A couple of weeks of practice in this heat has toughened an already tough team of Washington-Wilkes Tigers as they prepare for something of a rebuilding season which begins with the annual preseason Jamboree tomorrow night in Elberton. More...
In their regular August meeting Monday night, members of the Wilkes County Board of Education voted to put the next SPLOST referendum on the November ballot, awarded the contract for the new schools' electrical service, and saw the new way schools are displaying student achievement data. More...
Representative Mickey Channell was recently honored by the Georgia Association of Emergency Medical Services (GAEMS). The President of GAEMS, along with other EMS leaders, presented Representative Channell with the GAEMS Star of Life Legislative Award at a special presentation held in Greensboro. More...
An account has been established at the Farmers and Merchants Bank, Washington, to assist Lisa Stroika in covering her medical expenses. Mrs. Stroika is battling an E. coli infection at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta and has no insurance coverage. More...
Washington-Wilkes Community Night at the Augusta Green Jackets Game is Friday night. The first pitch is at 7:05 p.m. The Washington- Wilkes Chamber of Commerce has a chartered bus available for those who would like to travel to the game in a group. As of late Monday, the game was almost sold out, so if you plan to go you'd better act fast. The bus can carry 55 maximum. More...
All my life I've heard folks say, "I'm being totally honest," and while I know what they're saying I wonder what it actually means to be totally honest and do we just say that because it sounds good and helps confirm our stand asbeing an honest person? More...
TO THE EDITOR: A good group of people braved the heat to donate blood at our drive sponsored by the Wills Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and Shepeard Community Blood Center. Thanks to the faithful regular donors and a few new donors. Wills Memorial Hospital depends on Shepeard Blood Center for its constant need of blood. More...
The Washington-Wilkes Tiger softball team beat the Fighting Irish for the third time in the 2007 home opener on Tuesday, August 21, by the impressive score of 11-1. Nikki Freeman picked up the win, pitching four shutout innings. Cayla Gilland pitched the last three innings in relief. More...
Graveside services for Lois Louise McClure Jones, 80, of Metasville, were held Saturday, August 18, 2007, at Rehoboth Baptist Church Cemetery with Ed Goodwin officiating. She died Thursday, August 16, at Wills Memorial Hospital. More...
IV and Gabby Bray of Lawrenceville announce the birth of their daughter, Emily Grace, on Tuesday, August 14, at Northside Hospital in Atlanta. Emily weighed 8 lbs.10 ozs. and was 21 inches long. She has two brothers, Will, four, and Marshall, three. More...
Fire guts home in historic district; ruled accidental by firemarshal