Yellow Jackets top Indians 17-14
Jeff Davis High’s football team got its second straight win last week with a 17-14 victory over Dodge County in Eastman. The game was not as close as the final scored indicates as Dodge County scored a late touchdown to get to 14 points. The Jacket defense played outstandingly as the Indians had trouble operating…
Read MoreJayvees Tie
Jeff Davis and Berrien High’s jayvee softball teams battled to an 8-8 tie last Monday in Hazlehurst. Emma McEachin singled, tripled and drove in three runs to lead the offense. Clara McCall was 3-for-3 with an RBI, Alera Vann had a pair of singles, Madison Joyce and Jaqueline Villasenor both doubled and drove in a…
Read MoreJDMS girls win WACO Invitational
Jeff Davis Middle School’s girls cross country team took first place in the WACO Invitational held last Tuesday at Washington County High School. The boys squad finished second. Mattie Claire Worthington led the girls while Juan Carlos Rangel had the fastest run for the boys. Middle School Boys 2-Mile Run: 9. Juan Carlos Rangel, 12:35.12;…
Read MoreLady Jackets win 5 region games
Jeff Davis High won five region games last week to improve to 20-3 overall and 12-2 in Region 1-AA. The Lady Jackets swept a 3-game series against Sumter County in Americus Tuesday 16-0, 18-1 and 16-0, and took both games of a double header Wednesday against Berrien in Nashville, 11-0 and 9-5. Senior third baseman…
Read MoreLady Jackets win two
Jeff Davis High’s softball team won a pair of games Monday to up their record to 22-3. The 8-0 win over 3-19 Fitzgerald came as no surprise. But before that game, the Lady Jackets raised some eyebrows with an easy, 8-1 win over Class 4A Wayne County. Wayne came into the game with a…
Read MoreWho’s In Charge? — By John Reed
This perennial question is at the root of just about every political debate we have ever had in this country. The framers of the Constitution spent much of their time laying out the relationships between Congress, the judiciary, and the executive branches. The power of the federal government versus the states is hotly contested even…
Read MoreWe Need Change — By Tommy Purser
I went to last night’s meeting of the Jeff Davis County Republican Party because three candidates for the office of Mayor of Hazlehurst were going to be there to speak. And I must say, all three of them — John Ramay, John Bloodworth and Laneka Smith — represented themselves well. The last time I went…
Read MoreFormer Tax Commissioner Brenda Graham Dies
Former Jeff Davis County Tax Commissioner Brenda Joyce Johnston Graham passed away Saturday at the age of 83. Mrs. Graham served 34 years as Tax Commissioner of Jeff Davis County, securing her place as one of the most popular elected officials in the history of the county. She was born June 30, 1940, the daughter…
Read MoreFew Attend Public Hearings
“Suppose They Gave A War and Nobody Came?” That was the title of a 1970 drama-comedy that was a box office flop. But that title comes to some people’s minds every time public hearings are required to be held for the purpose of such mundane matters as budget approvals. Because citizens rarely come to such…
Read MoreMrs. Beverly Diane Bohannon Bookhardt, 66
Mrs. Beverly Diane Bohannon Bookhardt, 66, of Hazlehurst, passed away Sept. 27 at her residence under the care of Community Hospice of Vidalia. Mrs. Bookhardt was born April 8, 1957, to Hilton Bohannon and Geneva Newsome Horne. She was a retired clerk from the Jeff Davis County Tag Office and was a member of Lighthouse…
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