A total of 92 seniors in the Class of 2006 will take part in commencement exercises for WashingtonWilkes Comprehensive High School this Friday, May 19, beginning at 8 p.m. at Tiger Stadium. More...
Auditions for the annual Children's Playhouse sponsored by the Washington Little Theater Company will be held Saturday, May 27, at 10 a.m. and Tuesday, May 30, at 7:30 p.m., at The Playhouse on North Alexander Avenue. More...
The Washington-Wilkes Community Blood Drive sponsored by Wills Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and the Shepeard Community Blood Center, Augusta, will be held on Thursday, May 18, from 2 until 7 p.m., at the Edward B. Pope Center on Lexington Avenue. More...
The Broad River Watershed Association will host a canoe float on Saturday, May 20, to view the rare shoal lily along the lower section of the Broad River between Highway 17 and Highway 79, at the mouth of Clark Hill Lake. More...
A visiting parent talks with Polly Fievet (right) of the Adult Learning Center during the recent Parent Recource Fair held at Washington-Wilkes Primary School. More...
TO THE EDITOR: It has become quite apparent that there are some [people] in the city of Washington that are hell bent on dragging the city's African-American communities down into the bottom of the barrel where they live and turn all the neighborhoo More...
TO THE EDITOR: I recommend that the state should reduce the speed limit on interstates from 70 mph to 65 mph and let the troopers start enforcing the law on I-20. Now, if you are going 70 mph, you are the slowest person out there. More...
Graveside services for Carroll A. (Donny) Chafin, 80, of Augusta, were held Sunday, May 14, 2006, at the Bethel United Methodist Church, Washington, with Rev. Kathy Lamon officiating. More...
Mrs. Pecola Bradley was honored on her 80th birthday at a celebration at The Zealia Center in Capitol Heights, Md., Sunday, April 23. Her birthday was April 26. More...
Cary Edward Callaway graduated from the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in commencement exercises Saturday, May 13, at 12 o'clock noon in Hodgson Concert Hall on the UGA campus. More...
A lightning strike in the wee hours Sunday morning started a fire that destroyed The Red Barn, for years an apple-and-apple-cider landmark along the Athens Highway in the Celeste community. More...
The Washington Mayor and City Council met Thursday afternoon at city hall to hear from the public concerning a proposed zoning change of a lot adjacent to the Edward B. Pope Community Center. More...
The shortest meeting on record of the Wilkes County Commissioners was finished in just 13 minutes last Thursday, May 11, with practically no action taken although reports from various departments and agencies were heard. More...
Wilkes County Clerk of Superior Court Mildred Peeler was the inaugural recipient of the CLAT achievement award given by the Superior Court Clerks' Association of Georgia (SCCAG). The presentation was made during ceremonies held April 24 on St. More...
Visiting Washington from LeTremblay Sur Mauldre, France, Helene and Jean-Marie Mutschler-Clor pause for ice cream at Saturday's Spring Cruise-In on The Square. More...
Do you think it is fair for high school seniors to have to pass a graduation test even after they have already passed all the required course units? Why? More...
After a rocky start and a sweet comeback, the Washington-Wilkes Tigers baseball team suffered a disappointing loss at the hands of Region 8-A champion Prince Avenue Christian in the first round of state playoffs last weekend. More...
The first-ever Washington-Wilkes Tiger Basketball Alumni Game will put some of the all-time greats against the Tiger 2006-2007 varsity Saturday, May 27. More...
Briarwood Academy eighth grader Lizzie Keen captured the only state championship title for Briarwood Academy at the GISA AA state track meet held at Hugh Mills Stadium in Albany. More...
