SanQuela Gresham (above) and the Washington-Wilkes Lady Tigers beat Clinch County and moved into the Sweet Sixteen of the state Class A tournament. More...
Wilkes County has become a certified Work Ready Community this week after some 40 Wilkes workers earned their Work Ready certificates last week. More...
Some 1,500 of the top amateur and pro dirt bike and ATV crosscountry riders and their families are already arriving at Aonia Pass Motocross for this weekend’s ninth annual Maxxis General GNCC, part of the 2010 Can-Am Grand National Cross Count More...
Third graders at Washington-Wilkes Primary School raised $831.13 for the American Heart Association during their annual Jump Robe for the Heart event on February 26. More...
“My Fair Lady,” the Broadway musical adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play, “Pygmalion,” will be performed at the Bolton Lunceford Theater during the first two weekends in April. Dr. More...
High school seniors from Wilkes and Lincoln counties may apply for an honorarium sponsored by the Lincoln-Wilkes Retired Educators Association (LWREA). More...
TO THE EDITOR: On behalf of the Shepeard Blood Center and the Wills Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, we express our appreciation to those who donated blood at the quarterly drive on February 18. More...
The still-surging Washington-Wilkes Lady Tigers basketball team beat Clinch County 41-39 last Saturday night in dramatic style and cruised into the second round of the Georgia Class A playoffs. More...
The W-W Tiger baseball season opened up with a win against Jefferson County 6-1 as Trey McAvoy struck out 14 batters and gave up no earned runs in five impressive innings of work last week. D.J. More...
Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Lee Hutto told members of the Washington Rotary Club about sports program in general at Washington- Wilkes Comprehensive High School and about spring sports t More...
Residents living in and around the Washington-Wilkes community can be screened to reduce their risk of having a stroke or bone fracture on March 15. More...
Heard’s Chapel Baptist Church will be hosting its spring revival March 17-19 at 7:30 p.m. each night. Special guests include Rev. D. Cowan and the Mt. Gilead Church family on March 17, Rev. H. More...
The City of Washington has announced a called meeting of the mayor and city council Friday afternoon, March 5, to “consider changes to the City Charter and related documents.” More...
There were cheers and tears last Wednesday among the school board members and administrators gathered at the Wilkes County Board of Education when it was announced that the entire county school system had attained district accreditation. More...
Washington police are investigating a stabbing in Whitehall Sunday night that left a man in serious condition and a woman in jail charged with aggravated assault. More...
Neil Gordon, host of Augusta’s Buzz on Biz,” will be the guest speaker at the upcoming Washington Wilkes Chamber of Commerce Small Business Breakfast. The breakfast is set for Thursday, March 25, at 8 a.m. More...
Assault and property crimes, along with drunk driving arrests, led the February roundup of arrests by city, county, and state law enforcement officers in Wilkes County. More...
Greg Callaway, who showed the Grand Champion steer at the 56th annual Washington Area Junior Steer and Heifer Show and Sale, congratulated by (l-r) Fred Rayfield, judge, and Dr. M. R. More...
“A complicated, shadowy bargaining session in Washington ensued that took up the whole winter of 1876-77 and ended with the Compromise of 1877, the traditional midpoint of American history, in which the Democrats agreed to let Hayes become pre More...
Funeral services for Claude Earl Johnson, 89, of Tignall, formerly of Haywood County, N.C., were held Tuesday, March 2, 2010, in the Waynesville, N.C., chapel of Wells Funeral Home with Rev. Roy D. Cates officiating. More...
Funeral services for Corrine L. Kitchens, 82, of Washington, will be held Thursday, March 4, 2010, in the chapel of Macon Memorial Park Funeral Home. Interment will be in the Macon Memorial Park Cemetery. Rev. Billy Sharpston will officiate. More...
A memorial service for Frank M. Savage, 41, of Metasville Road, was held Saturday, February 27, 2010, at Morningside Baptist Church, Lincolnton, with Pastor Dan Fernandez officiating. He died Tuesday, February 23, at his residence. More...
Hagen Alexander Harkins Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Harkins of Washington announce the birth of their son, Hagen Alexander, on Tuesday, February 9, at Doctors Hospital in Augusta. Hagen weighed 7 lbs. 2 ozs. and was 20 inches long. More...
Bernie Henderson was the winner of the Beta Sigma Phi, Xi Zeta Delta chapter 50/50 raffle to benefit Go Red for Women. The winner’s name was drawn on Monday, February 22. More...
Mahlory Waller, bride-elect of Shane Wood, was honored at a miscellaneous shower Sunday afternoon, February 21, given by Andie Bridges, Julia Anne Holloway, Becky Mann and Angie Roth in the fellowship hall of Phillips Mill Baptist Church. More...
