The Robert Toombs House State Historic Site's living history performers will present a delightful Christmas experience on Saturday, December 9, from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., at the Toombs House, As part of the Georgia State Parks More...

In observance of Veterans Day on November 11, William Lloyd More...

Subtitled "Vera Atkins and Missing Agents of WWII," here is yet another book about World War II. This time the focus is on the British agents who were flown into France in 1943 and 1944 and their trainer and mentor Vera Atkins, who knew that she might be sending them off to die. More...

TO THE EDITOR: When I was working as a police officer in Durhan, N.C., in 1983, I got a call on Thanksgiving night in reference to a missing person. I took the call and arrived at a typical East Durham shanty house. My sergeant Ricky Carr also showed up. More...

Last Friday night the Washington- Wilkes Tigers won a nail-biter over the Cavaliers of Callaway by a score of 30-26. Kelmetrius Wylie accounted for almost two-thirds of the Tigers' yards and had a hand in all four W-W touchdowns, running in three and throwing one. The victory advances Washington to More...

A funeral mass for Sara Ellen Darden Young, 93, of Tignall, was held Wednesday, November 15, 2006, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Washington, with Father Chris Williamson as Celebrant. Interment was in Arlington Memorial Park, Atlanta, with Father John Conway as Celebrant. She died November 11. More...

The Episcopal Church of the Mediator will once again be the scene for the bazaar and Christmas luncheon produced by the Women of the Church. More...

Edward Harris (Trey) Blackmon III Mr. and Mrs. Edward (Bubba) Blackmon Jr. of Newnan announce the birth of their son, Edward Harris III, on Wednesday, November 15, at the Women's Life Center of Southern Regional Medical in Riverdale. Trey, as he will be called, weighed 8 lbs. 10 ozs. and was 20 1/ More...

Flu shots will be available at the Wilkes County Health Department More...