2022 Jayvee Baseball Schedule
Jeff Davis High School 2022 Jayvee Baseball Schedule Date Opponent Location Time Feb. 21 West Laurens Home 6:00 Feb. 23 Vidalia Home 6:00 Feb. 24 Vidalia Vidalia 5:45 Feb. 28 Wayne County Home 6:00 Mar. 3 Wayne County Jesup 6:00 Mar. 4 Heard County Franklin 4:00 Mar. 5 Callaway LaGrange 12:00 Mar. 11 Brantley County…
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Jeff Davis High School 2022 Baseball Schedule Date Opponent Location Time Feb. 8 Metter (Scrimmage) Home 6:00 Feb. 15 Bleckley County Home 6:00 Feb. 18 Wayne County Home 6:00 Feb. 19 Wayne Co. Vs. Lee Co. Hazlehurst 11:00 Jeff Davis vs. Lee Co. Hazlehurst 2:00 Feb. 22 Appling County Home Baxley 6:00 Feb. 26 Rome…
Read MoreTime Puts Things In Perspective
My youngest grandson came home from school Tuesday and mentioned to his grandmother, better known as “Gooma,” that he had heard a story in school about Martin King. “Do you mean, Martin Luther King?” the good wife asked of the 7-year-old. “Yeah, that’s him.” The main point he remembered about the story was the fact…
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Council Changes Meeting Dates
By MARY ANN ANDERSON The new year for the Hazlehurst City Council has already proved to be challenging with a fruit-basket turnover of changing meeting dates. The regular monthly meeting, normally scheduled for the third Thursday of each month with the workshop held on the Monday immediately preceding it, was moved up by a week…
Read MoreCommission Elects New Leadership
Things have been working well for the Jeff Davis County Commission lately. But the group still has problems when it comes to choosing its leadership. At last Tuesday’s first meeting of 2022, three members of the commission appeared to have predetermined they needed to oust their leaders — Chairman Brad Crews and Vice-Chair Hank Hobbs…
Read MoreLegendary Coach Cecil Morris Passes Away
Former Jeff Davis High School football coach and Jeff Davis High graduate Royce Cecil Morris died Jan. 5 at the age of 84. Coach Morris was a native of Jeff Davis County and grew up in Hazlehurst where he was a standout football player for Jeff Davis High in the late 1950s, earning a football…
Read MoreMore Solar Panels Coming
Green Power EMC and Silicon Ranch have announced an agreement to build additional solar power projects in three counties in southeast Georgia, including Jeff Davis County. Silicon Ranch plans to build them in stages over the next three years. Green Power EMC will purchase the energy generated on behalf of its member cooperatives. The…
Read MoreESPLOST Vote Will Be May 24
Jeff Davis County Supervisor of Elections Christy Riner has set May 24 as the date for a special election to determine whether or not the Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, informally known as T-SPLOST, will continue to be collected by counties in the Heart of Georgia Altamaha Special Tax District. Persons not presently…
Read MoreMs. Geraldine James Cue, 75
Ms. Geraldine James Cue of Hazlehurst died Dec. 31 at the age of 75. Ms. Cue was the funeral director and co-owner of Thornton’s Funeral Home. Ms. Cue was born in Jeff Davis County Oct. 21, 1946. Geraldine was a beloved staple of the Jeff Davis and surrounding communities for the kindness and compassion she…
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