More than 60 Wilkes County landowners met together Monday night to learn what they could about a new natural gas pipeline that, if built as planned, will cut a 300-foot wide swath across their properties by 2009. More...
Routine business and brevity characterized the regular monthly meeting of the Wilkes County Board of Commissioners last Thursday, January 12. The meeting was over just 22 minutes after it began and almost hit the mark of being the shortest regular meeting on record. More...
Trucker Christopher Chapman, 39, of Columbus, Ga. said he was looking at paperwork in his truck about 3 a.m. Tuesday morning when he hit the sharp curve on the Athens Bypass, below the TPS truckstop. He was unable to stop, he said, and his load shifted, resulting in the truck leaving the road and ov More...
Wanda Jenkins, principal of the Washington-Wilkes Elementary School, has announced the names of students who have made the honor roll and merit list for the third six-week grading period. Students named are: More...
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TO THE EDITOR: We parishioners of the Church of the Mediator want to thank you and your staff for the excellent coverage prior to our organ dedication and concert on Sunday, January 15, given by Tom Granum. More...
During the next few weeks, Jackson Chapel AME Church, 318 Whitehall Street, Washington, will have several special programs to which the public is invited. More...
Megan Cecile Rodrigues of Watkinsville and Matthew Ryan Stephens of Bogart exchanged wedding vows in an impressive double-ring candlelight ceremony Saturday, December 17, at six o More...
Fire heavily damages Lexington Road duplex Sunday