Teams will be setting up camp first thing Friday for the 2007 Wilkes County Relay for Life, organizers say, and tending to a thousand details for the all-night fund raiser set to start Friday evening at 7. Participants in the activities can enter the Washington Wilkes Parks and Recreation facility... More...
The Wilkes County Board of Education took another step last week toward the decision to build a new school complex, holding a construction workshop with representatives from engineering firm Southern A&E and bond company Merchants Capital to ascertain just how close they can get the gap between the... More...
Joined by a group of young girls who belted it out as good as anybody, Hillary Lindsey sang some tight harmony with young cousin Jesse Echols during Saturday night's rendition of "This One's for the Girls" on stage at the Country Club. More pictures on page 15. More...
The Washington-Wilkes Elementary School Tiger Tellers will perform at the Friends of the Library meeting on Thursday, May 10, at 3 p.m., in the Mary Willis Library Meeting Room. Tiger Tellers are 20 students who are trained by their sponsor, Judy Coxwell, to present short fables and group stories.... More...
A my Treadwell from the Wilkes County Unit of the Georgia Forestry Commission is expected home Thursday (May 3) after two weeks in Waycross with the Forestry Commission's Emergency Management Team. Beth Richards has been there for a week. Three Wilkes County men have also been fighting the ... More...
Hillary Lindsey's concert last Saturday night was the best thing that has happened here for a long time. It was first class from start to finish and only those who attended can fully appreciate what it meant to this community. Probably 1,000 people sat and listened as Hillary sang her incredible ... More...
To get from the Ryman Auditorium to Carnegie Hall, you can go through Washington, Georgia. I was reflecting upon this while relaxing after a terrific music weekend in Wilkes County. Not many towns or even big cities can claim a Grammy Award winner as we can of our own Hillary Lindsey. More...
The Region 8-AA tournament didn't come out the way the W-W Tigers had hoped but at least the team still gets to enter the state baseball playoffs next week even if it is with a No. 4 berth. They will play the No. 1 team from Region 5-AA on the road. More...
Funeral services for Frank "Boss" Fanning, 97, were held Tuesday, May 1, 2007, at Twin Oak Baptist Church with Rev. Charlie Maddox officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. He died Wednesday, April 25, at his residence. Mr. Fanning was a native and lifelong resident of Wilkes County. He w... More...
When the Georgia Baptist Association (GBA) met with Beaverdam Baptist Church April 24 for the 17th in- spirational meeting, those in attendance heard reports of the work of the Association from Rev. James Bland, Director; Jay Beeland on Camp Daniel Marshall; and others. They also heard an inspirin... More...
Jason Chapman of Washington- Wilkes received several awards at the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) Annual Student Leadership Banquet held Thursday, April 19, on the campus. He received the Pacesetter Award that is given to a faculty member and student who have had the greatest impact o... More...
The Regions Bank Relay for Life Team will sponsor a cookout on the parking lot of the bank on Robert Toombs Avenue Friday, May 4, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. There will be hotdogs, hamburgers and lots of goodies available. More...
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