Deloris Evon Dixon Aldridge, 96, of Waycross, passed away Thursday morning, April 17, 2025, at the Baptist Village Nursing Home in Waycross.

Paul Vernon Webb, 87, of Blackshear, passed away Sunday morning, April 13, 2025, at Satilla Bluffs Senior Care following an extended illness. Born September 4, 1937, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, he was ...

Louis “Mud Pie” Smith, 88, passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2025. A homegoing celebration will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 29, from the St. James Missionary Baptist Church near Patterson.

Hello friends, Here is the news for this week. ***** To our community: We all will be celebrating the Resurrection this Sunday! This is a busy month for celebrating with birthdays, church ...

The Gulf War (1990-91) between the Republic of Iraq and the State of Kuwait has slipped into history and nowadays is rarely cited. However, for three principal reasons the shortlived conflict was and ...

I need a vacation from my vacation has to be a peculiarly first world problem. Just typing it makes me feel fat, lazy and spoiled. Of course, I am fat, though this isn’t always obvious thanks to the ...

EMS Director Daniel Royal, a U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman, led the pledge of allegiance at the county commission’s April regular meeting. Royal serves with the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance ...

SPECIAL PHOTO Pierce County Middle School’s 2025 Southeast Georgia Middle School Athletic Conference champion weightlifting team consisted of (front, l-r) Cannon Braddy, Matthew Herring, Griff Boyett, ...

PCHS shortstop Chance Williams applies the tag at second base after receiving a perfect throw from catcher Jonathan Stone on an attempted stolen base by a Washington County base runner. Photo by RICK ...

Still got your 1980s mix tape? You can relive all those old times — and the great music from back then — at this year’s Beats and Eats. The annual Beats and Eats featuring Mixtape, a 1980s tribute ...

The Blackshear Fire Department (BFD) gathered Monday evening, April 14, for the formal presentation of a $1,000 donation check from Flamin’ Smokers BBQ to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation ...

Ground was official broken Thursday morning, April 3 (top photo) for the new $3.4 million, 7,056-square foot Brantley County Tax Office Annex Building. The facility will house the Tax Commissioner’s ...