New head coach will begin work immediately
By KIP BURKE, news editor
Lee Hutto has been named athletic director and head football coach at Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School for the 2009-10 season. In a called meeting of the Wilkes County Board
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By FLORENCE SANDIFER W-WPS principal
First grade students are learning to be meteorologists in the Enrichment Lab at Washington-Wilkes Primary School. Mrs. More...
Debbie McLeod, the middle school's gifted reading and language arts teacher, was named STAR teacher for the third time. "It never ceases to humble or amaze me," she said. The high school STAR Student, Christina Alberson, named Mrs. More...
By LORAN SMITH columnist
CARNAGHAN - This is a small McIntosh County community where we were invited to lunch by Kathleen Russell, who publishes, with her brother Charles Williamson, the Darien News. More...
The Wilkes County Cattlemen's Association will hold its Fifth Annual Replacement Heifer Sale on Friday, February 6, at 7 p.m. at the Wilkes County Stockyard. On Thursday, February 5, at 6 p.m., the Cattlemen will have a free hamburger supper. More...
Washington Mayor Willie E. Burns received a Certificate of Achievement from the Georgia Municipal Training Institute at the Georgia Municipal Association's (GMA) Annual Mayors' Day Conference in Atlanta January 25. More...
University of Georgia assistant baseball coach Justin Holmes (left) spoke to the Washington Rotary Club on Thursday, January 29, and told members a little bit about the Bulldogs' successful 2008 season. More...
Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School and Washington- Wilkes Middle School will host an Open House on Monday, February 9, for parents and students of each school. More...
In a report of the 2008 activities of the Washington/Greensboro division of the State Department of Veterans Service, manager Perry Morgan reports that the division serves the counties of Glascock, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie, Morgan, Taliaferro, More...
The president's list and the dean's list have been released for fall quarter 2008 at Athens Technical College. The president's list includes four students in Wilkes County. More...
The Georgia Tourism Foundation recently recognized The Point of Art Gallery & Studio as a Founding Producer of Distinction for 2008-2010. More...
Georgia State Patrol Trooper Paul Waller examines the wreck site on Sisson Bridges Road last Thursday where the alleged driver, Ralf Hanosek, lost control and flipped the Ford Explorer. More...
UNSUNG HERO OF WILKES COUNTY - A BLACK REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERO - AUSTIN DABNEY (1765-1830)
By Rev. Ed Anderson LTC(Ret) US Army
During the period February 13-15, 2009, Wilkes County celebrates the victory by the Georgia Militia over the British military forces during the Revolutionary War (1775-1783) at the Battle of Kettle Creek. More...
By Bonnie Boatwright Call 274-3264
A large congregation enjoyed the service at Sardis Baptist Church Sunday morning. Rev. Jim Newsome brought an inspiring message, "Have You Been to Calvary," from Luke 19:1-10. More...
Guests of Mrs. Libby Ivey were Sally Hopkins, John Ivey, and Emily Appling. .Zella Bennett visited Miss Mary Mc- Clearen. .Visiting Mrs. Fannie Smith were Hattie Smith, Roger Banks, and Deana M. Acree. .Mrs. More...
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