The Wilkes County Board of Education heard good news at Monday night's regular July meeting - not only did each school in the system make AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) for the year, but the entire system made AYP for the first time. More...
Volunteers are needed in Wilkes County to help cancer patients on their road to recovery. The next Road to Recovery training is scheduled for Wednesday, July 29, from 2-3 p.m. at the Mary Willis Library. More...
At a recent family meal with 10 people around the table in Ponte Vedra, Fla., Boots and Shirley Gunter's two-year-old grandson, Porter Brown, posed a question to his mother, More...
In her new thriller, Mary Higgins Clark, one of America's bestselling suspense writers, delves into a legal battle over the guilt or innocence of a man accused of murdering his wife. More...
Funeral services for Pearlie Downer Avery, 96, of Washington were held Saturday, July 18, 2009, at Flint Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Larry Norman and Rev. G.L. Avery officiating. The interment was in the church cemetery. More...
The Samaria Temple Church of God in Christ will hold a Summer Tent Revival Wednesday-Friday, July 29-31, at 7:30 p.m. each evening. The tent location will be near Cutting Up Barber and Beauty Shop at 154A Whitehall Street in Washington. More...
Fishing Creek Baptist Church will have a homecoming service on July 26 at 11 a.m. The guest speaker will be Dr. Larry Guido of Metter. Logan Smith will present special music during the service and hold a concert after lunch. More...
The Seventh Day Adventist Church will have its food pantry open on Thursday, July 23, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. . Bethlehem Baptist Church will have homecoming Sunday, August 16, 11:30 a.m. More...
A new hotel proposal for The Pope Center got a tentative go-ahead for further study Monday night at the regular July meeting of the Washington City Council. More...
Allen Wolfe comes out of the dark water Monday night after examining the submerged Mitsubishi that got away from him. "Me and my girl got out to look at the water," he said. More...
There are still a few tickets left for the Casino Night sponsored by the Washington-Wilkes Chamber of Commerce set for Friday night from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Washington-Wilkes Country Club. More...
Dr. Anna Scott (left), representing the Bethlemen Ministry, spoke to the Washington Rotary Club last Thursday with assistance from Ann Lanier Gilbert (center), a student at Athens Academy and president-elect of the Interact Club there. More...
At the recent food preservation workshop, everyone in the class gained a new skill. During the two sessions, Martha Partridge taught the women how to can tomatoes using the water bath method, and how to make grape jelly. More...
Georgia House Bill 120 provides for a sales tax exemption from both state and local sales taxes for certain items purchased between 12:01 a.m. on July 30 and midnight August 2, 2009. More...
TO THE EDITOR: The Board of Directors of the Washington-Wilkes Historical Foundation wishes to commend Commission Chairman Sam Moore and other elected officials for the effort being made to keep the Robert Toombs House open on a more frequent ba More...
TO THE EDITOR: I am writing in regards to Kip Burke's article in the July 2, 2009, issue of The News-Reporter entitled "Intolerance of Southern accents seems to be the last acceptable prejudice for some folks." Whether Mr. More...
A number of "usuals" populated the championship flight of the annual Amos Martin Invitational held at the Washington-Wilkes Country Club on July 4-5 but it was Darren Davenport of Union Point who held on to win the classic with a combined score of More...
Last week the W-W Lady Tigers softball team traveled to Harlem and beat the Bulldogs 6-3. Cayla Gilland picked up the win. On Monday, July 20, the Tigers traveled to Thomson and came away with a 9-9 tie. More...
Thirteen-year-old Kayla Gowen caught this 28-lb. barracuda while fishing with her dad, William Gowen, and grandfather, Mike James, off the coast of South Carolina. She also caught several sharks, stingrays, and other fish. More...
Dayzja Gartrell was a state finalist, representing Washington, Georgia, at the National America Miss Pageant held July 3-5 at the Hilton Downtown Atlanta. She was one of 156 contestants in the Junior Teen Division. More...
Christopher Cale Harris Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Harris of Washington announce the birth of their son, Christopher Cale, on Tuesday, July 7, at University Hospital in Augusta. Christopher weighed 6 lbs. 12 ozs. and was 20 inches long. More...
JoAnn Neville of Hephzibah, formerly of Washington, and Jeff Anderson of Tignall announce the engagement of their daughter, Katie Anderson of Statesboro, to Chris Wilson, also of Statesboro, son of Rev. and Mrs. More...
