Soccer boys top Cook
After a win against Cook County to end the regular soccer season, the Jackets were looking great and strong going into their playoff game against Jasper County. This was the first time the two teams had ever faced each other. It was Jasper’s first time in the playoffs so they were inspired and ready to…
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Trying To Be Positive — By Tommy Purser
I went to yesterday’s (Tuesday’s) called meeting of the Hazlehurst City Council because I was curious — interested. I didn’t want to say anything, I just wanted to watch. Mary Ann Anderson was there to report on the meeting on this newspaper’s behalf. So I wasn’t there to report. I was just a silent observer.…
Read MoreSpaceX?
Van McCall sent us this photo he snapped on the way to a turkey hunt last week. He surmised that it was the launch of the SpaceX.
Read MoreThe Rest Of The Story — By John Reed
The Rest Of The Story People of a certain age remember flashcubes. For younger readers: before phone cams and digital cameras, a company named Kodak made very inexpensive film cameras called “Instamatics.” Once you shot your photos, you sent the entire unit in to have the film developed and printed. If you were indoors or…
Read MoreCouncil Votes To Take Back Raises
With a crowd of some 30 people — consisting of both police officers and concerned citizens — looking on, the Hazlehurst City Council voted not to give Hazlehurst Police Officers the raises they had approved in an April 15 meeting and, instead, work to address the issue through the budget process. The effect of the…
Read More‘Hats and Pearls: Lunch with the Girls’
By MARY ANN ANDERSON Hazlehurst celebrated its women in business last Wednesday at the Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis County Chamber of Commerce’s annual event, Hats and Pearls: Lunch with the Girls. Among those honored at the event, held at Hazlehurst Civic Center, were Tracy McClendon of the Bank of Hazlehurst for the Women in Leadership award, presented…
Read MoreSchool Board Meets
Following is a summary of the April 15 meeting of the Jeff Davis County Board of Education. Spotlight on Student Achievement: Elementary School Principal Dr. Deidra Higgins recognized students having the highest growth in reading and math. Math: 3rd grade – Brandy Castro-Osorio, Sydney Yawn, Maylin Caleron, Ashton Cravey, Aaron Guevera, Riley Edge and Eduardo…
Read MoreSoccer boys advance to 2nd round
Jeff Davis High’s boys soccer team defeated Jasper County-Monticello 4-0 last week in Monticello in the opening round of the 2021 Georgia High School Association state playoffs. The Jackets face Thomasville this Thursday in Thomasville. The Bulldogs, the No. 1 seed from Region 1-AA, defeated Johnson-Augusta 10-0 last week in the first round. On the…
Read MoreMr. Gary Allen Burkett, 49
Mr. Gary Allen Burkett, age 49, of Denton, died April 19 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Mr. Burkett was born Oct. 21, 1971, in Douglas. He is preceded in death by his parents, James Edward Burkett and Edna Levine Meeks Burkett, and brother, Freddie Burkett. Gary was larger than life and was dramatic to…
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