It's not enough that Joe Barnett, with the culinary reputation of Wilkes County and all of rural Georgia on his shoulders, will cook shrimp and grits elbow-to-elbow with Martha Stewart in a live taping on national TV Tuesday. That's already pretty tall cotton. More...
A Washington pastor has rescinded her request to have a property rezoned to use as a food pantry and thrift store, and is seeking another home for the ministry to the poor. Rev. Gale Seibert gave the City of Washington Planning Commission written notice of the decision January 25. The hearing on t... More...
Ceremonies, films, children's discussions, and a parade of costumed re-enactors will bring the Revolutionary War era to life next weekend, when Washington and Wilkes County will observe "Revolutionary Days" in memory of the Battle of Kettle Creek. More...
The Presidents List for the fall quarter at Athens Technical College includes the names of three students who live in Wilkes County. The students and their programs of study include Sarji Carter, Business Office Technology; Jackie Har- ris, Medical Assisting; and Altenese Walton, Cosmetology. More...
If all goes according to the sched uled plan, the hour-long presen tation, "Forty-eight Hour Mystery," about the murder of Dolly Hearn, will be presented on CBS Saturday night, February 3, at 10 o'clock. More...
A front page story in last week's edition reported that the First United Methodist Church was seeking a zoning change to facilitate the location of its expanding food/clothing pantry to the former nursery and garden center on East Robert Toombs Avenue. The story pointed out several objections of su... More...
TO THE EDITOR: It is with my deepest heartfelt thanks that I pen these few lines to thank all of the many unnamed persons who stopped to assist my son Chris and his friends in their automobile accident Saturday afternoon on Highway 44 west of Washington. More...
"We really need to win all four," Head Coach Don Keiser said, looking ahead to the final games of the regular basketball season. If they do, the Washington-Wilkes Tigers will definitely host the first round of the playoffs and the early opponents will be a lot easier to beat. More...
Graveside services for Ruth Psalmond Hopkins, 93, of Moore Road, Rayle, were held Saturday, January 27, 2007, at Clifford's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in the Lundberg community with Rev. Larry O. Martin officiating. She died Thursday, January 25, in Martinez. More...
When will it end? All the prosperity preaching. I guess as long as there are television ministries with gaudy studio furnishings and extravagant budgets. They bring in these young fireball preachers that make Rev. Ike look like Mr. Rogers. They can spit out words as fast as a wood chipper can spit... More...
The Lincoln-Wilkes Retired Educators Association honored Wilkes County middle and high school students for academic excellence for the first semester of 2006-2007. Middle school students had an overall average of 95 or above and high school students had an overall average of 95 or above in four co... More...
The toll free Dial-A-Prayer number is 1-877-337-7785. .. Mulberry Baptist Church will have its annual black history program Sunday, February 11, 4 p.m. .. Wills Memorial Hospital Tea and Learn on Tuesday, February 6, 2:30 p.m. More...
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