Baldwin County, GA

Traetorian Mitchell was only 12. Yet he gave his life to save that of another person. The Bible refers to such a person. John 15:13, it says, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.”. Mitchell, who would have celebrated his 13th...

GRAY, Ga. — A Milledgeville man who was recently discharged from the Army now stands accused of murder in connection with the shooting death of a 20-year-old Milledgeville woman at a party at a residence in Jones County on May 15. Jeremy Xavier Butts appeared last Thursday for the first...

The NAACP, along with community partners, will host a Juneteenth community-wide picnic starting at 8 a.m. Saturday at Central City Park (formerly known as Bonner Park). The free event will include music and entertainment, vendors, educational activities, book signings and a tribute to the fathers for Father’s Day. Juneteenth celebrates...

New details are emerging in the grisly discovery of human remains recently found in the backyard of a house in the Deveraux community of Hancock County, The Union-Recorder has learned. The man accused of the brutal crimes, meanwhile, awaits extradition from South Carolina to Georgia for court proceedings that could...

Over the past six weeks, hundreds of adults and teens have taken advantage of free COVID-19 vaccinations at Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin hospital in Milledgeville. “This is something we’ve been doing every Friday for the past six weeks,” said Thomas Treadwell, project manager at the local hospital. “It’s really worked out great for the community.”

Baldwin County teams’ uncanny ability to win state championships in the past year seems to have rolled right over into summer. The ninth grade Central Georgia E.M.P.A.C.T. (educate, motivate, prepare, advocate for, coach and teach) Wolves, an AAU team, is the latest local state champs after having won the United States Basketball Association’s (USBA) Georgia Championship Sunday night in Marietta. Seven young men hailing from schools in and surrounding Baldwin County went 4-0 through pool and bracket play to bring home the title. With the win, the team also punched its ticket to next month’s USBA National tournament to be held in Hampton, Va.

The playing surface inside Baldwin High School’s Braves Stadium isn’t the only thing being replaced this summer. The school board unanimously voted Tuesday to purchase a $200,000 LED scoreboard for the stadium from Formetco Sports. As with other recent athletic improvements around the Baldwin County School District, education special purpose local option sales tax (E-SPLOST) dollars will be utilized to fund the project that is scheduled to be completed in time for the 2021 high school football season.

A Baldwin County mother and her children ran to the back of their house for safety after hearing the sounds of gunfire during the wee morning hours of last Saturday, local authorities say. Although no one was injured, at least one of several bullets fired from a gun struck the...