2021-07-07

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

GEORGIA COLLEGE Several local students were awarded degrees from Georgia College in Milledgeville. Graduates of the Class of 2021 included Caroline Cates, Emily Hammock, Karrie Kent and Ian Marchinton, all of Waynesboro; Laurel Brodkorb of Keysville; and Laura Lamb of Louisville. Additionally, students were named to the dean’s and president’s lists for Spring 2021. To be named to the dean’s […]

WHAT’S NEXT?

New student registration Burke County Public Schools new student registration is open and available online for the 2021-2022 school year. Now parents and guardians are able to complete registration entirely online through a safe and secure system, including the ability to upload required documentation like birth certificates, proofs of residency, etc. This easy to use process is for new students […]

LOOKING BACK

{this week in Burke County history}

10 YEARS AGO – JULY 6, 2011 Alfonzo Williams was promoted to Chief of Police of Waynesboro after serving four months as interim chief. He succeeded Karl E. Allen in the post. In one of his first official statements as chief, Williams said the city would enforce an ordinance which said a juvenile could not be out on the streets […]

Don Lively

NO PRICE

It was a big fish. I saw the strike. My 10-year-old grandson was the fisherman. His Daddy taught him early how to set the hook. I watched as he worked the big bass ashore through the weedy pond water. The fish was so big that he needed his Daddy’s help to land it. I didn’t move off of my chair. […]

Shellie Smitley

PROPOSED AMENDMENT IGNORES THE PLIGHT OF THE POOR

The Burke County Commission will decide July 13 whether to reduce an opportunity for people with lower incomes to fulfill their dreams of owning a home. A proposed amendment to the county’s land ordinance dictates whether someone can live in a camper on private property. In a time of stagnant wages that do not meet the cost of living, and […]

Michael N. Searles

EQUALITY VS EQUITY

Equality is a tricky word. One definition is the right of different groups of people to have a similar social position and receive the same treatment. Another definition is a situation in which men and women, people of different races, religions, etc. are all treated fairly and have the same opportunities. These two definitions may seem the same, there is […]

Political Cartoon

Three killed in two Separate accidents

Three men were killed in two separate accidents here in June. In the first incident, a headon collision in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 27 took the lives of both drivers. The accident occurred on the 1000 block of Highway 56 North. Burke County deputies found Jamie Alvarado, 43 of Pahokee, Fla. and Bruce Stykeman, 61 of Davisboro, […]

Feds investigate Vogtle delays

Commission of Plant Vogtle’s Units 3 and 4 has been delayed. Georgia Power, which is owned by Southern Co., originally intended for Unit 3 to be online by the end of 2021. Delays pushed the start of commercial generation to at least January 2022. Work on Unit 3 is almost complete. Unit 4 will not likely be online before late […]

Jewel Banks

Jewel Banks, 85, entered into rest Tuesday, July 6, 2021. She was a native of Burke County and a lifelong resident of Sylvester, GA and Dublin, GA. She was the owner operator of The Drapery Shop. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Sylvester and was a member of the Auxiliary of the Moose Club. She […]