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December 3, 2008  RSS feed
Crews wins by 33 votes
Political newcomer Lynn Crews claimed the Board of Education District 3 seat Tuesday night in a tight runoff against incumbent Barrett Wimberly. The challengers tied 178-178 in Greens Cut, and Wimberly pulled ahead in the absentee count, 257-179. But Four Points won it for Crews with 256 votes to Wimberly's 145. In last month's election, Wimberly had a 9. More...
What's Old is New
Antique store may attract more shoppers to downtown
By Anne Marie Kyzer annemariek@thetruecitizen.com

They're back. Century-old pieces of furniture, delicate china collections and milk glass grace downtown Waynesboro once again. Antiques are back on the local retail market with the recent expansion of Picket Fence Custom Framing to include antiques, collectibles and specialty items. More...

'08 Empty Stock Fund Goal: $25,000

This past week's contributions include: Woodmen of the World, Lodge #238.....................$100 Mr. & Mrs. Preston B. Lewis III.......................$25 Lewis & Lewis Attorneys at Law.............$100 Dr. & Mrs. More...

Teen murdered, cousins in jail
By Elizabeth Billips lizbillips@yahoo.com

A favor for a cousin turned fatal for an 11th-grader who was shot to death Thanksgiving weekend. Simpson "Tyrone" Cates Jr., 16, was found dead behind the wheel of his mother's Mercury around 10 a.m. Saturday. By midnight, Millen resident Christopher Derek Chance, 22, had implicated himself. More...

County worker dies after tractor wreck
By Elizabeth Billips lizbillips@yahoo.com

Burke County employee Andrew Doyle, 56, died four days after he was thrown off a tractor. Last Tuesday, he was hospitalized at MCGHealth after the county tractor he was driving was clipped by a log truck on Highway 23 near Sardis. More...

 Breaking News
• Three arrested for cocaine trafficking
Three Burke County men were arrested in Hephzibah yesterday (Wednesday) after 76 grams of crack cocaine were found in their possession ... More...
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 News
• Taxes go up in Midville
Midville residents will pay more in property taxes this year. City council unanimously approved an increase in the millage rate last week from 14 to 16 mils for 2008. The city's property values decreased this year from about $7.4 million to $7.2 million, meaning less money would have been collected had the tax rate stayed the same. More...
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 Editorial
• Mr. Obama's Team
After years of watching American leadership crumble under the weight of bad decisions made in a White House shuttered to all debate, President-elect Barack Obama's national security team is a relief. Starting with the selection of Hillary Rodham Clinton, his former rival, as secretary of state, the president-elect has displayed his usual self-confidence. More...
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 Sports
• Wade and Millhaven
Arson suspected in plantation fires
An arsonist is believed to be behind three structure fires on two plantations that stretch over the Burke County line. According to Burke County EMA Fire Chief Rusty Sanders, a house and hunting lodge on Wade Plantation went up in flames around 1:40 a.m. More...
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• Lady Spartans hand Rams another loss
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 For The Record
• Teen pleads guilty before murder trial
A Burke County teenager was sent to prison Monday for killing his mother's boyfriend. On the day he was scheduled to stand trial for murder, Robert Terrell Smith, 19, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime for the September 2007 shooting death of Lorne Letwaine White, 34. More...
• Father and son await trial for murder
• Burglars target vacant homes
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 Obituaries
• article has image Mrs. Leona W. Ready
Mrs. Leona W. Ready, 96, of Blythe, Ga., beloved wife for 58 years to the late L. P. Ready, went home to be with Our Lord after sustaining injuries from a fall at home while preparing her annual holiday baking. Funeral services were held Saturday, Nov. 29, at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Chance & Hydrick Funeral Directors with the Rev. Jerry Owens officiating. More...
• Mrs. Kathryn "Kitty" Hudgins
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 Fields & Yields
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2008 Variety Trial Information Available
Producers have many options available today in the crops they plant. It is important that you weigh all your options before deciding on a specific variety. For example, there are numerous Bt traits now available in corn hybrids in Georgia. More...
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• Burke County Agricultural Calendar of Events
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 Burke Happenings
• Burke Happenings
Grief seminar A grief seminar, "Surviving the Holidays," hosted by Grief Share, will be held 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, in the conference room at First Baptist Church in Waynesboro. Refreshments will be served. Anyone may attend. More...
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 Church News
• Church News
McBean McBean Baptist Church will have a live nativity scene Thursday Saturday, Dec. 18-20, from 7- 9 p.m. Also, the church will hold a Christmas Cantata 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21, and a candlelight service 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24. More...
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 People
• article has image Feeding the masses
Local volunteers made sure Burke County families were well fed on Thanksgiving. Last week, Thanksgiving dinners were delivered to those in need, thanks to a collaborative effort between 25 Men of Burke County, Phillip Grove Baptist Church, Harveys' Supermarket and volunteers Isabelle Harper, Connie Shepherd and Rosemary Hamilton. Pictured are Waynesboro Vice-Mayor Chick Jones and City Councilmen Herman Brown, who helped represent 25 Men of Burke County. More...
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 School News
• article has image DARE graduations underway
Three local schools are recognizing a brand new batch of DARE graduates this month. This Thursday, Dec. 4, at 9 a.m., 292 fifth-graders are set to graduate at Blakeney Elementary School. Joye Howe, a reporter for Channel 6 News, will be keynote speaker. More...
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• Faith Christian announces second six weeks honor roll
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