News

Sheriff Benny Deloach would like to report the following activity of the Appling County Sheriff’s Office.

Dec. 9, answered a call to Odell Bullard Road in reference to a theft. A complainant stated an unknown person stole her syrup boiler from her residence. Investigation continues. [Full Story »] 

By Renee O’Quinn

The Baxley City Council held discussions about the installation of solar panels at City Hall at the regular meeting held Dec. 11. Mayor Rigdon presented pictures of a building with solar panels and stated that he and the city manager have been meeting with representatives of Hannah Solar about potential savings to power bills if they went with solar panels. [Full Story »] 

‘Tis the season and for the 237th year the U.S. Postal Service is ready for The Best Holiday Ever! With 365 million packages expected to be delivered this holiday season – a 20 percent increase over 2011. [Full Story »] 

The Baxley-Appling County Board of Tourism has collected the best recipes from residents of Appling County and compiled them into an attractive keepsake cookbook. [Full Story »] 

By Chief James Godfrey

As we approach the festive Yuletide season, there are several things to keep in mind. This is the time of the year to be extra cautious. As the saying goes (all that glitters is not silver and gold). Con artist are quite busy lurking around looking for easy prey through out the up coming holidays. [Full Story »] 

Once again the Baxley-Appling County Board of Tourism is seeking nominations for an inductee to the 2013 Athletic Hall of Fame. The individual must be a present or previous resident of Appling County who has greatly influenced athletics on a local, state, regional or national level. He or she may be an accomplished athlete. The inductee must be retired for a period of two years from his/her active sport. [Full Story »] 

Altamaha Technical College campuses will close during the holidays with the following schedules: Jesup and Golden Isles campuses will close Friday, December 21, and reopen Wednesday, January 2. Baxley, Hazlehurst and Camden campuses will close December 17, and reopen January 2. [Full Story »] 

Appling County has been awarded Federal Funds made available through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program.
Appling County has been chosen to receive $10,303.00 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county. [Full Story »] 

The Arts Council of Appling County proudly presents the third annual Classical Arts Showcase to be held January 12 at 7:00 p.m. This year the performance will be at the First Baptist Church, Baxley. [Full Story »] 

By Matt Gardner

The Appling County Board of Commissioners held their regularly scheduled meeting on December 4 and during the meeting Appling County Recreation Board representative Jimmy Twiggs spoke to the commission about the T-Ball fields that were approved as part of the SPLOST approved in 2012. Twiggs stated that the current plan is to build two fields that would be 100 ft., from behind home plate to the outfield fence, and could only be utilized for six weeks each year during T-ball season. Twiggs informed the commissioners that the recreation board discussed the possibility of moving the fence further back to make each field 200 ft., which would allow other youth to play on the fields due to T-ball season being completed before most other leagues begin to play. Twiggs also shared that the new fields would meet requirements to allow Appling County to host weekend youth baseball and softball tournaments due to the length of the field and grass infields. [Full Story »] 

The Baxley/Appling County Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for the prestigious 2012 “Citizen of the Year” award. To be considered, the nomination must outline the nominee’s involvement in community activities, civic organizations and career. The award will be presented at the Chamber Annual Banquet, which will be held on Tuesday, January 29, 2013. [Full Story »] 

By Jamie Gardner

At a work session meeting held on December 3, Appling County Board of Education members received a request from John Fogarty to host professional wrestling events at the Appling County High School gymnasium. Fogarty explained that the group, Revolution Wrestling, has been hosting events in Alma for the past six months and has outgrown the venue where the events have been held. [Full Story »] 

On Wednesday evening, December 5, the City of Baxley and the Baxley-Appling County Chamber of Commerce hosted the second annual Christmas in the Park at Water Works Park. The event featured the lighting of the City of Baxley’s Christmas Tree, scripture reading, Christmas music, and dance. [Full Story »]