thursday: Martin Stegall, Samuel Arline, Robert ...

Bainbridge High School alumna Halle Cannon was recently named to the Coastal Athletic Association All-Tournament softball ...