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On Monday, November 9, the Appling County Sheriff’s Office conducted a search at 31-year-old, Christopher James Clements’ residence located at 209 Kemp Lane.
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On Wednesday, November 11, at 11:00 a.m., Aaron Carter of the American Legion led a program on the courthouse lawn to honor all veterans of Appling County, and there are many of them. The Rev. Rick Brown opened the ceremony with prayer, followed by comments from LTC(R) Vickery, director of t…
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The Appling County Choral Program held its annual Appling Junction show this past Friday and Saturday nights at the Appling Fine Arts Center. Due to COVID restrictions, the number of live performance tickets was reduced this year. Nevertheless, fans still enjoyed the amazing talent of the st…
By Jamie Gardner
Supervisor of Elections Shonda Carter was working in her office doing election updates at 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31, preparing for Tuesday’s upcoming election. She left for a while for dinner, and everything was fine when she left.
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The Appling County High School football team crushed Tattnall County 70-0 Friday night at Jimmy Swain Stadium. The Pirates are now 7-0 on the season and 2-0 in Region 1-AAA games. Shown above, Pirate quaterback Jeremiah Holmes (4) prepares to throw a touchdown pass to Bryson Benton (31). Hol…
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Last Wednesday the Appling County High School Pirate and Lady Pirate cross country teams traveled to Jeff Davis Middle School to compete in the Region 1-AAA Championships. When it was all said and done, the gentlemen ran away with their third consecutive Region Championship. The squad scor…
First District RESA Board of Control Executive Director Richard Smith presented The Georgia School Superintendents’ Association (GSSA) President’s Award to Superintendent Dr. Scarlett Miles Copeland at the Monday, October 19, Appling County Board of Education meeting. Each year, each of the …
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Elizabeth Branch was crowned the 2020 Appling County High School Homecoming Queen during halftime at Friday night’s annual Homecoming football game. This year’s court is shown above, l-r, Mattelyn Coleman, Raven Adams, Lexi McLain, Amelia Fordham, Homecoming Queen Elizabeth Branch, Maggie Ca…
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The Appling County Pirates have now moved to 5-0 on the season after Friday night’s victory over the Benedictine Military School Cadets, of Savannah, 28-21. In non-region contests this year the Pirates, who play in AAA classification, have now defeated two AAAAAA, one AAAAA, and two AAAA sch…
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The Pirate Brigade traveled to Forsyth County on Saturday, October 11, to perform at the Wolverine Classic. The Brigade scored all Superior ratings and won first place in all categories for their division. The band will travel to Waycross on Saturday, October 17, to compete in the Sound of G…
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Several citizens stepped up to the microphone on Tuesday, October 6, to express concerns to the Appling County Board of Commissioners on several topics during the board’s monthly meeting.
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The Appling County Pirates made the short trip to Jesup this past Friday night to play the Yellow Jackets of Wayne County. It was a battle from beginning to end, but in the closing seconds of the game Appling County scored a touchdown to defeat Wayne by a score of 23-20. The bottom photo sho…
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The Appling County Middle School Lady Rams softball team, for the second year in a row, is the Conference Champions. The Lady Rams defeated the Bacon County Middle School Lady Raiders 2-1 in dramatic fashion. Down by one run, the Lady Rams loaded the bases in the final inning of play and Ell…
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An Appling County man with multiple prior convictions for selling narcotics has been sentenced to nearly two decades in federal prison.
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The Appling County Pirates played their first home game of the season this past Friday evening at Jimmy Swain Stadium against Westside High of Macon. Appling defeated Westside in convincing fashion, 45-7. The Pirates will travel to Statesboro this upcoming Friday night. Kickoff is slated for…
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While various other companies that could provide affordable broadband internet in underserved rural areas fight over costs and using each other’s property, SpaceX is steadily building its Starlink internet network in low Earth orbit. The company plans to finance its space program by offering…
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Across the nation census officials are scurrying to finish the 2020 Census, but Georgia is lagging behind at 60 percent complete; Appling County is lagging even farther behind at a low 47 percent complete as of last week. Other states are outdoing Georgia by bounds. For example, West Virgini…
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Republican U.S. Senate hopeful and current U.S. Congressman Doug Collins stopped by The News-Banner last week for a visit before attending a local meet-and-greet at the old Youmans Service Station parking lot. He is shown above with Pat Tippett. Collins reported that he has been making his r…
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“Cry Out America” event to be held for Community-Wide Prayer at Harvest Chapel Church
The Appling County School system is set to reopen on August 17. Parents or guardians of students will be given two options. Send your child back to school for face-to-face learning, or enroll your child in distance/online learning with parental oversight.
The Baxley City Council met Wednesday, July 8 at 8:30 a.m. During the meeting City Manager Reid Lovett opened up the floor to Baxley Police Chief James Godfrey. Chief Godfrey stated that he was honored to be at the council meeting and to be able to speak to the council. He commented on the c…
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