In a marathon four-hour meeting Monday night, the Washington City Council said goodbye to Mayor Willie Burns and struggled to pass a city budget that would not raise city electric rates. More...
The City of Washington held the annual hearings for renewal of distilled spirits pouring licenses and package licenses Monday night prior to the regular city council meeting. More...
Janet Norman, Quality Supervisor at Hollander Home Fashion’s Tignall location, was named the LEO Award winner for 2011. Norman recently traveled to the corporate office in Boca Raton, Florida, where she attended a celebration in her honor More...
To help in the fight against cancer in Wilkes County, the Eta Omicron Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority recently made a $3,500 donation to Wills Memorial Hospital. More...
Washington’s first-ever Christmas Parade of Lights came off Saturday with a large turnout and rave reviews as it coincided with both the Christmas Tour of Homes and the second Candlelight Shopping and Snowing on The Square events. More...
Saturday night’s big Parade of Lights was absolutely one of the neatest community events I’ve seen in a long time, and if you’re one of the handful of people in Wilkes County who wasn’t either in the parade or watching it, you More...
Ten years ago, Phillip Connors, a writer and editor in New York City, quit his job after deciding that he wanted to spend his summers in New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness. He became a fire tower watcher. More...
Memorial services celebrating the life of Noah David Derrick, 82, of Tignall will be held Saturday, December 17, 2011, at 2 p.m., at Independence United Methodist Church, Tignall, with Rev. Ben Walker and Rev. Kathy Morris officiating. More...
Funeral services for Colleen Willis Lett, 78, were held Saturday, December 10, 2011, at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Rayle, with Rev. Charles E. Dean officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. More...
Funeral services for Gloria Gartrell Walton, 60, were held Thursday, December 8, 2011, at Pole Branch Missionary Baptist Church, Tignall, with Rev. Nathaniel Kendrick officiating. Interment was in Black Rock AME Church Cemetery. More...
The Cornelia Johnson Circle of First United Methodist Church met at Southern Elegance on West Robert Toombs for its annual Christmas dinner on Tuesday evening, December 6. More...
Sissy Murray, Wills Memorial Hospital Food Service Director, presented a most interesting and entertaining program at the WMH Tea and Learn Wednesday, December 7, in the hospital cafeteria. Before moving to Washington, Mrs. More...
The Revolutionary War battlefield at Kettle Creek has been vandalized by an apparent artifact hunter over the weekend, and the Sons of the American Revolution say the vandalism is the same as desecrating Arlington Cemetery. More...
The Wilkes County Board of Commissioners reported that the Tax Commissioner is seeking approval from the Georgia Department of Revenue for a temporary collection order which would allow Wilkes County taxpayers to pay their estimated property taxes be More...
Christmas Tour of Homes visitors and local residents alike flocked to the Washington Woman’s Club Saturday for the Soup and Chili Luncheon put on by organizers of the 2012 Wilkes County Relay f More...
From now until Christmas Eve, Washington’s Bi-Lo Supermarket is celebrating the Twelve Days of Christmas with community performances, giveaways, and visits from Santa. More...
A multi-jurisdictional drug task force made a series of arrests Monday morning in and around Washington, putting nine individuals behind bars for selling marijuana or cocaine. More...
With the deadline approaching on Monday, it looks like the effort to give a Christmas gift shoe box to every senior in every elder care facility in Wilkes County will be successful again this year. More...
Ricky Lindsey, owner, and Washington Ford, have been awarded a Sons of the American Revolution “Flag Certificate” by the Washington-Wilkes Chapter SAR. More...
Nine members of the Washington- Wilkes Chapter of Future Business Leaders of America attended the Georgia FBLA Fall Leadership Conference in Athens last month. The conference was host to over 2,000 FBLA members from across the state of Georgia. More...
Two Washington-Wilkes Tigers will be playing football one more time this Saturday as they participate in the inaugural CSRA Senior Bowl All- Star Game. More...
Five games into the 2011-2012 season and still warming up on non-region opponents, the Washington-Wilkes Lady Tiger basketball team is off to a good start with a record of 3-2. More...
The Washington-Wilkes Parks and Recreation Department All- Star Team participated in the Arthur Green Football Classic hosted in Thomson on November 19 and 20. There were two teams that participated in the tournament – the 10-year-olds an More...
Adam and Eve – man and woman – whom God loved and had created in his own image, disobeyed his will and, in their shame, hid from fellowship with Him. More...
The Senior Choir of the First Baptist Church of Washington will present “God Is With Us, a Festival of Carols and Classics” by Tom Fettke, on Sunday evening, December 18, at 6:30 p.m. The program will be directed by Patricia B. More...
Carter's Grove Baptist Church will present a Christmas play, "Jesus, the Light of the World," with a cast of 30 Biblical characters, custom-made decorative costumes, special music, singing and dancing. More...
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