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August 6, 2008  RSS feed
How Could This Happen?
Eleven children removed from home, father wanted by police
" Keep out" signs offer a warning outside the small, dark home. Crayon scribbles decorate the entrance, and handmade crosses flank the peeling walls just above a rotted couch. A burglary led officers to an isolated shack on Spring Hill Church Road. What they found there has stirred Burke County, as well as surrounding areas. It's brought communities together asking "How? More...
THE BIG DAY

Ashlynn Sapp, 6, gets a few last words of encouragement over the phone from her father as her older sister, Altwanette, walks her into Waynesboro Primary School for her first day of first grade Monday morning. Burke County Public Schools opened their doors for the 2008-2009 school term Monday. More...

Store manager bound, beaten by gunman
By Elizabeth Billips lizbillips@yahoo.com

Police are looking for the armed robber who tied up and pistol whipped a convenience store manager. Last Wednesday morning, a masked gunman accosted the manager of DJ Petro when she arrived at work around 5:30 a.m. More...

Drag strip racer killed in wreck
By Elizabeth Billips lizbillips@yahoo.com

A well-known Burke County drag strip racer died last week when his personal truck hydroplaned on Mike Padgett Highway. According to Richmond County authorities, Donnie "Jamie" Walker, 37, was killed during a heavy downpour last Thursday when his pick-up hydroplaned and crashed into a tractortrailer stopped at the intersection of Doug Barnard Parkway. More...

 Breaking News
• Burke County Magistrate Judge Al Bell dies
Burke County Magistrate Judge Al Bell dies Magistrate Judge Al Bell passed away around 10 a.m. this morning following a long battle with cancer. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced. More...
• Mans dies in motorcycle wreck
• Waynesboro businesswoman dies
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 News
• Plant Vogtle construction may affect bills sooner
Phasing in cost of new reactors may lower toll on customers
If electric bills go up sooner rather than later, customers may ultimately be less burdened by the cost of new reactors at Vogtle Electric Generating Plant. More...
• GraphicSmith buys First Edition
• Storm stalls school release on first day
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 Editorial
• Sagging
There's been a lot of talk about the Waynesboro Police Department's recent crackdown on, well … crack. Several weeks ago, investigators announced they'll no longer tolerate "sagging" pants. It's not the bagginess that concerns them, but rather the purposeful exposure of undergarments … and, sometimes, worse. More...
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 Sports
• article has image Off to camp
Edmund Burke Academy's junior varsity cheerleaders recently headed off to cheerleading camp at the College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C. Melissa Story serves as cheer coach. The middle school football season begins Thursday, Sept. 4, against Briarwood Academy Buccaneers in Warrenton. Kickoff is at 6 p.m. More...
• Junior golfers compete at state tournament
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 For The Record
• Mother leaves baby in hot car
A Burke County mother was arrested for leaving her baby in a parked car at Wal-Mart. Tabatha Gail Skinner, 20, was charged with cruelty to children in the second degree, a felony, after a shopper heard the cries from her 18-month-old son around lunchtime Monday. More...
• Driver backs into toddler, leaves scene
• Deputies recover $6,000 in stolen coins
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 Obituaries
• Mr. Donnie James 'Jamie' Walker
Donnie James "Jamie" Walker, 37, of Waynesboro, Ga., beloved husband, father and friend, resident of 1024 Saxon Rd., husband of Julie Amalia Alvarez Walker, died July 31, 2008, in Augusta, Ga., from injuries sustained in a car accident. More...
• Mr. Harold Douglas Quick Sr.
• article has image Mrs. Helen Elizabeth Cobb Evans
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 Fields & Yields
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Herbicide Resistant Pigweed a Continuing Problem
No one knows better than farmers that herbicide resistant pigweed continues to be one of the most probl ematic weeds we have ever seen. The herbicide resistance issue did not pop up overnight, nor will we get rid of the problem in short order. More...
• Burke County Agricultural Calendar of Events
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 Burke Happenings
• Burke Happenings
Genealogical society The Burke County Genealogical Society will meet 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11, at the Burke County Library. The speaker will be Jesse C. Stone, whose presentation will be about the early Burke County naturalist John Abbott. More...
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 Church News
• Church News
Bottsford Spring Bottsford Spring Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate its 143rd church anniversary Sunday, Aug. 10. Sunday School begins 9:45 a.m. followed by devotional service at 11. Juanita Beal of New Springfield Baptist Church will be mistress of ceremony, and the Rev. General Jennings, pastor, will deliver the message. More...
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 People
• article has image Miss Edmonds marries Mr. Harper
Marjorie Rose Edmonds and Richard Thomas Harper were united in marriage 3 p.m. Saturday, July 5, 2008, at United Methodist Church of Norwood. The groom's grandfather, the Rev. Randy Carnley, officiated at the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Edmonds of Waynesboro and the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lubbers of Auxvasse, Mo., and Mr. More...
• Chamber seeks donations for teachers
• Recipes from Louise
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