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A Way With Words
Burke County game-master to appear on GSN's vocabulary championship
J oe Shepherd has a way with words. Lots of words. In fact, the Burke County teen's love of the language has earned him another shot at becoming the Game Show Network's national vocabulary champion More...
City sued for wrongful death
By Elizabeth Billips lizbillips@yahoo.com

The parents of a deceased wastewater plant worker are suing the City of Waynesboro for his wrongful death. According to a letter sent from the Lawrenceville law office of Lawrence L. Washburn III, the family of the late Sewell Peckham believes the city was negligent in maintaining the pick-up that slipped out of gear and ran over him in December 2006. More...

Plea entered in murder of Athens man
By Anne Marie Kyzer annemariek@thetruecitizen.com

A Waynesboro man who was charged with the murder of an alleged Athens drug dealer pleaded guilty yesterday (Tuesday). Michael Fields, 40, pleaded guilty to concealing the death of another and criminal attempt to commit robbery before Superior Court Judge Michael N. Annis as part of a plea negotiation with the district attorney's office. More...

HIS LUCKY DAY

Waynesboro resident Eric Quick walked away from this Monday morning collision with a log truck on Highway 56 at the Veterans Memorial Parkway. According to Waynesboro police, when Quick rear-ended the truck, a number of logs punched all the way through his front and rear windshields. The driver's compartment, however, was untouched - as was Quick except for a scratch to his arm. "He better go to the store and buy a lottery ticket," Chief Investigator Gene Boseman said after the wreckage was cleared. "This is his lucky day." STAFF - ELIZABETH BILLIPS More...

Spencer named county's STAR

Burke County High School senior Meghan Spencer took top honors in Burke County's Student Teacher Achievement Recognition program last Thursday night at an awards banquet sponsored by the Waynesboro Jaycees. Spencer named former BCHS band director Kenneth Brown, right, as her STAR teacher. More...

 News
• article has image The Race Is On
Qualifying begins next month for the majority of county offices
The gates of Burke County politics are wide open. Qualifiying begins next month for the bulk of the county's elected offices, including sheriff, tax commissioner, coroner, clerk of court and three judgeships. All five of Burke County's commission seats are up for grabs, as well as two of its five board of education posts. More...
• article has image Dr. Alexander retires after more than 40 years of service to the community
• Beef recall incorrectly tracked to Burke
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 Editorial
• Curable?
Burke County has been fortunate that for the past 15 years, no local funds have been needed to fund indigent care at the Burke County Hospital, now known as Burke Medical Center. A combination of good management and indigent care trust fund money has allowed the hospital to operate profitably during that time. More...
• Looking Back
• article has image RFD
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 Sports
• EBA nets pair of wins on the court
The boys and girls tennis teams at Edmund Burke Academy both claimed victories to open their season on the court. The girls defeated Thomas Jefferson Academy 5-0, and the boys had a 3-2 win. TJA did not have a full team on either side, and EBA was able to claim three forfeits - two for the girls and three for the boys. More...
• Bears sink tourney wins
• Spartans swing into golf season
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 For The Record
• Police tap illegal liquor house
A Waynesboro woman was arrested after a police informant bought three shots of gin inside her Savannah Avenue home. Shirley Herndon, 46, was arrested Friday for maintaining a disorderly house. According to a report filed at the Waynesboro Police Department, the informant made an audiotape of his purchase last Thursday night while investigators waited nearby. More...
• Two busted in undercover sale
• Shooting victim's story under fire
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 Obituaries
• Mrs. Genie Proctor Purser Hollingsworth
Genie Proctor Purser Hollingsworth, age 82, of Lumber City, Ga., formerly of Sylvania and Waynesboro, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008, at Jeff Davis Hospital in Hazlehurst. Her funeral services were Saturday, March 1, at 11 a.m. at the Thompson-Strickland-Waters Chapel in Sylvania with the Rev. Lonnie Norris and Dr. John Waters officiating. More...
• article has image Mrs. Gladys Barefield Stone
• Mr. Andrew "Andy" Cunningham
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 Fields & Yields
• article has image Home & Garden Tips
Why Fruit Trees Fail to Bear
It is particularly frustrating when trees fail to bear fruit, often for no apparent reason. However, certain characteristics of the tree and its environment, as well as cultural practices used, can have a marked effect on a tree's ability to bear fruit. More...
• Burke County Agricultural Calendar of Events
• article has image Family & Consumer Science News
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 Church News
• Church News
New and Living New and Living Way Worship Center will hold spring revival services Wednesday-Friday, March 5-7, at 7:30 nightly. Speakers for the week include, Wednesday - Willie Jordan, assistant pastor of New Hope Apostolic Church; Thursday - Dorothy Nelson, pastor of House of Faith Holiness; and Friday - Jerome Prophet, pastor of Summerstand Outreach Ministries. More...
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 People
• article has image Miss Williams to marry Mr. Haaf
Pastors Melvin and Evangela Williams of Augusta announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Joy LaCoya, to Sascha Haaf, son of William Jones of Gough and Doris H. Jones of Louisville. The wedding is planned for 2 p.m. Saturday, April 12, 2008, at Waynesboro Deliverance Church. More...
• Black Beacon Awards presented
• article has image The Rev. Waldrep to lead FBC revival
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 School News
• Faith Christian announces honor roll
Faith Christian Academy has released its honor roll for the fourth six weeks. Students named to the A honor roll include: First grade - Jackson Corbitt, Rhett Lever, Cole Nasworthy and Aaron Snipes; Second grade - Caleb Corbitt, More...
• article has image S.G.A. Character Cubs for January
• article has image Religious sites visited
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