Some 59 kids’ letters to Santa had decorated a Christmas tree in the Petal Pushers Christmas Shop, but owner Henry Harris realized the letters, from first-graders at Washington-Wilkes Primary Sc More...
After nearly two years in development and hundreds of thousands of dollars spent, a new company that desires to bring jobs and economic development to Wilkes County is still facing frustrations that could prevent the plan from coming to fruition. More...
The Cat Box was empty this week so I really had to scratch for the items in this column. During the holiday season people are so busy getting ready for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the New Year, that they don’t think about calling or writing. More...
Let us turn now to the story. A child is born in an obscure village. He is brought up in another obscure village. He works in a carpenter shop until he is thirty, and then for three brief years is an itinerant preacher, proclaiming a message and living a life. He never writes a book. He never holds an office. He never raises an army. More...
The W-W Tiger girls beat Lincoln County 40-35 on Friday night, December 18, and the beat Hancock Central in the championship game 47-46 to win the first F&M Bank Washington-Wilkes Christmas Basketball More...
Funeral services for Joseph Alexander Cagle, 64, of Washington will be held Saturday, December 19, 2009, at the First Baptist Church, Washington, with Rev. Klay Aspinwall officiating. Interment will be in Resthaven Cemetery, Washington. He died December 15. More...
Wilkes Darrell Edwards
Joseph and Ashley Edwards of Washington announce the birth of their son, Wilkes Darrell, on Wednesday, December 9, at the University Hospital in Augusta. Wilkes weighed 7 lbs. 2 ozs. and was 19 ½ inches long. He has a brother, Jaxson, who is seven years old. More...
Beta Sigma Phi donates for cancer equipment