Edmund Burke Academy's athletic director and head football coach resigned Monday - just hours before a meeting in which a large group of parents intended to complain to board members about his behavior. More...
Community members joined hands in the park Saturday to ask for God's guidance. The topic was the explosion of teen crime and violence, and more than 60 community members and church leaders prayed together for positive change. "We stand here, not making excuses … our children are faced with to... More...
One of the Regions Bank robbers has died in federal custody. Damien Jermaine Jones, 28, died Thursday night en route from Estill Correction Institution to the hospital. According to Hampton County Coroner Gordon Rhoden, Jones became ill at the prison and was being rushed to the hospital for tre... More...
The True Citizen staff wants to get spooked. Between now and Oct. 26, local fourth- and fifth-graders are invited to send us their best scary stories. The first, second and third place winners will have their stories printed in the Halloween edition of the paper. More...
Waynesboro merchants are bringing Halloween back to Liberty Square. On Oct. 31, kids are invited to "Trick or Treat on Liberty Street" from 3-5 p.m. Merchants are hoping the earlier hours will allow younger trick-or-treaters to get their fill before dark and will help alleviate heavy Halloween n... More...
Supporters of the President's veto of SCHIP have been making a lot of claims about the bill. Unfortunately, many of those claims are false, or so partially true as to be completely misleading. More...
Burke County runs over Liberty County for region win
The Bears are getting used to winning ballgames, and they couldn't have better timing. Burke County showed what they were capable of last Friday night when they kicked off region play against Liberty County High School. The Bears sent the Panthers home with their tails tucked, handing them a 20-7... More...
Burke County's Magistrate Court is the latest on the growing list of identity fraud victims. The alleged perpetrator? A Girard resident who got hold of a refund check. According to Waynesboro police investigator Claude Wade, arrest warrants were issued for Donald Pete Hopkins Jr. for three fel... More...
Mrs. Joyce Ann Allen, 60, of Augusta entered into rest Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007, at the Medical College of Georgia, after an extended illness. Funeral services were held Friday, Oct. 12, at 1 p.m. in the Chapel of DeLoach-Kennedy Funeral Home, Hephzibah, with the Rev. Mike McCormick and Evangelist E... More...
Burke County farmers are busy gathering crops during the fall harvest season. Even though time is in short supply, the ideal time to begin preparing for the 2008 crop is now. Sampling fields for nematodes should be done during October and early November, prior to the soil temperature dropping. More...
Alzheimer group Alzheimer Association's Burke County support group will meet 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Wimberly House. For information, contact Dorry McGahee, support group facilitator, at 706-437-0113 or the Alzheimer's Association, 1(800) 272-3900. More...
Metropolitan Metropolitan Baptist Church will celebrate its annual Harvest Day 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 21. The Rev. Charles Shipman invites the public to attend. Asbury Asbury United Methodist Church will celebrate its 140th Homecoming 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28. More...
Burke County's Jessica Stewart was one of 50 artists handpicked to show at the Bascom-Louise Gallery in Highlands, N.C. The 25-year-old artist graduated from Augusta State University in 2006 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and is now pursuing a Masters Degree in Ceramics at Georgia Southern University.... More...
Each year, personnel at Duke University sponsor the Talent Identification Program (TIP) to identify verbally and mathematically talented students at an early age. More...
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