Mr. Don Wilkes, 83
Mr. Don Wilkes, 83, of Hazlehurst, died April 5 at Bacon County Hospital in Alma. Mr. Wilkes was born Dec. 19, 1937, in Telfair County. He is preceded in death by his parents, Fred Paul Wilkes and Sarah Pittman Wilkes and his beloved wife, Geraldine Carter Wilkes. He was retired from Hazlehurst Mills and a…
Read MoreJackets sweep Swainsboro
Jeff Davis High’s baseball team swept a 3-game series against Swainsboro last week, winning 5-4, 8-0 and 4-1. Pitchers Cam Williams, Matthew White and Cole Baucom did not allow an earned run during the series. The wins improved the Jackets’ record to 15-8 overall and 6-3 in Region 2-AA entering this week’s crucial series with…
Read MoreSoccer drops two, headed to playoffs
On March 30, soccer boys Jackets faced Toombs in a crucial game to possibly decide the fate of the region. Right off the bat the Jackets pushed forward and brought the game to Toombs County who seemed unable to do anything. The Jackets had a shot on that the Keep was able to make an…
Read MoreTrio Indicted For 2014 Double Homicide
The Jeff Davis County Grand Jury last week returned murder indictments against three men charged in the 2014 shooting deaths of a Hazlehurst man and his mother, and returned a second degree murder charge in connection with the 2020 death of a 3-month-old infant. Indicted for the shooting death of Javonnie Mondrae Chambers, 41, and…
Read MoreBoard Hires New Staff Members
At a called meeting last Friday, the Jeff Davis County Board of Education approved recommendations to hire 18 staff members and other personnel. The board voted to not renew the school system’s custodial contract with ABM Advance Cleaning Services and agreed to open a position for a school social worker. The retirement of Patsy Crumpton…
Read MoreEagle population growing
The number of bald eagles in the lower 48 U.S. states — a population once on the brink of extinction — has quadrupled in the last dozen years to more than 316,000, federal wildlife officials say, despite steep declines in other American bird populations. Mark Bush of Hazlehurst wouldn’t find that fact unusual as he…
Read MoreDrive-In Clinic Held
The Southeast Georgia Health District and the Jeff Davis County Health Department held a drive-in vaccination clinic in Hazlehurst Tuesday as people wanting to get a shot of the COVID vaccine could schedule appointments and drive to the health department and get their shots without having to leave their vehicles.
Read MoreJackets win series against Bacon
Jeff Davis High dropped a 3-2, 8-inning game to Bacon County in the opening game of a 3-game series last Tuesday in Alma, but bounced back to nip the Raiders 7-6 Thursday in Hazlehurst in another 8-inning game and then closed out the series Friday with a 12-0, 5-inning win Friday in Alma. The games…
Read MoreSoccer Jackets are playoff bound
The Jackets and Woodville game started at a slow pace and Woodville surprised the Jackets with a quick transition that ended in a save from keeper Audiel Plascencia. The Jackets finally had a few shots that were wide or not close. The game took a turn for the worse for the Jackets when the Wolverines…
Read MoreSquirrel War II — By Tommy Purser
Squirrel War II is underway. Regular readers of this column may recall that, about a year ago, I wrote a column about the fact that our backyard squirrels’ nest-building activities relied on stuffing from the good wife’s outdoor furnishing cushions. They’d sneak onto the back porch, rip open a seat cushion, remove great quantities of…
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