The early 1900s drafting table adorned former Milledgeville mayor and business owner Peter Cline’s dry goods and mercantile store.

When the store closed, the ledger table moved inside the Cline family home and into his granddaughter, Georgia College alumna Flannery O’Connor’s bedroom.

O’Connor drew her signature cartoons on the 6-foot-wide-by-4-foot-tall desk during her college years... Read More

The 2012 Election Season is officially in full swing and it can be confusing as it is important.

See the candidates who qualified  in races for seats in Baldwin County:

Board of Education – District 2

Harold Simmons (incumbent)
Ben A. Quinn
Mike Screws

Board of Education – District 3

Maggie Flemming Brisco
Lynwood Chandler

Board of Education – District 4
John Jackson

Coroner
John Gonzalez (D) (incumbent)

County Commissioner – District 1
Lawson Lawrence (R)
Emily C. Davis (D) (incumbent)

County Commissioner – District 2
John Ross (D)
Linda Diane Easley Fussell (D) (incumbent)
Tommy Lee French,  Jr. (D)

County Commissioner – District 3
Sammy Hall (R) (incumbent)

MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.--Georgia’s first lady and a U.S. Air Force general will address the 2012 Georgia College graduates during commencement exercises.

The 2012 graduating class represents the largest in Georgia College history.

Undergraduate commencement begins at 8:45 a.m. Saturday, May 5, on the front lawn of Georgia College in Milledgeville.

First Lady Sandra Deal, an alumna and former teacher, will address the 1,270 students receiving undergraduate. 

Georgia First Lady Sandra Deal

The first lady has centered her life around matters involving family and children in her roles as mother, grandmother, teacher and volunteer in her church. 

Born in Gainesville, Ga., the first lady earned both undergraduate and graduate degrees at then Georgia State College for Women. She chose teaching as her profession, following in her parents’ footsteps.