Hensley, 15-months-old, takes a plunge with help from her mother Carrie Rowell while swimming instructor Lexie TenHuisen observes. As a child, Carrie took lessons from TenHuisen, who has been teaching in Waynesboro for decades. At right, Aiden Weir bundles up after his lesson in the cool water. More...
An increasing number of Burke County High School graduates earned diplomas as opposed to certificates of performance this year. Certificates of performance are awarded when students pass all of their classes but are unable to pass one or more portions of the Georgia High School Graduation Test. More...
A Burke County man was trampled by a bull he was preparing to sell. Willie Clyde Dixon, 72, was killed Monday morning while attempting to load the animal in a pasture near his Girard home. More...
Amidst all the talk of additional nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle, the two existing ones have received an extension that will allow them to operate longer. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced last week its decision to allow units 1 and 2 to operate 20 years beyond what their previous licenses allowed. More...
A Burke County deputy has been arrested in Richmond County in connection with a confrontation that involved his wife and another woman in late May ... More...
The True Citizen received Georgia Press Association's mark of "General Excellence" after receiving more Better Newspaper awards than any other weekly publication in its division. More...
A Wisconsin man, eager to do his family's part to elect Barack Obama, voted himself. And voted is wife. Only problem was that she was dead, having died of lung cancer more than two months before November's election. The living voter, Stephen Wrobleski of Milwaukee, knew of course how his wife would have voted had she been living. More...
Local girls have a chance to put their pompoms to use this summer. The Burke County High School cheerleaders will host a cheer clinic Monday- Wednesday, June 22-24, in the school's gymnasium. The clinic is open to girls ages 3-12, who will learn cheers, chants, dances and more. They will have a chance to show off their new moves at a Petite Pep Rally at 11 a.m. More...
A Waynesboro woman helped police when she caught two teenage burglars inside her house. According to investigator Bobbie Jockel, the East 8th Street resident came home from work a few minutes early last Monday to find two teenagers breaking in through her back door. More...
Mr. Willie Clyde Dixon, age 71 of Royal Road, Girard, Ga., died Monday June 8, 2009. Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday June 11, in the Louisville City Cemetery with the Rev. Wayne Dixon officiating. Pallbearers will be Randy DixonMichael Dixon, Danny GodbeeShane Godbee, Dale OglesbyTodd Campbell, Dean Campbell and Rodney Campbell. More...
FSA county committee nominations start June 15 Nominations for local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees will be accepted beginning June 15. The nomination period continues through August 3 and elections will take place in the fall. Committees consist of three to five members who are elected by eligible local producers. More...
Class of 2000 Reunion Burke County High School Class of 2000 is in the process of planning its 10-year class reunion. A meeting will be held 4 p.m. Sunday, June 14, at Communities In School's office, located at 229 E. Sixth Street in Waynesboro. More...
First United Methodist Church could be expanding. Tuesday night, the church's building committee will appear before Waynesboro's Historic Preservation Commission to ask permission to construct a multipurpose facility. More...
County extension agent Roosevelt McWilliams presented 10-year plaques to Master Gardeners for their dedicated service to the Burke County Master Gardener program at a banquet held Thursday, May 28. Pictured above are, from left, State Representative Gloria Frazier, Shirley Rogers, Lorraine Shubert, Jeanie Stephens, Edwin Stephens, Fran Freeman and McWilliams. Also recognized at the banquet were the Master Gardener interns who just completed 10 weeks of class work held here in Burke County. The program provided more than 40 hours of classroom and hands-on instruction in horticulture and related areas. The classes were taught by specialists and county agents, as well as local horticulturists and veteran Master Gardeners. Pictured below are, from left, kneeling: Little J. Jones and Mary Jones; front row: Barbara Swint, Deb Peel, Cornelia Reynolds, Tom Faircloth, Dorothy Kennedy, McWilliams, and Frazier; and back row: Margaree Cooper, Sandy Broxton and Mary Young. More...
SGA Elementary School honored its students in ceremonies heldonMay20. Academic awards included those students with the highest academic average in each classroom. More...
True Citizen recognized for General Excellence