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Tremealia Latarsha Wilcox of Baxley and Terry Catrell Sanders of Hazlehurst proudly announce the birth of their son, Terry Catrell Sanders, Junior.  [Full Story »] 

Jamie and Clay Holland of Baxley proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Eva Alice Holland. [Full Story »] 

Mary and Matt Carter of Baxley proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Carolyne Kennedy Carter.  [Full Story »] 

Congratulations to Julian and Ruby Jones on their 40th wedding anniversary. [Full Story »] 

Elaine Black and Greg Edwards wish to announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. [Full Story »] 

Danny and Betty McDaniel Collins and Olen and Sherry Carter are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Selena Shea Carter to Billy Jason Head. [Full Story »] 

Mr. and Mrs. Bentley Carter of Alma would like to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Hannah Cherie Carter, to Cameron Hugh Mayers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mayers of Baxley.
Hannah is the paternal granddaughter of the late Hugh Dorsey and Guynell Carter of Alma, and the maternal granddaughter of Darwell and Bernice Hollingsworth of Alma. [Full Story »] 

Next Tuesday, March 6, the Presidential Preference Primary will be held in Georgia. Equally as important to Appling Countians as selecting the nominee for President is a vote on the Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (ESPLOST) for Appling County Schools. [Full Story »] 

On Sunday morning, February 19, 2012, James Dixon III, was shot down in his own front yard by a Georgia State Patrol SWAT team called in to assist our sheriff’s department. He died here at home at the hands of his own countrymen. He should have been safe here as he worked with the VA doctors to overcome the terrors of Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. But something went intolerably wrong on that black Sunday. [Full Story »] 

Early Valentine Day morning, B. J. awakened me from a deep sleep. Before I could get the cobwebs out of my eyes and brain, she hit me with a proposal: “Happy Valentine’s Day. Let’s eat breakfast at the King and Prince this morning.” [Full Story »] 

The dry weather has made the otter population gather in the few places where there is still water and fish to be found and the lake behind my home is swarming with them. The shad, roaches as we call them, are bedding in the big lake and the otters are having a field day. I can get right up close to them. They have gotten to where they pay me little attention and it does my heart good to see them. They are the most playful creatures in nature and I would like to tame one. If I could find a den with little ones, I bet I could. [Full Story »] 

Annie Merle Bowers, 87, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012 at her residence. Mrs. Bowers was born Feb. 3, 1925 in Wayne County to the late Oscar Dennis Herrin and the late Bessie Blanton Herrin. She was a member of Memorial Free Will Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school. Mrs. Bowers was a great cook and seamstress. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was preceded in death by her son, John Edward Bowers; three brothers, Dennis, Earl and J.W. Herrin and six sisters, Estelle Reddish, Verdie Harrison, Vida Pye, Alla Mae Carter, Amie Lee Herrin and Loree Long. [Full Story »] 

Corporal James M. Dixon III, 30, died Sunday, February 19, 2012 at his residence from events related to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder received while serving his country in the U.S. Marine Corps with three tours in Iraq. He was a Purple Heart Recipient in addition to the Combat Action Ribbon, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Meritorious Mast, Navy Unit Commendation, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Certificate of Commendation, Iraq Campaign Medal, National Defense Medal, and the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon. He graduated from Appling County High School in the top three in his class and went on to Georgia Southern University to receive a Masters Degree in Business Administration. He enjoyed his friends, dog, nieces and military family. [Full Story »] 

Michael Allen Gilkey (“Mic”) left this world peacefully at home Tuesday (Feb. 21,2012) after a fourteen-year battle with Parkinson Disease. Mic was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle, friend, and respected Landscape Architect. [Full Story »]