Billy Hobbs

Floyd L. Griffin Jr. will be back under the Gold Dome in January after defeating incumbent state Rep. Ken Vance in Tuesday’s General Election.

State Rep.-elect Floyd L. Griffin Jr. talks with group of residents during a town hall meeting held at Trinity CME Church in Milledgeville on Saturday afternoon. (Billy W. Hobbs/The Union-Recorder) When the Georgia General Assembly kicks off the 2025 session, there will be lots of both new and familiar faces

A 22-year-old Milledgeville woman was arrested Sunday morning on charges of driving under the influence and possession of cocaine following a traffic stop on Frank Bone Road in Milledgeville.

Top: Roberto Hornung-Filho shows off an unmanned drone during a recent EAA Chapter 1685 Young Eagles meeting at Baldwin County Regional Airport in Milledgeville. R oberto Hornung-Filho is challenging and inspiring students in his classroom every day to dream big and consider a job in the aviation industry.

Authorities say a Milledgeville man whose body was found inside his SUV following a two-vehicle collision in Milledgeville Friday morning is believed to have died in an emergency episode.

Katrinda Snead recalled the last words she spoke to her youngest daughter Sunday night before her daughter’s life was suddenly taken by a man armed with a gun.

GREENSBORO, Ga. — A 28-year-old Hancock County man recently surrendered to Greene County authorities in connection with a cases involving the theft of more than $2,000 from an elderly couple.

About two years after being elected to the Baldwin County Board of Commissioners, Emily C. Davis started a toy drive for underprivileged boys and girls that continues 14 years later. Above, Davis places toys into the Kids Yule Love box at the county government complex in Milledgeville. (Billy W. Hobbs/The Union-Recorder) A toy drive that began 14 years ago in Baldwin County for less fortunate boys and girls at Christmas is still going strong.

Newly-elected Baldwin County District 5 Commissioner Scott Little takes oath of office from Judge Blackwell during special ceremony Dec. 20. Little’s wife, Julia, holds a family Bible during the swearing-in ceremony. Scott Little was officially sworn into office as the newly-elected Baldwin County District 5 commissioner during a special ceremony Friday in the Baldwin County Courthouse.

Johnny Westmoreland and Henry R. Craig have served together as members of the Baldwin County Board of Commissioners for the past 12 years. They will no longer serve as elected officials come Dec. 31. They were presented with plaques for their tenure of service to Baldwin County during the last commission meeting of 2024. They are joined in this photo by Commission Vice Chairman Kendrick Butts and Commissioners Sammy Hall and Emily C. Davis.