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November 14, 2007
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Bears roar once more
By Anne Marie Kyzer Staff Writer
Burke County High School needs a little more space in its trophy case. For the first time in a decade and only the third time in school history, the Bears (8-2, 5- 0) claimed the region championship after beating the Benedictine Military School Cadets 21- 14 Friday night. More...
Policeman busted for bogus story
By Elizabeth Billips Associate Editor

A former Sardis policeman has been arrested for fabricating a crime, then lying to GBI agents about it. It all began Sept. 29 when a part-time Sardis officer received a call from newly-hired Micah Leach. Leach, 26, claimed he'd seen prowlers outside the fellow officer's home. More...

Seven businesses cited for selling alcohol to minor
By Elizabeth Billips Associate Editor

The Department of Revenue sent an underage operative to buy beer at 13 Burke County stores - and more than half failed miserably. "At most stores, there were no questions asked," commented Charles Willie, the director of public relations for the agency's alcohol and tobacco division. More...

Burke County soul food chef to appear on Food Network Monday
By Anne Marie Kyzer Staff Writer

As Louise Holmes learned from her mama how to prepare a good spread in their Girard home some 50 years ago, she had no idea that one day people would watch her do so on television. But on Monday, Nov. 19 at 10:30 p.m. More...

 News
•Downtown Christmas Open House slated for Sunday
Waynesboro shoppers are in for a treat this Sunday when downtown businesses open up shop for the Downtown Christmas Open House. Merchants will be open 1-5 p.m., and they'll have special sales and events, and many will have door prizes as well. More...
•Tax bills headed to the Post Office
•BOE, Waynesboro, Sardis keep millage rate the same
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 Editorial
•The Plight of the American Veteran
Reprinted from The New York Times As an unpopular, ill-planned war in Iraq grinds on inconclusively, it can be a bleak time to be a veteran. There is little outright hostility toward returning military personnel these days; few Americans are reviling them as "baby killers" or blaming them for a... More...
•RFD
•Marshall Singletary
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 Sports
•Bears take region title with win over Cadets
The Burke County High School Bears weren't ready to sacrifice an eight-game winning streak last Friday night, especially when it was the ticket to a region title. Their win over Benedictine Military School for the co-region championship didn't come easy. But the Bears came out on top of a contest... More...
•Trinity shuts out EBA in season ender
•Hogan wins tennis tourney
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 For The Record
•Burke deputies make another cocaine bust
Two more Burke County men were jailed Saturday night when deputies seized more than an ounce of cocaine. According to Sgt. Dedric Smith, officers began watching the Old Augusta Road home of 41-year-old Lorenzo Freddie Thomas after receiving anonymous tips that he was selling drugs. More...
•Deputies seek public's help solving burglaries
•Robbery solved
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 Obituaries
•Rep. Emory Bargeron, dedicated House member, dies at age 80
Mr. Emory E. Bargeron, age 80 of Louisville, died Sunday Nov. 11, 2007, in the University Hospital in Augusta. Funeral services were held 11 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the Louisville First Baptist Church with the Rev. Larry Montgomery and the Rev. William (Doodle) Johnson officiating. Burial fo... More...
•Mrs. Edna Mae Nelson
•Mr.Van Harris III
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 Fields & Yields
•In the Furrow
Let the Wheat Planting Begin
Wheat production has historically been a standard practice for many growers in Burke County. While wheat tends to be the majority of winter small grain acres, other grains planted in Burke County include rye and oats. The recommended planting window is here so growers must be gearing up to plan... More...
•Burke County Agricultural Calendar of Events
•Burke County 4-H Calendar Dates
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 People
•CIS staff lunches with First Lady
Local educators had lunch with the First Lady. A group of Burke County's Community in Schools (CIS) staff and board members, along with Board of Education representatives, recently met Laura Bush at the CIS National Conference in Atlanta. More...
•People in the News
•Springer home to be on tour
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 School News
•They got caught
Four more first graders got caught. Elaina Hirschauer and Lindy Hurst, above, and Dougie Springer and Trent Harris, below, are the latest winners in Edmund Burke Academy's "Get Caught Reading" contest for first graders. Each month students in Hadley Harrison's and Penny Weaver's classes are encourag... More...
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