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May 18, 2006  RSS feed
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. The number of graduates is exactly the same as last year but was still subject to change as of this printing. More...

Monday night's regular meeting of the Wilkes County Board of Education brought good news on high school graduation for this year and next. 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-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...
Hillary on CBS Tuesday
The old "Apple Gin" (red barn) just before you get to Rayle 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...
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 neighborhoods into ghettoes. The people who chain-up dogs to 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...
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. He died Wednesday, May 10, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Augusta. 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...
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church will celebrate its 105th anniversary on Sunday, May 28, 2:30 p.m. Rev. More...