Months of planning and fund-raising will come together Friday night at 7 o'clock as the Third Annual Wilkes County Relay for Life steps off at the Washington-Wilkes Parks and Recreation track off Lexington Avenue. More...
Friends of the Mary Willis Library invite the public to attend the annual Wilsbary Mayfest on the lawn of the library Friday, May 5, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. More...
The Summer Day Camp project in Wilkes County gives kids a safe and structured summer of activities and learning, but they need a little help from the community to make it happen. More...
Banjo pickers, fiddlers, and mandolin players will be out in full force when the 19th Annual Lewis Family Homecoming & Bluegrass Festival gets underway today (Thursday) at Elijah Clark State Park. More...
The Student Health and Physical Fitness Act started out "requiring" an increase in physical education in Georgia schools but ended up as only "encouraging" the increase. More...
The Washington-Wilkes Tigers closed out the regular baseball season with a pair of convincing wins during the past week but they weren't convincing enough to break the team out of a three-way tie for second place in Region 7-A and a disappointing fou More...
Jillian Diana Stewart of Washington and Robert Daniel Thornton of Crawfordville were united in marriage in an impressive double-ring ceremony Saturday, April 8, at two o'clock in the afternoon at the First Baptist Church in Washington. Rev. More...
Dr. and Mrs. Clay Barnes of Charlotte, N.C., announce the engagement of their daughter, Ellen Faires, to Lemuel Robert LeRoy, also of Charlotte, N.C., formerly of Tignall, son of Rev. and Mrs. Albert W. Huyck Jr. More...
Kelsey Leard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Leard III, was one year old on April 6 and celebrated her birthday on April 8 with a "Number One Birthday Girl" party at her home. More...
Governor Sonny Perdue will join state and local leaders Monday morning south of Washington to cut the ribbon on the Wilkes Pre-release Center, making it Georgia's newest minimum security prison. More...
It was close to heaven as you'll get on The Square - folks enjoying fine art while talking with the artists, and both the sound of hot jazz and the smell of great cooking filled the spring air. More...
Celebrating 21 years as a Tree City USA, Washington city leaders and Tree Board members gathered to hoist another flag in recognition of the city's "committment to community forest." (From left) Mike Hardy, Mayor Willie E. More...
Drunk driving and aggravated assault return as April's most common arrests, with drug possession and license problems keeping pace for the month. More...
Educator and author Charles Kelly Barrow will be the speaker for the meeting of the WashingtonWilkes Historical Foundation general meeting on Sunday, May 7, 2:30 p.m., at the Robert Toombs House. More...
TO THE EDITOR: Since my arrival in WashingtonWilkes in 1970, this community has been like an extended family. It opened its heart and its arms to me. No one could ask for a more warm, friendlier, generous place to raise children and to work. More...
TO THE EDITOR: On behalf of Washington-Wilkes Elementary School, I would like to extend our appreciation to several local community businesses and their representatives that came out to our first annual Career Day. More...
Funeral services for Annie Marilyn Young, 58, of Washington, were held Thursday, April 27, at Clifford Grove Baptist Church, Rayle, with Pastor A.J. Richardson officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. More...
Funeral services for James Samuel Daniels, 57, of Tignall, were held Sunday, April 30, 2006, at the Reeves Chapel Baptist Church, Tignall, with Rev. Michael W. Gresham officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. He died April 25 at his home. More...
In May 1889, the adult Sunday School teacher at New Ford Baptist Church, G.B. Blakey, was inspired to suggest that the Elbert, Lincoln, and Wilkes County Sunday School Union be established. Impressed with the idea, the Pastor of Gibson Grove, Rev. More...
