Think you can make people laugh? Improv comedy is returning to Washington next weekend, and local folks can sign up for an improv workshop on Saturday morning to try their hand at it. More...
The Wilkes County Board of Education will be holding public hearings today and next Thursday to hear public comments on the board's proposed property tax increase. The hearings, set for today, October 25, at 2 p.m. and at 6:30 p.m., and next Thursday, November 1, at 9 a.m. More...
On the same days as the Board of Education hearings, the Wilkes County Board of Commissioners will be hosting hearings on their proposed tax rates for the year. Those hearings will be held in the Wilkes County courthouse at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. today and at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 1. More...
Activities for the Fall ArtFest on Saturday, November 3, will begin with a reception the night before, when members and prospective members are invited to meet the artists. More...
A commemorative service on Saturday, October 27, will honor the memory of Revolutionary Militia heroes and especially the Battle of Kettle Creek. The event will be held at the old Hammett Cemetery on Courtground Road in Wilkes County near the site of the famous Battle of Kettle Creek. People from Georgia, South and North Carolina, Texas, and Oklahoma will be present. More...
Here it is more than a week until Halloween and somebody is out tearing down yard decorations at various locations around the county. . . Mary Katherine and Jason Dyson, who live at 272 Doster Road in Logan Woods, are offering a $300 reward for information leading to the apprehension of the culprits who destroyed their fall scene in their yard during the weekend. More...
Meetings today and next Thursday will give Wilkes County taxpayers their last chance to say something about tax increases proposed by the Wilkes County Board of Education and the Wilkes County Board of Commissioners - for all the good it will do. More...
When I have a household expense increase, or income decrease, I have to make some tough decisions about how to pay all my bills and obligations. I can't force someone to give me more money under threat of jail. More...
Last Friday night the Washington- Wilkes Tigers won another close region game, defeating Putnam County by a score of 18-12. This is the Tigers first victory in Eatonton since 1996. The win puts Washington at an even 4-4 overall record and 4-1 in region play. W-W is still tied with Greene County for second place in the 8AA south sub-region. The Tigers vs. More...
Graveside services for Barner Paul Gartrell, 83, were held Tuesday, October 23, 2007, at Black Rock AME Church, Tignall. He died Friday, October 19. Mr. Gartrell was a native of Wilkes County and was the son of the late George Green and he late Rosa Wellmaker Gartrell. He was a member of Black Rock AME Church where he had served as a trustee. More...
Amanda Kathryn Poss of Washington and Wilson Alan Battles of Columbia, S.C., were married in an outdoor ceremony at the Washington-Wilkes Country Club in Washington on Saturday, October 6, at six-thirty o'clock in the evening. Rev. Dale Fincher of Tignall officiated the double-ring vows. More...
The Robert Toombs House State Historic Site and the Washington Historical Museum will present "Tales from the Toombs and the Mysteries of the Museum Haunted Tour" on Saturday, October 27, 6-9 p.m. Cost is $5 for both museums. More...
A Friend of Youth indeed