The Watson Brown Foundation is pleased to introduce its 2006-2007 Junior Board which includes five high school students from Wilkes County. More...
Paul Rentz, director of the Lincoln County Emergency Medical Services (EMS), was the guest speaker for the Lincoln-Wilkes Retired Educators Association during the October meeting at the Lincoln County Public Library. More...
On October 31, the Washington Little Theater will host a Halloween Festival for children ages 12 and under. The evening will include ghoulish games, freaky fun, and a haunted maze "for those who are brave." More...
These young cats are spayed, neutered, and vaccinated. More...
Last Saturday, October 21, the opening day of modern firearms season for deer hunting, was designated as Turn In Poachers (TIP) Day in Georgia. More...
By DAN RAHN
The opening of the Moody Farm Corn Maze was almost exciting enough to make Brantley County farmer David Moody forget how much he had to overcome to get there. More...
The Georgia Legal Services Program (GLSP) provides free legal help to low-income people with civil (non-criminal) legal problems. More...
The Georgia State Patrol is investigating the wreck of a log truck on the Greensboro Highway Friday. No one was injured in the accident, which occurred when an empty log truck pulled out from a business and into the path of a loaded truck. More...
By DEBBIE BENNETT
The Celebrity Waiters Dinner hosted by the Wills Memorial Hospital Auxiliary on October 10 at Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School was a tremendous success. More...
Nashville-based classical saxophonist Brian Horner and New York City-based composer M. Zachary Johnson have released a live CD entitled More...
By Bonnie Boatwright Call 274-3264
The weather couldn't have been better Friday as Bonnie Boatwright joined her sisters, Martha Jones of Bogart and Frankie Jones of Athens, for a wonderful trip to Cherokee and Maggie Valley, N.C. More...
By SHERRY W. NEWSOME Please call 706-678-2898
Fall is here and October has been beautiful. The weather has been nice, warm, and cool both. The maple trees are turning colors, as well as others. I noticed the pretty one in Ronnie and Jenny Smith's yard is very pretty already. More...
The Tignall City Council met October 11 at 7 p.m. with Mayor Richard Gammon presiding. Council members present were Leon Aycock, Charles Bradley, and Albert Huyck. More...
Shown above is the completed and beautiful state flower quilt made by the Homemakers Club to be given away at the "I'd Rather Be In Tignall" Fall Festival November 4. More...