A last-minute addition made it an even 90 Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School seniors who walked into Tiger Stadium Friday night and walked out high school graduates, to the proud applause of family, friends, and classmates. More...
The Wilkes county Board of Education heard news of outstanding performance at Washington-Wilkes Primary School driven by dedicated teachers using the latest in scientific reading programs. W-WPS Principal Dr. Rosemary Caddell reported that 96 percent of the school's first-graders passed the recent CRCT in reading. "That includes special ed. More...
The definite haze and smell of smoke that hangs over Wilkes County this week is not coming from local fires, it's smoke from the largest wildfire in Georgia history, blowing north and west and covering most of the state. More...
The Reese J. Booker Scholarship Committee will have its annual fund-raising memorial service for the late Reese J. Booker and Rosa Grant Warthen on Sunday, May 27. The program will be held at Marks Tabernacle Baptist Church on Lexington Avenue, Washington, at 6 p.m. Rev. More...
School's out for the summer. So watch out for children on bikes, walking, and skating. .. When Louise Burt read the item in this column last week about the old school bus with the wooden body mounted on a Model A chassis, she remembered some things about her early school days in Wilkes County. More...
Tracy Moore was one of the Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School twelfth graders honored at the Senior Banquet last Thursday before Friday's graduation ceremony. As principal Andrew Jackson was making his closing remarks, he asked Tracy's father, Ray, to stand up. More...
I always thought the responsibility of the mayor and city council was to protect the rights and wishes of the citizens of their city. I was disappointed that the mayor and some of the city council disregarded the wishes and concerns of a large group of citizens and taxpayers. More...
In the W-WPRD soccer league for 9-11-year-olds, the Bengals closed out a perfect season with a 9-0 record with an average winning score of 6-1. The team played against two other W-W teams and four Oglethorpe County teams. Coaches were Kenny Sifre and Dale Thomas. More...
Graveside services for Daisy Huff Nash, 101, of Crawfordville Rd., Philomath, were held Wednesday, May 23, 2007, at the Philomath Cemetery with Rev. Billy Tucker and Rev. Danny Holdredge officiating. She died Sunday, May 20, at the Quiet Oaks Health Care Center in Crawford. More...
Washington's Church of Christ will have special events during the first week of June. On June 2 at 11 a.m, at the Church of Christ on Lexington Avenue, produce will be given away to the elderly and the needy. Also, there will be singing on Tthe Square from 2-4 p.m. Simultaneous events in neighboring cities will also take place. More...
On Monday, May 14, Bruce Bailey spoke to the eighth grade Career Connections classes regarding his profession in the medical field. He related that when he was growing up in Alabama, he would have liked to have had a class such as this to help in the decision-making process as one begins to consider his career path. More...
The Springfield Baptist Church Relay for Life Team will have a youth day event at the Booker Center Playground on Whitehall St., Saturday, May 26, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Spaghetti plates will be available for $6.00. More...
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