It’s the day after Thanksgiving; the official, time-honored start of the holiday shopping season in the US. Or is it? As we emerge from our turkey-induced stupor and brace for the Black Friday/Cyber ...

I have been in the newspaper business since I was a little boy. The first job I ever had was cleaning up waxed paper off the floor. In return, my Dad, Max Gardner, would pay me with a shiny 50-cent ...

The Annual Moonlight Madness event held in Baxley on Thanksgiving night was a big success this year for a lot of local shops. Many of them were packed and full of shoppers on Thanksgiving night, and ...

and to whom it may concern: DEBRA LEE SANNUTTI has petitioned for DEBRA LEE SANNUTTI to be appointed Administrator of the estate of JOSEPH HOWARD SANNUTTI deceased, of said County. (The Petitioner has ...

Tina Pearce Hendricks, 62, of Surrency passed away on November 28, 2025 at Appling Healthcare. Mrs. Hendricks was born on April 20, 1963 in Appling County to the late Gilford David Pearce and the late ...

All creditors of the estate of Linda Carol Martin late of Appling County, Georgia, deceased, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned according to law; and all persons ...

Callie Brook Mullis, who attends Altamaha Elementary School, is the fifth-grade and Overall winner for the Satilla EMC Christmas Card Contest. Approximately 2,000 entries from elementary and primary ...

Around a hundred community members and officials were present at the Baxley Funeral Home for the Highway Dedication Ceremony for the late Dr. Esco Hall, Jr., on November 25. Dr. Hall was born in Alamo ...

Staff from Appling County Head Start/Early Head Start are pictured as we celebrate 60 years of Head Start. Since its founding in 1965, Head Start has transformed the lives of more than 40 million ...

Each Sunday, an untold number of people across America and around the world attend church services while flying the “I am Christian” banner. Many who ascribe to the title of Christ follower are ...

Richard Thomas Nix, Sr., 83, passed away peacefully on November 25, 2025, in Baxley. Born on November 6, 1942, in Columbus, Georgia, Richard lived a life marked by devotion to his faith and a deep ...