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March 14, 2007  RSS feed
Students encourage community to recycle
Burke County Middle School students are going green, and they're calling on local citizens to do the same. A community drop-off point for aluminum cans will make it easier than ever for Burke County to recycle. The proceeds will go back to the students and their school. More...
In mailbox bombing
Step-mom cleared, teenagers sentenced
By Elizabeth Billips Associate Editor

A local parent will not be charged for providing the household products her teenage stepson and his four friends allegedly used to assemble a bottle bomb. The five boys, who are all freshmen, were charged with felonies after one of them tossed the bomb into their high school principal's mailbox Feb. 9. More...

Florida driver dies in rollover
By Elizabeth Billips Associate Editor

A Florida woman was killed when she apparently fell asleep behind the wheel of her SUV on Hancock Landing Road. Debra Ann Sass, 53, of Hobe Sound, died around 10:15 Sunday morning after she drifted across the highway into a ditch, then overcorrected. More...

New Christian school to open
By Diana Royal Staff Writer

Thanks to the dedication of teachers and parents and to the kindness of one local citizen, a new Christian school will open its doors for the 2007-2008 school year. The idea for the school was born back in January when Burkehaven Christian School announced that it would be closing. A group of parents were quick to say they'd take the reins, and now their hopes are becoming reality. More...

Woman stabbed by ex-boyfriend, son comes to rescue
By Elizabeth Billips Associate Editor

An 11-year-old may have saved his mother's life when he took his younger siblings and fled from their Highway 23 home where she was being beaten and stabbed by an ex-boyfriend. According to Capt. More...

 News
• article has image A Bunch of Losers
Friendly competition helps church members, co-workers drop pounds
A box of glazed doughnuts sits on the counter at Burke Medical Center growing scaly in its own sugar. Last month, those bad boys would have been scarfed down before anyone could say "trans fat." Now, they harden into rocks while nurses walk by with ziplocks of carrot sticks and apple slices. More...
• Womanless pageant set for Friday
• article has image For comprehensive plan
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 Editorial
• Jekyll Island Redevelopment: What Are They Hyding?
Contrary to popular belief, the clash over Jekyll Island is not about altering the existing agreement to develop only 35 percent of its area - it's about how that 35 percent will be redeveloped. Not "all developed areas" are the same. Classifying a soccer field or a 4-H Club as developed, is not the same as taking those areas and redeveloping them as high-rise hotels or condos. More...
• article has image Political Cartoon
• Looking Back
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 Sports
• Burke County High School to host TaylorMade/Adidas Invitational
Golfers from across Georgia will head to the Bird Dog Capitol this weekend for the largest tournament ever hosted by Burke County High School. BCHS will play host to the TaylorMade/Adidas Invitational Golf Tournament Saturday. Some 15 schools plan to compete. More...
• article has image Bears improve to 5-3 on the diamond
• Applewood to host amateur golf tour
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 For The Record
• article has image Drugs, cash seized during roadblock
More than 900 drivers were checked during a Highway 56 roadblock Friday afternoon, including two Wadley men who had more than five ounces of cocaine and $2,120 in cash in their pick-up truck. More...
• Three teens hurt in Chappel Road wreck
• In February
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 Obituaries
• Warren H. "Doc" Bargeron, Sr.
Warren H. "Doc" Bargeron, Sr., 79, of Sardis entered into rest on Wednesday, March 7, 2007. Graveside services were held on Saturday, March 10, at 11 a.m. at Sardis Baptist Cemetery with the Rev. Steve Sirmons and the Rev. Mark Joyner officiating. More...
• Mr. H. Grady Godbee
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 Fields & Yields
• article has image In the Furrow
Field corn planting, herbicide options
Residents and other folks traveling through Burke County will see a dramatic increase in the number of corn fields this year. This is in response to a demand for corn used for ethanol production, animal feed, and for exports. More...
• Burke County Agricultural Calendar of Events
• article has image Home & Garden Tips
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 Burke Happenings
• Burke Happenings
Feed-A-Kid The Burke County Board of Education will again be operating the Summer School Nutrition (Feed-A-Kid) Program. The dates of operation will be May 28- July 27. Anyone interested in having a new site in their area should contact Susan Dixon at the school nutrition office, 706-554- 5393. More...
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 Church News
• Church News
Midville Baptist Midville Baptist Church will celebrate Homecoming services 11 a.m. Sunday, March 25. The Rev. Leonard Quick of Midville will be guest speaker, and special music will be provided. Dinner will be served. Noah's Ark Noah's Ark Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Karlton Howard 3 p.m. Sunday, March 18. More...
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 People
• article has image Civic club makes donation, challenge
At a recent meeting, the Waynesboro Exchange Club donated $350 to the Wimberly House Ministries Inc. The contribution made the club a corporate sponsor for the Wimberly Gala, which will be held this Saturday, March 17, from 7-11 p.m. More...
• article has image Jones honored by UGA, GMA
• article has image Engagement
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 School News
• article has image BES Character Students for February
Blakeney Elementary School Character Students for the month of February are, from left, Nicholas Foley, fifth grade; Royrecia Walker, fourth grade; and George Hudson, third grade. More...
• article has image January Character Champs
• article has image Good hygiene
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