Hazlehurst Polling Place Could Reopen
The ACLU of Georgia attended the recent Jeff Davis County Board of Elections meeting to support a vote to reopen a closed, predominantly black polling location. According to a news release from the Georgia ACLU, in 2017, the board voted to close the Hazlehurst location, which had the highest number of registered voters as well…
Read MoreTwisted Pine Improving; Advisory Committee Resigns En Masse
During last Monday night’s workshop of the Hazlehurst City Council, the white elephant in the room that won’t go away raised its trunk once again. The city-owned Twisted Pine Golf Course has been on the agenda myriad times since the city took over the course from the county several years ago, primarily because it continually…
Read MoreSpeed Cameras May Be Coming To School Zones
By MARY ANN ANDERSON Hazlehurst’s first-ever speed cameras may soon be coming to the school zones, according to Hazlehurst Police Chief Ken Williams. During last Monday’s workshop of the Hazlehurst City Council, with the full council and City Attorney Ken Smith present, Williams explained that he had spoken with Blue Line Solutions of Chattanooga to…
Read MoreBenjamin Completes Academy
ACCG, Georgia’s County Association, recently awarded Jeff Davis County Commissioner James Benjamin a certificate for successfully completing the core requirements in the Lifelong Learning Academy. For more than two decades ACCG and the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia, have collaborated to offer supplemental training and educational tools in the Lifelong…
Read MoreSmall Business of the Quarter
Congratulations to Googes, the first Chamber Small Business of the Quarter sponsored by Renasant Bank. Googes is a family-owned business that opened in 1973 in Hazlehurst. They carry “a little bit of everything” including hardware, sporting goods, and they even cut their own meat. Visit Googes at 90 East Jarman Street or call them at…
Read MoreMrs. Beatrice Ray Miller, 86
Mrs. Beatrice Ray Miller, 86, of Denton, died June 20 at Lumber City Nursing Home. Mrs. Miller was born Oct. 16, 1932, in Jeff Davis County to the late Ed Lee Ray and the late Joannah Currie Ray. She was a homemaker, retired school bus driver employed with Jeff Davis County Board of Education and…
Read MoreGroup Wants To Move 1890s Homestead To Towns Bluff Park
The 1890s Homestead at the Jeff Davis Fairgrounds was a topic of conversation at last week’s Jeff Davis County Commission meeting as Rory Chaney of Hazlehurst and Carla Chaney of Douglas expressed their desires to have the facility restored and moved to Towns Bluff Park. The homestead consists of authentic Jeff Davis County structures from…
Read MoreEscapees Captured
Two escaped inmates have been recaptured after Sheriff Preston Bohannon says they assaulted two jailers and took off Thursday evening. Sheriff Bohannon says they quickly captured one of them, but the second inmate was missing overnight. Investigators say the inmates, identified as Christopher Thomas Hatton and Joshua Eason, overpowered the jailers when the jailer unlocked…
Read MoreSix Inducted Into Jacket Hall Of Fame
A large crowd was on hand last Friday night for the Second Annual Legends Gala where six more names were added to the Yellow Jacket Football Hall of Fame. Inducted were E.M. Wilkes III from the 1950s-60s eras, the late Bobby Varnadoe from the 1970s, Connell Swain from the 1980s, the late Mondrae Chambers from…
Read MoreGrand Jury Returns Indictments
The Jeff Davis County Grand Jury last week returned five true bill indictments. Michael George Walls was indicted on a charge of aggravate assault for allegedly strangling a woman on April 9. Stevie Dale Lynn was charged with burglary in the second degree for allegedly entering the Dirt Movers Inc. building on Claxton Road on…
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