Martin Ferrara (left), vice president of Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. of Augusta, was the guest speaker at the regular meeting of the Washington Kiwanis Club on Tuesday, May 1. More...
The Georgia Department of Labor has reported that the unemployment rate in the CSRA decreased to 5.1 percent in March, down threetenths of one percent from 5.4 percent in February. More...
By ANITA LATIMER
During the weeks leading up to the 2007 Relay for Life, Cathy Lannae wrote inspiring stories about local people who have bravely struggled with cancer. More...
The annual Farm Safety Camp sponsored by the Wilkes-Lincoln Farm Safety Committee will be held Tuesday, May 22, at the McGill- Woodruff Ag Center in Washington beginning at 8:30 a.m. More...
Drug arrests have occupied Wilkes County authorities more than usual in recent weeks. More...
Zaxby's district manager Ted Lisowski opened the doors to Washington's first Zaxby's restaurant, located at 1011 E. Robert Toombs Avenue, on Monday, April 30. More...
A body found Saturday in Wilkes County on Clarks Hill Lake has been tentatively identified as a missing 46-year-old Harlem man whose boat was found drifting in the lake more than a week before. More...
State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond has announced that the Georgia Department of Labor will provide $30,000 for summer jobs for young people ages 14 through 21 in the East Central Georgia area. Wilkes County is included in the program. More...
By CAROLYN GAMMON Please call 706-285-2736 and NOBIE KEENER Please call 706-285-3232
The Kum Bak Cafe has a breakfast club with a group of women eating breakfast together every Monday morning. The Monday after the Masters in Augusta a strange man came in for breakfast. More...
By SAMILLE SHERRER Please call 706-678-7363
Rev. O'Neil Martin was sick and unable to come to Clifford's Grove Baptist Church Sunday. The chairman of the deacons, James Braxton, spoke. He is not well either but he did a good job. Karmen Moon led the singing and also sang several specials. More...
By Bonnie Boatwright Call 274-3264
Mrs. Ann Williamson has a nice white cake plate and carrier cover that was left at Rock Methodist Church on the day of the memorial service for her son Seba. She would like to get it back to its rightful owner. More...
Images from last Saturday's benefit concert at the Washington- Wilkes Country Club have been assembled into a composite photograph by Mercer Harris honoring Hillary Lindsey and her generosity to the W-W band programs. More...
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