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In reference to car burglaries that occurred on February 1. Philip Laquan Johnson, age 19, of Waycross, has been arrested and is currently in the Appling County Detention Center. Other warrants are forth coming on other subjects. [Full Story »] 

The following are highlights of incidents that were handled by officers of the Baxley Police Department over the past several days. [Full Story »] 

Representatives of the Baxley/Appling County Chamber of Commerce, Appling County Development Authority, City of Baxley, Appling County Board of Education, Altamaha Technical College and Satilla REMC attended the annual Okefenokee Occasion held in Atlanta on Feb. 2. [Full Story »] 

Niklynn Bryant Dunn was honored on January 29, as he became the 50th Eagle Scout for Troop 472. His brother, Nathan A. Dunn, also an Eagle Scout, assisted in Niklynn’s ceremony. [Full Story »] 

Your input is needed! Please visit the system website to complete the Title I-A Parental Involvement/School Improvement Survey. The results from this survey are used to plan for the upcoming school year based on your family needs, and the survey is a requirement for the Title I schools to receive funding. The Title I-A schools include Appling County Middle School, Fourth District Elementary School, Altamaha Elementary School, Appling County Elementary School, Appling County Primary School, and AMIKids Baxley Wilderness. It will take less than ten minutes to complete. Please complete by Monday, February 21. [Full Story »] 

Maysi Campbell, Junior Miss 2010 cordially invites everyone to attend the 31st Annual Junior Miss Pageant. The pageant will be held Friday, February 18 at 7:00 p.m. at the Fine Arts Building. [Full Story »] 

Shown in photo are Bethany Atkinson, age 6, and Joshua Atkinson, age 10, with a big rattlesnake that was killed January 27 on Dunns Lake Road. [Full Story »] 

Laurel Higginbotham, an Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College student from Baxley, will compete for the title of Ms. ABAC at the 42nd annual pageant on Feb. 23. [Full Story »] 

By Renee O’Quinn

Mayor Steve Rigdon proclaimed February 18 as Arbor Day in Baxley at the regular Baxley City Council meeting held February 8. [Full Story »] 

Many Boys and Girls Clubs are running a car campaign. [Full Story »] 

The Georgia State Conference NAACP is in the process of reorganizing the Appling County Branch NAACP. [Full Story »] 

Young Harris College sophomore English major Blake Ogden, tuba, and freshman music major Caitlin Davis, trumpet, both graduates of ACHS will perform at the Young Harris College Wind Ensemble concert Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 7:00 p.m. in Glenn Auditorium of the Clegg Fine Arts Building on the Young Harris College campus. [Full Story »] 

According to Police Chief James Godfrey members of the Baxley Police Department were kept busy answering calls of unknown persons entering automobiles in the Oak Ridge subdivision. The calls started coming in around 2:23 a.m. in the morning of February 2 and kept coming most of the day. The following are incidents that were handled by officers of the police department. [Full Story »]