Sylvia Walker sings her heart out, performing a variety of country classics, at the “I’d Rather Be In Tignall” Fall Festival held last Saturday at the old school grounds. More...
The Tignall Volunteer Fire Department and area volunteers were dispatched to a structure fire on West Wooten Street in Tignall at 8:59 p.m. on November 12. More...
The annual “Toys for Tots” Christmas initiative is now underway in Wilkes County, and donations and applications for the program are currently being accepted. More...
I hope you didn’t miss the “perigee” full moon which climaxed on Monday, November 14. It is also called a “supermoon,” and this one was the closest and brightest supermoon of 2016, and the largest since 1948. More...
The Square may not look like a winter wonderland just yet, but just watch. The folks who plan our Christmas celebration have been hard at work, and I just know they’re going to pull it off. More...
Journalist Sebastian Junger tells many human-interest stories as he looks at the tribal sentiment that has largely disappeared from modern industrial societies. More...
Graveside services for Sarah Elizabeth “Libby” Becknell Nason, 91, of Hospital Dr. in Washington were held at 2 p.m. on Friday, November 11 at the Lakeview Memory Gardens in Phenix City, Alabama. More...
Funeral services for Matthew “Mack” Graves, 83, were held at 1 p.m. Thursday, November 5, at Booker’s Chapel Baptist Church. Interment followed in the church cemetery. More...
Memorial services for Lillie Mae Jackson Crawford, 81, of Metasville Road were held at 3 p.m. Thursday, November 10, at Ebenezer Baptist CHurch. She died Tuesday morning, November 8, 2016, at Doctors Hospital in Augusta. More...
Sara and James Long celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary with a surprise wedding and renewal of their vows in a ceremony on Sunday, October 9, at Phillips Mill Baptist Church following the morning worship service. More...
The Frances Wheelis Women on Mission of First Baptist Church met in the home of Nancy Madden on Monday evening, November 7. Melanie Wells, facilitator, led the ladies in an opening prayer remembering our country and the election the following d More...
Alice Patricia Stewart and Christopher Winston Bailey of Washington were united in marriage in a beautiful double-ring ceremony Saturday, October 15, at eleven-thirty in the morning at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Washington. Rev. More...
Based on recommendations by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD), Gov. Nathan Deal approved a Level 2 Drought Response designation for more than 50 counties. More...
With the fast-approaching completion of work on The Square and next Tuesday’s lighting of the Christmas tree in its center as points of pride for Washington Mayor Ames Barnett, a good turnout is expected for downtown events scheduled for Novemb More...
A resolution approving the energy service company, ABM, for infrastructure upgrades in school system buildings was adopted by the Wilkes County Board of Education this week. More...
The Wilkes County Board of Commissioners just about set a record for brevity at last week’s regular meeting, enacting only one item of business and hearing a few announcements. More...
Local talents, diverse vendors, food, and fun made this year’s “I’d Rather Be in Tignall” Fall Festival a hit with visitors and participants alike. “It went wonderfully,” organizer Carolyn Gammon said. More...
On Veterans Day last Friday, dozens of people gathered outside the Wilkes County courthouse for a special program honoring those who have and continue to serve the United States of America in its mil More...
If you’ve never seen the Milky Way stretching across the heaven, next weekend is your chance. Deerlick Astronomy Village (DAV) will hold its annual fall open house on Saturday, November 19, from 5-11 p.m. More...
In the late 1800s, Washington was booming. Stores, business offices, and hotels lined the downtown square and travelers arrived daily by train. As rail service expanded and more people flooded into town, enterprising livery owners John M. More...
Act of manners, respect endears couple to Wilkes Co. community
TO THE EDITOR: While working the Tignall poll during the General Election, a sequence occurred which endears us to this community. Voting was heavy with a queue of individuals awaiting access for their time to cast a ballot. More...
A disappointing second loss to the Lincoln County Red Devils ended the 2016 football season for the Washington-Wilkes Tigers last Friday night. Ending up 4-7 for the season, the Tigers were the first to score in the contest of the archrivals. More...
The north Georgia mountains make a great fall destination, and what better excuse to plan a trip than to take advantage of the many available trout streams, including five delayed-harvest trout streams that are now open? More...
