New stained glass windows were blessed in both transepts of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Waynesboro on Sunday. According to Father Jim Shumard, the congregation also celebrated, honored and remembered current and late members for whom many of the windows were dedicated. “Not only do the windows enhance the beauty of our worship space,” he said. “They help us fondly […]

When she started working at the Burke County Library, there was one computer in the office of their small building on Fourth Street. As Elaine Sikes looks around the library’s 16,000 square-foot state-of-the-art facility at Citizens Park now, she watches a steady stream of visitors use 30 different public-use computers there. For nearly 30 years, the county library manager has […]

The Waynesboro City Council shot the tires out from under a prospective used car dealership. Monday night, they denied a request from businessman Kary Alexander to rezone two residential lots on West Sixth Street where he wanted to set up shop. “I’m asking yall to change it to commercial so I can go to work,” Alexander said during a public […]

Parents and students at Burke County Public Schools will soon have access to more school information than ever before on the screens of their smartphones. Next month, the school system is set to roll out its “Burke Bears” application. The new app will offer access to a range of academic information as well as calendars, bus routes, lunch menus and […]