City Hall Dramas Continue
By MARY ANN ANDERSON The continuing drama of the City’s project to build a new waterline to Beasley Forest Products took yet another odd twist at last week’s regular monthly meeting of the Hazlehurst City Council. Since February of this year, when the waterline was first publicly discussed in a joint meeting of the City…
Read MoreBoard of Health Gets $1 Million Grant
The Jeff Davis Board of Health has been awarded a one million dollar grant to be dispersed over the next three years. The goal of the grant is to kickstart a strategic plan for prevention, recovery and treatment of those affected by substance use/opioid use disorder (SUD/OUD). The Jeff Davis Substance Abuse Coalition (JDSAC) was…
Read MoreMrs. Chanda Rena Sellers Sears, 46
Mrs. Chanda Rena Sellers Sears, 46, of Hazlehurst, died Oct. 11 at Jeff Davis Hospital. Chanda was born Jan. 25, 1973, in Jeff Davis County. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She is preceded in death by her father, Donnie Sellers and a grandson, Tylen Latham. Survivors include her husband, Randy Sears…
Read MoreLady Jackets sweep Monticello
Jeff Davis High’s softball team handed Head Coach Steven Wilcox his 199th and 200th career coaching victories last week as the Lady Jackets downed Monticello 5-1, 2-0 to advance to the Elite Eight Finals Tournament in Columbus. Pitchers Kelsey Parlor and Kesleigh Poe held the Lady Hurricanes to just one run in 14 innings. Parlor…
Read MoreField is set for softball finals
The stage is set for this weekend’s Georgia High School Association Class AA Softball Tournament in Columbus. Jeff Davis High’s Lady Jackets will face Lamar County Thursday at 4 p.m. A win will put them in a 10 a.m. Friday game against the winner of Banks County and Bremen. A loss will drop them into…
Read MoreGirls XC sets personal records
The cooler temperatures the Jeff Davis cross country teams experienced Thursday at the Wayne County Meet #3 helped produce hot times for the JD runners. Thirteen of the 14 runners ran personal record times as the squads ran their last regular season meet of the year before they host the Region 2AA XC Championship Thursday.…
Read MoreCounty wants Chamber, Tourism to work together
At their monthly meeting last Tuesday, the Jeff Davis County Commission made two major decisions toward unifying the efforts of the Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis County Chamber of Commerce and the Jeff Davis County Board of Tourism. Andrea Taylor, representing the Chamber and the Joint Industrial Development Authority, and Terry Stone, who serves on the boards of…
Read MoreGrand Jury returns five indictments
The Jeff Davis County Grand Jury last week returned five indictments last week. Joshua David McNeal was indicted on three counts of burglary in the first degree. He is accused of entering a home on Bridgeford Church Road, a home on Yawn Road, and another home on Yawn Road between April 20 and May 9.…
Read MoreMr. Alex Cole Tompkins, 34
Mr. Alex Cole Tompkins, 34 of Jesup, formerly of Hazlehurst, died Oct. 10. Mr. Tompkins was born Feb. 10, 1985, in Appling County. He was a self-employed industrial electrician and a member of Hazlehurst Church of God. Survivors include special friend, Polly Meyer of Jesup; mother, Beth Nelms Denby (Randy) of Douglas; father Ricky Tompkins…
Read MoreMr. Lloyd J. Wheeler, 90
Mr. Lloyd J. Wheeler, 90, of Lake Park, died Oct. 10 at his residence following a brief illness. He was born in Arcadia, Fla., July 23, 1929, to the late Lloyd C. Wheeler and Irene Bars Collins. Mr. Wheeler was a retired machinist with ITT metal products where he worked for over 30 years. He…
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