Tennis girls seeded No. 1
Jeff Davis High School tennis covered lots of ground the past two weeks with region and non-region matches. On March 16, JD traveled to Wayne County. JDH girls won 5-0 and JD boys lost 2-3. On March 18, JDH hosted Bacon County. JDH girls won 3-2 and JDH boys lost 0-5. On March 19, JDH…
Read MoreLeaders work on comprehensive plan
Local leaders met Tuesday morning at the Hazlehurst Civic Center with representatives of the Altamaha Georgia Southern Regional Commission to begin the months-long process of developing a new five-year comprehensive plan for Jeff Davis County, Hazlehurst and Denton. The previous plan, completed in 2016, expires this year and the new plan will be used as…
Read MorePlease participate in our comprehensive plan — By Tommy Purser
There were 35-40 people gathered at the Hazlehurst Civic Center Tuesday to talk about our community and brainstorm about the future for us and our neighbors. Under the guidance of a wonderfully efficient facilitator, we put our thinking caps on to consider the positives associated with Hazlehurst and Jeff Davis County, and the negatives as…
Read MoreCity gets some good news
By MARY ANN ANDERSON Plenty of good news for Hazlehurst came out of last Monday’s workshop and Thursday night’s regular meeting of the City Council. Monday night, Mayor Bayne Stone announced that he, the council members and others have put the wheels into motion for the Georgia Department of Driver Services to locate a Customer…
Read MoreSolar facilities among statewide initiative
[EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article appeared on the Jackson Electric Membership Corporation’s web site.] Three solar facilities that provide renewable energy to Jackson EMC have been completed, according to Green Power EMC, the renewable energy provider for 38 electric cooperatives in Georgia. With the completion of the facilities, 200-megawatts of solar energy can entirely serve…
Read MoreMrs. Edna Ann Newham Johnson, 83
Mrs. Edna Ann Newham Johnson, 83, of Hazlehurst, died March 19 at her residence. Mrs. Johnson was born Jan. 3, 1938, in Jeff Davis County. She is preceded in death by her parents, Wallace Newham and Ocie McEachin Newham, father of her children, Earl Johnson, husband, Richard Taylor and sisters, Kathryn Waters and Jo White.…
Read MoreJackets extend win streak to six
Jeff Davis High’s baseball team ran its win streak to six games last week and the pitching staff has now not given up an earned run in the last four games. A 10-2 win over Appling County last Tuesday and a 7-0 victory over Screven County Thursday, the Jackets’ third shutout in four games, improved…
Read MoreSoccer streak snapped
This was the game that was going to shape the region. The Jackets were coming into this game in fine form, the first time in the history of the soccer program, with an undefeated record. Their opponent, Raiders of Bacon County, were coming after winning back-to-back games. In the 5th minute, the Jackets quickly had…
Read MoreSoccer wins and ties
The soccer Jackets played East Laurens after playing some tough region games against Bacon and Vidalia. It was the start of the 2nd round of matches against the region teams. The first match resulted in a 7-0 win for the Jackets against East Laurens. The Jackets gave a big press that would end in the…
Read MoreFor Me And My House — By John Reed
As For Me And My House This wonderful scripture in Joshua chapter 24 comes in the middle of a longer passage about choices. Well worth a read, even in modern editions…the King James Version, translation errors aside, is still my preference. I thought of this phrase after getting into a flame war online. I’m embarrassed…
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