Washington Police and other police agencies have broken up "a very well-organized" dog-fighting ring based in the Baltimore community that authorities say may have been responsible for the deaths of many animals, including pets used More...
Tax hikes will be the subject of public hearings starting today, March 19, concerning the proposed millage rates announced by the Wilkes County Board of Commissioners and the Wilkes County Board of Education. More...
Ten members of HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) at Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School attended the Georgia HOSA State Leadership and Competitive Events Conference in Athens March 5-7. More...
"Please mark your calendars for this year's Summer Drama Camp at the Bolton Lunceford Playhouse," urges Director Libby Foster. This year, camp will again be two weeks and will begin early in June. More...
TO THE EDITOR: We are living in very difficult times and many people are wondering why taxes are being raised. The millage rate is anticipated to be 16.75, the same as last year. More...
Last Friday, March 13, the Washington Wilkes Tiger baseball team opened its 2009 region season with a road game win in Augusta over the Fighting Irish of Aquinas. More...
Tynesia Walton easily clears the bar in high jump competition for the Washington-Wilkes girls track team. (Individual results were not available.) More...
Five Washington athletes were recognized at the Briarwood Academy Winter Sports Banquet honoring basketball players and cheerleaders last Friday at the school. More...
There will be a Country Cooking Supper at Fishing Creek Baptist Church Saturday, March 21, 6-8 p.m. All you can eat for $7. All proceeds go to charity. More...
Faced with the requirement to cut more than $400,000 from the FY2009 budget, the Wilkes County Board of Education voted Monday night to suspend all across-theboard teacher supplement pay. More...
Builders of the Elba Express pipeline will have to wait to begin construction on their project which would traverse Wilkes County and many others in the state. Judge Roger W. Dunaway Jr. More...
Saturday is the time for the 4-H Clovers & Company Benefit at the Rock Eagle 4-H Center, featuring Clovers Alumna and Grammy-Winner Hillary Lindsey. More...
I've just spent a cold rainy Sunday afternoon face to face with my distant past on Facebook, and overall, it was a sweet trip down memory lane, with only a couple of shockers to rattle my reverie. More...
Funeral services for Willie Moses Jenkins, 78, of Lincoln Circle, Washington, were held Saturday, March 14, 2009, at Hilliard Station Baptist Church with Rev. Dwight Foster officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery with military honors. More...
Funeral services for Lawrence Joel James, 56, of Water Street, Washington were held Sunday, March 15, 2009, at the Bethel United Methodist Church, Washington, with Rev. Larron Pilgrim and Richard Broome officiating. More...
Funeral services for Alice Newsome Cook Pettit, 90, of Thomson were held Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at Beggs Funeral Home Chapel, Thomson, with Rev. Ficklen Guin officiating. Interment was at Savannah Valley Memorial Gardens. More...
Washington City Administrator Mike Eskew (right) spoke on Economic Development in Wilkes County at the regular Tuesday lunch meeting of the Washington Kiwanis Club on March 10. Louise Maynard was program host for the day. More...
