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Tami Lynne and Dennis Ray Young, Sr. are proud to announce the birth of their son, Dominick Riley Alexander Young. Dominick was born July 15, 2011 at 3:43 a.m. at Appling Healthcare System. [Full Story »] 

Tiffany M. Smith and Steve McNeil of Lumber City proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Jadison Syn’Klair McNeil. [Full Story »] 

Are you on Social Security? What percentage increase in Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) have you received in the past three years? Little to not an iota, right? [Full Story »] 

Dear Editor,

Are we truly looking around us and listening to what’s happening in America? Have we thought about who we voted for to represent us in Washington D.C.? Did we put adults as congressmen, senators, and representatives to speak for us? Or children? They are all acting like children. Why do we (including me) have to do without or suffer, because of their wants and desires? [Full Story »] 

I was driving much too fast that Friday night. I admit it and the fact that I was in a hurry is irrelevant. My husband Larry was asleep in the passenger seat, and we were headed home to Georgia for the weekend. Cruising up I95 somewhere in middle Florida, I glanced over to my right to see that I was passing a Florida State Patrol car. Naturally, my eyes then darted to the speedometer. It read 85 mph. At that very moment Larry awoke and sat up to look out his window. He found himself eye to eye with a state patrolman. [Full Story »] 

Washington, D.C. - When President Abraham Lincoln signed the Revenue Act of 1861 into law, the income tax was born. At the time it was twenty-one pages and called for a flat, three percent tax on annual income over $800. [Full Story »] 

Gregory Scott Bowen, 48, died Monday, August 1, 2011 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Savannah. He was born on June 30, 1963 to the late James H. Bowen and Rosa Turner Bowen in Baxley and had resided here most of his life. He was employed as a meat cutter for Harvey’s Supermarket in Baxley. [Full Story »] 

Shirley Bernice (Cookie) Carter, died July 31, 2011. Mrs. Carter was born July 9, 1963 in Baxley to Janie C. Fletcher and the late James Otis Fletcher, Sr. She was a faithful and dedicated church and choir member at St. Paul C.O.G.I.C. and a proud member of the Long Riders Bike Club. Mrs. Carter loved spending time with her family and friends, and traveling with her husband and bike club members around the world. Cookie was a loving and caring person who will be greatly missed. Her father, James Otis Fletcher and a sister, Clara Byrd, preceded her in death. [Full Story »] 

Evelyn Padgett Collins, 86, died Saturday, July 30, 2011 at her residence. She was born May 8, 1925 to the late Luther Padgett and the late Georgianne Herrington Padgett. Mrs. Collins graduated from Appling County High School in 1941. Her teaching career began in the fall of 1941 at the age of 17. She taught two grades at Liberty School in Appling County. When Liberty School was consolidated with Dyal School she moved to Dyal School to teach. She was principal at Dyal School from 1956 to 1965. During that time she usually taught two grades. Evelyn was also a basketball coach, librarian and lunchroom manager. [Full Story »] 

Amelia Johnson, 65, died Thursday, August 6, 2011 at her residence. She was born to the late Bennie Stephens and the late Annie Kicklighter Stephens on Jan. 22, 1946 in Baxley and had resided here all of her life. Amelia was retired and before retirement she worked as a saleslady for Liberty National Life Insurance Company and she was a member of First Baptist Church of Baxley. [Full Story »] 

Hazel Malone, 80, of St. Mary’s, died Monday, August 1, 2011 at the Senior Care Center in St. Mary’s. [Full Story »] 

Thomas (Tommy) Kelly Waters, 61, of Blackshear, died suddenly Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at his residence. He was a native of Bacon County, but had lived in Blackshear the past two years. Tommy was son of the late Williard Waters and Vassie Lee Thomas Waters; a brother, Jimmy Waters and a sister, Linda Mikell, preceded him in death. [Full Story »]