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CM K Your hometown newspaper for Milledgeville and Baldwin County, Georgia. » MILLEDGEVILLE POLICE Legion shooting suspect locked up Arrest follows Thanksgiving night incident STAFF REPORTS With its suspect now off the streets, detectives are beginning to receive more cooperation from the public following a Thanksgiving night shooting at the American Legion. Ladre’qous Laquan Anderson, 27, has been arrested in connec tion with the shooting and is charged with one count of aggravated assault. Anderson also is facing further charges after reportedly pulling a gun on a Golden Pantry employee that previous weekend. “We knew who our suspect was that night. It was just a matter of going through the process,” said Maj. Michael Hudson with the Milledgeville Police Department. ‘We want to get the message out to the public that (Anderson) has been locked up, so anyone with MORE ARREST »A7 Ladre'qous Anderson Fun and sweets with the Claus family ERICA GARNER “We knew the kids needed a family event that erica@bbnews.today parents could enjoy with them for Christmas time,” owner Jodi Galloway said. “We have a Saturday and Sunday were filled with holiday great Santa and all the kids really love him.” cheer this past weekend as children from all over Children spent the day decorating cupcakes, Baldwin County came to SweeTreats in down- taking pictures with Santa, and enjoying the town Milledgeville to visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus. MORE SANTA » A3 » SUPERIOR COURT Woman sent off to prison "Shoot me in the head like a man," woman reportedly told deputy STAFF REPORTS It was a tense moment last summer off of the Gordon Highway. A woman reportedly wrestled with a deputy, in the process telling the deputy to “shoot me in the head like a man.” Now, four months later, that woman has been sentenced to three years behind bars and another seven on probation. Kimberly Nicole Ivey, 34, received the sentence after pleading guilty in Superior Court earlier this week. Ivey was sentenced on one count each of aggravated assault on a peace officer, attempted removal of weapon from a public official, MORE PRISON »A5 Kimberly Nicole Ivey » BALDWIN COUNTY » ELECTION 2018 Commissioners address animal control concerns WIL PETTY wil@bbnews.today Animal control was a contention point for the public during the Baldwin County Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 4. Following the regular meeting agenda, the floor was opened up for public comment where the majority of those in the audience discussed their concerns regarding animal control. Following the comments, Tommy French, chairman of the board, addressed some of the concerns hoisted by the public. “We understand that there are problems, and we have done some things to help with animal control,” he said. Concerns from the audience ranged from the funding of the Baldwin County Animal Shelter, to MORE COUNTY » A2 Baldwin County votes blue, barely CHRISTIAN MCKEARNEY chris@bbnews.today For better or for worse, the 2018 election season is now in the books. Brad Raffensperger won the Secretary of State runoff, defeating Democratic chal lenger John Barrow by a total of756,016 votes to 698,770, with a smaller amount of provisional ballots still to be counted. Here in Baldwin County, MORE VOTE »A9 Elections Superintendent Todd Blackwell talks to polling officers while waiting for the results of the runoff races. WIL PETTY/Staff 0 1 4 0 2 3 2 " 6 5 5 3 6 l- "4 52 HIGH Thursday Partly Cloudy Forecast» Page BIO LOW BULLETIN BOARD A6 CRIME WATCH A7 CROSSWORD PUZZLE ,...A6 OBITUARIES A5 OPINIONS A4 PROPERTY TRANSFERS ,.A7 SERVICE DIRECTORY B9 SPORTS B1 Trojans fall short in title game. SPORTS »B1 # 995 MILLEDGEVILLE RdTI EATONTON • 478.746.0001 (1 MILE NORTH OF THE LAKE ON 441) 115 GRAY RD. EATONTON • 706.229.6950 (NEXT TO DAIRY QUEEN) OutdoorOptions.com
