Jackets dominate Wilcox in scrimmage
(Photos by Jennifer Peacock) Jeff Davis High’s 2021 football team saw its first action of the season Friday night as the team hosted Wilcox County for a preseason scrimmage. The first quarter was devoted to jayvee players from both teams. With ninth grader Colby Beach at quarterback, the young Jackets took the opening kickoff…
Read MoreLady Jackets split games against AAA foes
(Photos by Rebecca Underwood) Jeff Davis High’s softball team split a pair of games against Class AAA teams last week in Hazlehurst as they fell to Pierce County 9-1 Tuesday in six innings and defeated Appling County 3-2 Thursday on a Kalleigh Sellers walk-off single. Against Pierce the Lady Jackets took a 1-0 lead…
Read MoreXC teams host Peach State Preview Invitational
The Jeff Davis Cross Country programs opened their season by hosting the Peach State Preview Invitational at the Uvalda Landing and the Heritage Center at Towns Bluff Park. The meet brought in 11 high school teams and nine middle school teams from across southeast Georgia. Teams represented from the 1A classification up to the 6A…
Read MoreMiddle school breezes in first games
Jeff Davis Middle School’s softball team opened the season with three road games and had no trouble winning all three. Last Monday they rolled to a 22-0, 3-inning win over Dublin Middle School, Tuesday they cruised to a 21-0, 3-inning win over Vidalia and Thursday they defeated Dodge County 13-3 in five innings. In Dublin,…
Read MoreIsn’t old age grand? — By Tommy Purser
Isn’t old age grand? A few months back I had an appointment with a cardiologist in Savannah to check on a heart murmur that had been discovered by my local caregiver. The specialist told me not to worry, that it was a minor murmur, kinda like a mumble I suppose, but he told me to…
Read MoreHazlehurst teen dies in accident
A Hazlehurst teen died in a two vehicle accident last Friday afternoon at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Pat Dixon Road at its intersection with Jimmy Boatright Drive. Bobby Lee Rainey Herrington, 19, died in the accident. He was a passenger in a vehicle driven by his sister, Whitney Shree Herrington. According to a report from…
Read MoreTechnology, SBHC discussion leads to long meeting
Monday night’s Board of Education meeting was an unusually long one as discussion concerning a School Based Health Clinic (SBHC) and an update on the school system’s technology status consumed much of the meeting. Denise Darley of Jeff Davis Family Connections and Jeff Davis Hospital CEO Barry Bloom explained the SBHC proposal to the board.…
Read MoreQualifying opens Monday
Qualifying for the City of Hazlehurst and City of Denton municipal elections begins next Monday and runs for three days. In Hazlehurst, the Aug. 16-18 qualifying is for the Ward 1 and Ward 2 City Council seats. the Qualifying fee is $72 for both races. In Denton, the qualifying is for Mayor ($54) and council…
Read MoreJackets scrimmage Saturday
Jeff Davis High’s football action begins this Saturday in Hazlehurst as the Jackets host Wilcox County in a pre-season scrimmage. The 2021 season schedule begins Aug. 20 with a non-region matchup with Class AAAA Rutland High School in Macon. That contest is followed by four straight non-region home games against Atkinson County, Brantley County, Tattnall…
Read MoreFoxhunter explores 1990 murder of Rhonda Sue Coleman
Imperative Entertainment has premiered Fox Hunter, a true-crime podcast about the unsolved murder of Rhonda Sue Coleman in Jeff Davis County in 1990. The 10-part podcast series began Aug. 3 on all major podcast platforms and the Imperative Entertainment Premium Channel on Apple Podcast Subscriptions. The murder of 18-year-old Rhonda Sue Coleman has been a thorn in…
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