More than 9,000 Tough Mudders packed into Aonia Pass Motocross Park over the weekend to enjoy an Arctic Enema, Electroshock Therapy, crawl through Trench Warfare, and run a Mud Mile. Their reward? More...
Fire Chief Darrell Rogers directs Washington firefighters as they respond to a kitchen fire last Thursday afternoon at the Spring Street home of former Washington Mayor Willie Burns. More...
The Wilkes County Relay for Life will hold the annual Survivor Dinner next Tuesday, April 16, at the Pope Center. Cancer survivors are a vital part of Relay, Margie Burke said. More...
The past weekend in Washington Wilkes was a busy, busy one and brought thousands of people to this town with its beautiful setting, historic homes, and all the other things we have to enjoy. More...
JUPITER, Fla. – If you are a baseball player, you get to wear your uniform all your life. When he quit managing the Dodgers, you still would see Tommy Lasorda in his familiar No. More...
Funeral services for Margie Nell McElhannon Hubbard, 70, were held Sunday, April 7, at 2 p.m. in The Rock United Methodist Church Cemetery with Rev. Ralph Arnold and Rev. Donnie Berry officiating. More...
A memorial service for Ernest Robert “Tubby” Clark, 67, of Tignall, was held Thursday, April 11, at 11 a.m. in Fishing Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Roy Cates and Rev. Terry Casper officiating. Mr. Clark died Sunday, April 7, at home. More...
Funeral services for Edward Verner Harris, 62, of Atlanta, were held Thursday, April 4, at 11 a.m. in Hopkins Funeral Home with Rev. Dan Fernandez officiating. Interment followed in Resthaven Cemetery. More...
Willsbary’s annual Book, Bake, and Plant Sale, sponsored by the Friends of the Mary Willis Library, will be held Friday, May 3, at 9:30 a.m. on the lawn of the Mary Willis Library, 204 E. Liberty Street. More...
In its regular meeting Monday night, the Washington City Council set dates for zoning hearings to move forward with the Foxwood Senior Village soon to be developed in the city. More...
The 2013 Spring Tour of Homes showed off several of Washington’s best historic and classical homes to an appreciative crowd of visitors last weekend. “We felt it was a successful tour,” said Carol Jackson. More...
Aonia Pass Motocross Park will fill up this weekend with another crowd of thousands as amateur motocrossers of all ages race to try to qualify for “the Lorettas,” the 2013 Red Bull AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship at Loretta Ly More...
Visitors to the Mary Willis Library view a rarely seen collection of watercolor and drawing prints by William Bartram on his travels through pre-Revolutionary Georgia that were on display Saturday fo More...
Sardis Baptist Church in Rayle will be celebrating its 225th anniversary on Sunday, April 21, beginning with Sunday School at 10 a.m. followed by the morning worship service at 11 a.m. More...
Lee Durham, Cancer Committee representative of the Eta Omicron Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, presents a $4,000 check to Bunny B. Gunby, director of the Cancer Relief Fund. These funds were raised by Eta Omicron at the Nancy C. Long Cancer benefit. More...
One focus of all FFA chapters is to instill a strong sense of community service in their members. In fact, students must have community service hours in order to earn the Chapter, State, and American degrees. More...
The Washington-Wilkes father/son teams of (top photo, l-r) Kerry McAvoy Jr., James McAvoy, Tim Jackson, Chase Jackson, and Hunter Jackson joined some 9,000 other runners Saturday attempting to comple More...
The Washington-Wilkes Tiger varsity baseball team dropped two region games to the No. 2-ranked Jefferson Dragons in doubleheader action last Friday. More...
God gives us all the privilege to have Jesus as our Savior and as our spiritual brother in the family of God. But, we are not to take our relationship with Jesus for granted. More...
Jamie Nicole Land and Timothy Ronald Alderman of Statesboro exchanged wedding vows in a beautiful double-ring ceremony Saturday, March 16, at four-thirty in the afternoon at the Belle House in Statesboro. Rev. More...
Julie and Jeff Driggers of Washington announce the birth of their daughter, Maggie Maxine, on Thursday, March 28, at Trinity Hospital of Augusta. Maggie weighed 8 lbs. 2 ozs. and was 20 ¾ inches long. More...
Whitley Hodges of Washington, bride-elect of Christopher Moore of Hampton, was entertained at a bridal shower Sunday afternoon, April 7, at the Fincher Center of Tignall Baptist Church. More...
