A Waynesboro teen has been arrested in connection with two burglaries at his neighbors' homes in the Pecan Grove subdivision ... More...

Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel made a stop in Waynesboro last week for a small gathering at Waynesboro attorney and former mayor Jesse Stone's office. Handel, whose office manages elections in Georgia, said Election Day is her office's main focus right now. "For the past year, counties have been working very hard to be ready for November fourth," she said. "Just think about the practical attempt to manage four million people doing the same thing on one day." Handel hopes that early voting will help alleviate congestion on Election Day, but her office still plans to have some 15,000 poll workers on hand. Nearly 400,000 early votes have already been cast, about 1,000 of those in Burke County. None of those votes will be counted until Nov. 4. Handel said Georgia's new voter registration numbers are similar to what was seen in 2004 with about 403,000 new voters as of Sept. 30. As for voter turnout, she believes it will also be comparable. In the last presidential election, Georgia had about 77 percent voter turnout. In Burke County, 82 percent of registered voters cast their ballots. More...

Hundreds of millions of people around the world are being affected by the global economic crisis. In the United States, more than 750,000 people who were working at the beginning of the year have lost their jobs. Millions of homes are in foreclosure, businesses are closing, retirement accounts have shrunk and giant banks and other financial institutions have failed. More...

The only break Richmond Hill got Friday night was the half hour lightning delay just after the game started. Burke County High School (3- 3, 1-1) routed the Richmond Hill Wildcats 41-0 in front of a Homecoming crowd in The Bear Den. More...

The hunt for a missing Midville boy ended in Tennessee. Early last Wednesday morning, authorities began searching for 3-year-old Isaiah Tan after his mother awoke to find him and his maternal grandmother, Delores Marie Miller, missing from her Jones Street home. More...

Margaret Reeves McCollum blessed her family with her birth on July 28,1959, in Richmond County, Ga. She lived in Waynesboro Ga., in her younger years, making many friends. She died on Oct. More...

Edmund Burke Academy students Madison Dickey, from left, and Ragan Bailey give "Miss Blackbird" a pat at the annual Ag in the Classroom event hosted last week by the Burke County Extension Service. Fourth-graders from all of Burke County's schools, public and private, visited the University of Georgia's Southeast Research and Education Center to learn about the importance of agriculture. The same students also visited during the spring planting season and returned to see the crops during harvest. Volunteers from the Burke County Cattlemen's Association, Burke-Jefferson Master Gardeners, the Department of Natural Resources and area farmers also talked to the students about beef cattle, natural resources and the types of food made from crops grown here. More...

Alzheimer's group Alzheimer's Association's Burke County support group will meet 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, at Pineview Gardens, located at 4255 Highway 25 North in Hephzibah. For more information, contact Dory McGahee, support group facilitator, at 706-360-0147 or the Alzheimer's Association at 1(800) 272-3900. More...

Barrett Grove Barrett Grove Baptist Church will hold its annual fall revival Monday-Friday, Oct. 20-24, at 7:30 nightly. Guest speaker for the week will be the Rev. John H. Bush, pastor of Saulters Grove and Carswell Grove Baptist churches. More...

Steve Burke recently visited Waynesboro Primary School's second grade classes to tell them how it was growing up on the Ogeechee River and to share his passion Native American history. More...

Clockwise from top left: Senior Yasma Lynch reacts as she is announced as the 2008 Burke County High School Homecoming Queen. She was escorted by her father, Bernard Lynch. The junior class officers and Homecoming court representatives play out the "Go Wild on the Wildcats" theme with their rock band float. A Burke County fan dons a blue and white checkerboard paint job as he cheers for the Bears. Six-year-old Justin Luke, son of defensive coordinator Eric Luke, celebrates on the field with Burke County players after their 41-0 victory. More...