Baconton, Georgia

Deloris Pray Gaulden was an old-school teacher who did not mince words with her students.

Leila Bell Holton, 62, died Nov. 8, 2008, at her home. Born July 24, 1946, in Albany, Ga., to the late Jerry Duncan Bouie Sr.

It happens to all of us only once between birth and age 31. Turning your age on the same day of the month you were born is a once in a lifetime happening.

MUNCIE - Oscar H. Smith, Jr., 83, former Muncie resident, passed away Monday, October 13, 2008, in Albany, Georgia, where he had resided since 1995.

GIRLS CHAMPION Paige Braswell, left, of the Bainbridge Middle School Lady Cats accepts her first-place Southwest Georgia Middle School Cross Country championship trophy from Mallie Rollins, daughter of Cross ...

An Oakfield man has drowned in the Flint River in southwest Georgia. Baker County Interim Sheriff Dana Meade says 44-year-old Ronald Parrish was wading in the water near Outpost boat landing in Baconton when ...

An Oakfield man drowned in the Flint River near Baconton Saturday while hunting for arrowheads with a friend, authorities said Monday.

Once again the Nancy Lopez Hospice Golf Classic was a great success. The LPGA Hall of Famer and Albany native gave her name to the event for the 23rd time and for this, we say a heart-felt,"Thank you!" There ...

Jeffery Allen Cobb, 20, 10283 Rabbit Run Road, Baconton, was charged Thursday with failure to appear.

A Mitchell County man who slit his own throat after a deadly attack has entered a not guilty plea.

A family of five in Baconton is homeless after a small fire quickly turned into a big problem.

A family of five in Baconton is homeless after a small fire quickly turned into a big problem.

Two people were killed in a car crash on U.S. 19 in Mitchell County around 7:15 Wednesday morning.

Troopers with the Georgia State Patrol say, a Baconton man and his 31-year-old brother traveled into the northbound lane of Georgia HW 3 near the intersection of Pecan Drive around 7 this morning.

Some kids in Albany found a way to cool off from the scorching temperatures. Playing in the fountain at RiverFront Park downtown is a summer-time tradition.

Unless otherwise noted, the following births took place at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany from June 11-23. ABNEY, Landon Gage, son, was born June 19 to Drew Abney and Ashley Brinkley of Albany.

The man pegged by police as the person responsible for killing his ex-girlfriend with a garden tool and beating her daughter and another man last week is back in jail after being hospitalized, authorities say.

A Mitchell County man is accused of beating his ex-girlfriend to death at a mobile home where she lived with another man.

Unless otherwise noted, the following births took place at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany from May 4-12. ALLEN, A'Rihana Marrie, daughter, was born May 11 to Mauria L. Jr. via The Albany Herald