Jackets sweep Berrien
Jeff Davis High School’s baseball team closed out its regular season last week with a sweep of Berrien County. The first two games of the 3-game series were close ones, with the Yellow Jackets winning 1-0 and 3-2 in Nashville. The final game, played Thursday in Hazlehurst, was a 10-0, 5-inning Jeff Davis blowout. JD…
Read MoreJackets roll 15-0, 15-0
The Jeff Davis High baseball team made short work of out-manned Southwest Macon Monday in the first round of the 2023 Georgia High School Association Class AA State Playoffs, winning 15-0, 15-0 in Hazlehurst. Both games lasted only three innings and the Patriots did not get a hit in either game off JD pitchers Andrew…
Read MoreGirls, boys in Elite Eight
Both Jeff Davis High School’s boys and girls tennis teams have advanced to the Elite 8 round of the 2023 Georgia High School Association state playoffs. The Lady Jackets earned their spot last Friday with a 3-1 win over Appling County while the boys took their spot with a 4-1 win Monday at home against…
Read MoreCouncil turns deaf ear to law enforcement needs — By Tommy Purser
Attempts to hire law enforcement officers across the nation have become disturbingly competitive. As a result, police force positions have become increasingly difficult to fill. The City of Hazlehurst Police Department is no exception. And Police Chief Ken Williams’ inability to get the City Council to get on board with the belief that the safety…
Read MoreCommission proclaims Crime Victims Week
Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Keith Higgins attended last Tuesday’s meeting of the Jeff Davis County Commission and requested that the commissioner adopt a proclamation naming April 23-29 as Crime Victims’ Week in Jeff Davis County. The commissioners adopted the proclamation and also gave Higgins’s office the okay to set up a Crime Victims’ display…
Read MorePetition Circulating
A concerned citizen in the Snipesville/Denton area of Jeff Davis County has started an online petition to stop the growth of solar panel farms in the county. As of Tuesday afternoon the petition had been signed by 338 people. The petition reads as follows: The people and citizens of Jeff Davis County GA, especially residents…
Read MoreMr. Bryson ‘Atlas’ Taylor, 19
Mr. Bryson “Atlas” Taylor Dyal, 19, of Hazlehurst, died April 14. Mr. Dyal was born Dec. 12, 2003, in Sylvester. Bryson is preceded in death by his brother Tanner White, maternal grandfather, Eddie Dyal, and paternal grandmother, Ida Mathis. Bryson was an intelligent young man, an avid gamer, and an animal lover. He was a…
Read MoreMr. Eddie Joe Floyd, 73
Mr. Eddie Joe Floyd, 63, of Hazlehurst passed away at his residence April 15. Mr. Floyd was born in Hazlehurst to the late Mr. Devoy Floyd and Katie Mae Hall Floyd. He was a simple man and a hard worker. Mr. Floyd never missed a day of work. He served several years in the United…
Read MoreJackets are region champs
Jeff Davis High’s baseball team wrapped up the 2023 Region 1-AA baseball championship last week by winning two of three games against Worth County. The Jackets edged the Rams 2-0 Tuesday in Hazlehurst, fell 8-0 to Worth in the first game of a double header Wednesday, then took a 7-2 victory in Wednesday’s nightcap. In…
Read MoreTennis girls get 8th straight region title
The Varsity Yellow Jacket Girls went into the region tournament as the #1 seed last Tuesday and faced off against Cook County that morning with a 4-0 win. The Lady Jackets then played the Berrien Rebels for the region championship. The JD ladies brought it home with a close 3-2 win against the Rebels. This…
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