By Anne Marie Kyzer annemariek@thetruetruecitizen.com
Nearly 300 local high school seniors are preparing to turn their tassels. Some 254 seniors at Burke County High School and 32 at Edmund Burke Academy will participate in graduation ceremonies in the coming week. More...
The fireworks are on! The Waynesboro Downtown Development Authority has committed to a July fireworks show and is counting on the community to help raise the remainder of the $10,000 bill. More...
Burke County Commissioner Terri Lodge Kelly was one of 50 county officials from around the state to be recognized recently for receiving new training certifications. More...
Former Bears standout capitalizes on career in National Guard
By Anne Marie Kyzer annemariek@thetruecitizen.com
His father had been the Company Commander for Charlie Battery based here in Waynesboro. So, SSG Eric Creager knew full well the possibilities of a career in the National Guard. More...
A Waynesboro thrift store owner has been jailed for molesting a young boy. Patrick Neil Brogan, 39, was arrested after he was allegedly caught in bed with a 7-year-old. More...
Waynesboro will have a police chief come Memorial Day. Augustus Palmer III, 56, will report for duty Monday, May 27 as top cop for the agency, which has been without a chief since March 10. More...
Living Word Church Of The Living Word, located at 423 Ward St. in Waynesboro, will hold a youth service, 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 24. Minister Cynthia White of Victory In Praise Ministry from McDonough will be the guest preacher. More...
Mr. and Mrs. John Bearden of Waynesboro announce the engagement of their daughter, Hannah Rae Bearden, to Andrew Scott Woodard of Statesboro. The groom-elect is the son of Buddy and Doris Woodard of Dublin and Gene and Karen Tatum of Glennville. More...
A national hotel chain is interested in building in Waynesboro. Hampton Inn has applied for a variance to build a hotel just off Burke Veterans Parkway. More...
One hundred and forty two white crosses will be erected in remembrance of Burke County’s fallen servicemen and women. American Legion Post 120 will put the crosses in Waynesboro Friday in observance of Memorial Day. More...
She was quite attractive, the lady I was chatting with. A charming Southern belle, pretty, genteel and soft spoken. She’d just said the second nicest thing that another human being can say to me. More...
It is with great sadness that the death of Robert Watson Mobley, Sr., age 91, is announced. Mr. Robert passed away on May 19, 2013 of natural causes. More...
Mrs. Ida Lou Hicks of Augusta entered into eternal rest Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at Trinity Hospital. Funeral services were held Monday, May 20, at Morning Star Baptist Church in Augusta. Interment was in Palmer Grove Baptist Church cemetery. More...
Mr. Harold “Bud” Redd 76, of Waynesboro, devoted father and grandfather went to be with his Lord and Savior Monday, May 13, 2013 at Burke Medical Center. Mr. Redd was the son of the late Isadore and Louise Sapp Redd, Sr. More...
Alicia D. Jones was awarded a $500 scholarship from the Burke County Retired Educators Association to use toward furthering her studies in education. More...
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