Among Waynesboro’s oldest survivors is St. Michael’s eldest church member. Alice Mann celebrated her 90th birthday just last month, and come September she’ll mark 25 since being diagnosed with breast cancer. More...
A Wednesday night shooting put one man in the hospital and another in jail. Cedric Kent, 38, was rushed to Georgia Regents Medical Center after he was shot in the front yard of a Leonard Circle home in Waynesboro. More...
They’re nearly 80 years old but their beauty remains stunning. The massive stained glass windows in the sanctuary at First United Methodist Church were created in 1937 by the late wellknown Atlanta artist J.V. More...
Waynesboro residents will now get their say. City officials have decided to host a monthly town hall meeting designed to give audience members an informal venue for bringing concerns to the mayor and council. More...
A man who hijacked an SUV and crashed it into a house won’t be driving for a while. Napoleon Maurice Phillips, 22, of Augusta was sentenced to 12 years behind bars last week after pleading guilty to hijacking a motor vehicle. More...
Mr. John Fred Etterlee, Jr., 82, of Hephzibah, passed away Friday, May 10, 2013 at Trinity Hospital. Graveside services will be held 2 p.m., today (Wednesday, May 15, 2013) at Bellevue Memorial Gardens. More...
Mr. George L. Wilson, Jr., 67, of Waynesboro and a former resident of Graniteville, S.C., affectionately known as the “Hayman,” entered into rest on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. More...
The state has released the firstever results of its new accountability system for public schools, and local officials are pleased with how Burke County measured up. More...
Students earn honors for their favorite teachers through Augusta bookstore’s contest
From Staff Reports
Two local middle school students set the spotlight on their teachers by earning top honors in the Barnes & Noble “My Favorite Teacher Contest.” More...
Nearly two dozen students at SGA Elementary School received special treats for exemplifying cooperation, the school’s positive/character trait for the month of April. More...
There’s a new Boss ... but it was a long time in the making. The Killer B’s, a husbandwife barbeque team out of Evans, took the gold at the Boss Hog State Championship Cookoff in Waynesboro Saturday afternoon. More...
(In honor of Mother’s Day please enjoy this reprint from 2008) A few years ago my family began to face the inevitable problems that come with an aging parent. More...
“I live over near Ball Park Road. We moved here from Hilltonia. My husband is the pastor of the Christian Church there”, she said. “When I was four or five years old, I lived with my Mother and Daddy in Hilltonia. Guess what! More...
Golf continues to be the most successful athletic program at Edmund Burke Academy. And this year’s golf team added some more hardware to the trophy case. More...
The Lady Bears finished their season competing at Class AAAA state track and field meet in Albany, where a Burke County freshman left her mark by medaling in the 200-meter dash. More...
Seven-year-old Connor Syms had quite a catch.The 63-pound first grader landed this 42-pound blue catfish while fishing with his daddy on the Savannah River. More...
Michael and Jamie Peacock of Waynesboro are pleased to announce the wedding of their daughter Kristen Holly Peacock to Nicholas James Page of Muskegon, Michigan. Nick is the son of Kari Trebilcock and the late Ronald Macomber of Muskegon, Michigan. More...
Lawton and Heather Hickman of Waynesboro announce the birth of their daughter, Tanner “Annie” Elizabeth, born May 1, 2013, at 4:25 p.m. She weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces and was 21 1/4 inches long. More...
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