Bringing new restaurant to Hazlehurst will cost city $78,000.
By MARY ANN ANDERSON While Hazlehurst is steadily moving closer to leasing Sarah’s in the City, a buffet-style restaurant, in the city-owned civic center, it’s going to cost the City of Hazlehurst no less than $78,000. During last week’s Monday work session of the Hazlehurst City Council, Mayor Bayne Stone said that Sarah Boatright, who…
Read MoreBand is performing well
If you have attended a football game this year, you have been treated to some of the finest performances of a high school band you will find. Our Pride of the Pinelands, the Jeff Davis High School Yellow Jacket Marching Band, has entertained the crowd to thunderous applause each Friday night this season. But the…
Read MoreWalker, Brewer win Legislative Showdown
Senator Larry Walker and Jeff Davis County 4-H’er Levi Brewer, brought home the win in the Annual Georgia National Fair Legislative Showdown. It has become tradition of GA National Fair to hold a swine showmanship showdown between the House and Senate as part of the Market Hog show in Perry. The winner of this elite…
Read MoreMs. Stacey Renne Brown, 49
Ms. Stacey Renne Brown, 49, of Hazlehurst passed away Oct. 14. Ms. Brown was born Jan. 12, 1974, in Jacksonville, Fla. She was employed with Johnson & Johnson Medical Transportation and was a loving mother and mi-me. She was preceded in death by her mother, Jenevive Gooslin McRorie and brothers, James “Red” Bellah III and…
Read MoreRev. William R. ‘Billy’ Gardner, 61
The Rev. William R. “Billy” Gardner, 61, of Baxley passed away Oct. 14 at his residence under the care of Comfort Care Hospice surrounded by his loving family. William was born Jan. 13, 1962, in Cut Bank, Mont. He was licensed into the ministry by his home church, Midway Baptist Church in 2003 and was…
Read MoreMrs. Sharon Hand
Mrs. Sharon Hand of Riverwind Subdivision, located in Etowah, N.C., passed from this world to another destination, which our Christian religion teaches is a place of eternal bliss and happiness, on Oct. 16. She was born and raised in Jeff Davis County. Her parents were Eddie Trowell and Gertrude Trowell of Jeff Davis County. Sharon was the wife…
Read MoreJackets fall to Worth
Jeff Davis High’s football team dropped a 49-13 game to Worth County last Friday night in Sylvester. But the game was not as one-sided as the score indicates as Jacket miscues and a barrage of yellow flags kept the visitors out of the end zone most of the night. The Jackets had runs of 30,…
Read MoreJDMS competes in state championship
The JDMS cross country teams competed Oct. 14 in the Georgia Middle School State Cross Country Championships hosted by Bleckley County. The longstanding event that was started by legendary Bleckley County coach Shelly Crandford saw more than 140 Middle School and Club Teams compete in six divisions. The divisions are split by Private Schools, Club…
Read MoreJD softball wins Super Regional
Jeff Davis High’s softball team earned a chance to repeat as Class 2A State Champion as they emerged from the Super Regional in Macon last week with three straight wins. The Lady Jackets defeated T.W. Josey High School of Augusta 16-3 in four innings with only four hits, blanked host ACE Charter 6-0 and then…
Read MoreJeff Davis hosts Three Rivers XC Classic
The JDHS cross Country teams hosted the Three Rivers XC Classic to close out the regular season. The event brought in 12 high schools from across the area and is just one of a few meets hosted in this area to finish the regular season. Four JDMS 8th grade cross country runners ran in…
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