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School system to use inmates' help
Decatur County Commissioners gave its approval Tuesday for the public school system to make use of county prison inmates for a variety of maintenance tasks.
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Budget woes discussed at BC
Bainbridge College President Tom Wilkerson tried to ease anxiety among some students, faculty and staff Monday over a proposal to make substantial cuts in the college.
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Ag research faces cuts
The agriculture industry contributes $65 billion to the state's economy, and employees of the University of Georgia's Tifton Campus believe cuts proposed to their budget will have severe lasting negative effects on the state.
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Band together
As the General Assembly hashes over the state's budget, and basically looking at ways to make up for a $1 billion shortfall, one thing they are eyeing are dramatic cuts in the University System of Georgia's budget.
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Two charged with trafficking cocaine
Bainbridge police have charged two men with trafficking in cocaine after an investigation led them to seize several thousand dollars worth of cocaine from a car associated with both men.
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Attapulgus teams win skeet shoot
THE FIVE STAR CREDIT UNION team stands with Bainbridge Lions Club President Ken Markham after he presented them with their plaques for winning the B flight championship in the Skeet Shoot For Sight.
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Flint flooding, more rain coming
The Flint River at Bainbridge is flooding for the second time in a week. The first crest occurred at just over 27 feet on Jan.
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Incidents reported at Wal-Mart
Bainbridge Public Safety officers caught two shoplifting suspects and investigated two reports of stolen purses at Wal-Mart within the last week.
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Attapulgus held rabies clinic
Mayor Johnny Medley and Attapulgus City Council members discussed and prepared for a rabies clinic that was held Monday at the fire station on North Main Street.
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Kendrick critical of bus stops
Board of Education Member Clarissa Kendrick took the unusual step Thursday of stepping off the board's dais and then berating the board for its school bus stop practices.
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Education was theme of MLK celebration
LEADING THE MARCH on Water Street on Monday, marking the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Several hundred people gathered at Hutto Middle School to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.a s 81st birth anniversary on Monday.
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Better than sliced bread
Dad-gum-it! Bobby Bowden is the best thing to happen to Tallahassee since Mr. Flowers of Thomasville introduced sliced bread to this country umpteen years ago, and I have never seen him.
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Smith: A big love of small towns
This Decatur County community is right down the road from Attapulgus. Just a few miles farther away is Whigham, where they hold the annual rattlesnake roundup.
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Top 10 news stories: New high school tops list
The completion of the new Bainbridge High School tops the Top 10 news stories of 2009.
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Shots fired during argument
Sheriffa s deputies arrested a Decatur County man after he allegedly fired off multiple rounds from a pistol at his estranged wife and her friend.
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County to train inmates
Decatur Countya TMs paid and volunteer firefighters, which have to cover nearly 600 square miles to protect life and property, could soon get some help from an unexpected placea 'the County Prison.
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Hardee's robbed Saturday
The Bainbridge Hardeea TMs was robbed by armed men early Saturday morning, according to Bainbridge Public Safety.
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Pleas entered in manslaughter cases
Defendants in two separate cases pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and were sentenced to prison time, according to the office of District Attorney Joe Mulholland.
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Zip Trip robbed
The tenth armed robbery at a Decatur County business since June happened on Monday night, when two masked men robbed the Zip Trip convenience store located at 1006 E. River Road in Bainbridge.
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Another armed robbery Thursday
Two masked men robbed the Quick Buys convenience store in Bainbridge on Thursday night, the latest in a string of armed robberies in Decatur County.
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