Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin has granted a special 24-hour permit waiving the routine identificationand other health requirements for nine flying reindeer slated to visit Georgia on the evening of December 24 and in the early morning hours of December 25. More...
Residents on the eastern side of the county, toward Lincoln County, undoubtedly have noticed that trash dumpsters have been moved. An effort to trim costs by consolidating dumpster sites has begun and it started with the dumpsters located near Burgess' Store on Highway 378. More...
Wilkes County residents are once again protected by a local radio station that will sound the alarm in case of severe weather. The 300-watt radio station is now operational at 162.500 MHz - Channel 5 on most weather radios, Wilkes Emergency Management Agency Director Alan Poss said. More...
Mark J. Chapman, son of Pastor and Mrs. Jimmy Chapman of Victory Baptist Church, Washington, will be the guest speaker at the church on Sunday, December 23. Chapman is a 2004 graduate of Crown College in Knoxville, Tenn. In June of that same year he joined the pastoral staff of Emmanuel Baptist T... More...
The much-needed rain finally came! It started shortly after noon on Saturday and continued until after midnight -- and wasn't it nice. I love to hear the rain on my tin roof and went upstairs to do some things I needed to get done so that I could hear it. More...
Some religious groups celebrate Christ's birthday at different times other than December 25 as most Christian groups do. In my opinion, what's a better time to celebrate Christmas than when Jack Frost is nipping at your nose, when there's a chill in the air. It just seems more like Christmas to me... More...
TO THE EDITOR: We have something to be proud of that we want to share with Wilkes Countians. Of all of the blood drives conducted by Shepeard Community Blood Center in November, Washington- Wilkes was at the top. High school donors saved 531 lives; and regular donors saved 162 lives. Fantastic! More...
Funeral services for James E. McClearen, 89, of Washington were held Monday, December 17, 2007, at 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church, Washington, with Rev. Gale Seibert and Mrs. Joyce Wilkinson officiating. Interment was in Resthaven Cemetery, Washington. He died December 13. More...
James Austin Meadows Steenson Mr. and Mrs. Dan Steenson of Marietta announce the birth of their son, James Austin Meadows, on Tuesday, October 16, at Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta. James Austin Weighed 8 lbs. 7 ozs. and was 19 ½ inches long. More...
The Wilkes County 4-H BB team is selling raffle tickets for $100 worth of gas from the Citgo station in Washington. Tickets are $2.00 each and can be purchased from any BB Team member or at the 4-H Officeat the Courthouse. More...
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