Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, along with state representatives and corrections officials, opened the Wilkes Pre-release Center in ceremonies Monday morning attended by city and county officials, local and area law enforcement, and citizens. More...
A weekend full of activities that packed northeast Georgia roads brought Georgia State Patrol troopers out in force to set up license and DUI checkpoints in Wilkes and surrounding counties Saturday afternoon. More...
The Reese J. Booker Scholarship Committee will have its annual fund-raising program in memory of Reese J. Booker and Rosa Grant Warthen on May 28. More...
What to these names bring to mind? - Tyrekus "A.J." Bowman, Franchot Brown, Lazarus Chennault, Jamaal Binns, Andrew Jackson, and Denorio Quinn. More...
Funeral services for Cynthia Belle Shoemaker, 89, of Tignall will be held Thursday, May 11, 2006, at 3 p.m., at the Beulah Baptist Church with Rev. Jim Edwards officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. She died Monday, May 8, at Quiet Oaks Nursing Home in Oglethorpe County. More...
The wedding of Jennifer Smith (right), a bride from Atlanta, was the first wedding held at Holly Court Inn in Washington. Genevieve Coe (center) of Washington and her harp teacher, Vonda Darr (left) of Augusta, provided harp music for the wedding. Darren Pharr was vocalist, accompanied by his wife J More...
Friends of the Mary Willis Library will meet May 11, 3 p.m., in the library meeting room. The speaker will be Craig Amason, Executive Director of the Flannery O'Connor-Andalusia Foundation Inc. More...
Michael Horgan runs for House seat held by Mickey Channell