Lauren Chafin and Brannon James of Washington are among 1,340 students at Georgia Southern University recently recognized for excellence in academics on the 2016 Spring Semester President’s List. To be eligible for the President’s L More...
(Editor’s note: Laurie Dehil and family members took The News-Reporter along on a special trip which she reported with several pictures. Her report, in her own words, is offered here.) More...
By TOM POLAND Southern writer and columnist “Prose Laureate of Georgialina”
(Author’s Note: Writing this column would be impossible were it not for the good work done by Jane R. Newsome. At Home in Washington Wilkes, copyright 1986 by Jane R. Newsome, is an invaluable source of information.) More...
All we hear in the news is all about how awful each presidential candidate is. We just want them to tell what they are going to do to make America great, not talk trash about each other. More...
Raymond J. Grote III has been named Senior Vice President and Relationship Manager for Georgia Primary Bank, a community bank located in the Buckhead area of Atlanta. More...
The summer reading program continues in full swing at the Mary Willis Library, having hosted Sam’s Path Petting Zoo last week for a visit that educated over 100 kids and parents about certain animals including a kangaroo, a hedge hog, a lemur, More...
By MARGARET ARMOUR Call 706-825-9457 magbeth25@gmail.com
J.W. and Bonnie Boatwright ate a celebratory dinner with Frankie Jones of Athens, Martha Jones of Bogart, Rachel Holdsworth and Wilkes, and Bill Gamble, all of Loganville, in Athens last week. More...