Middle School Gold Team Baseball Schedule
2019 Jeff Davis Middle School Gold Schedule Feb. 2 William James (scrimmage) Statesboro 1:00 Feb. 6 Telfair County McRae 4:00 Feb. 8 Telfair County Home 4:00 Feb. 11 Martha Puckett Home 4:00 Feb. 16 Vidalia Tournament J.R. Trippe TBA Feb. 20 William James Home 4:00 Feb. 22 Heard County Franklin 4:30 Feb. 23 Heard County…
Read MoreRegion Basketball Tournament Underway
Woodville-Tompkins girls basketball team snapped Bryan County’s 22-game unbeaten streak last Tuesday in Savannah as the Lady Wolverines took a 59-53 victory over the visiting Lady Redskins. The Region 2-AA basketball tournament got underway this week. All games are played at Vidalia High School. Bryan County’s No. 1 girls and Swainsboro’s No. 2 girls earned…
Read MoreYellow Jackets Host Traditional Tournament
The Jeff Davis High wrestling team hosted the 1 AA Area Traditional Tournament this past weekend. The tournament begins the road to state for the individuals in their weight classes. Jeff Davis was looking to build on the success of the Area Duals where the team finished 3rd, just shy of making the state tournament.…
Read MoreDeath In The Swamp — By Tommy Purser
A hundred years ago this week, The Hazlehurst News — which later became The Georgia Cracker, then The Jeff Davis County Ledger, and finally Jeff Davis Ledger — carried a story about a young farmer who drowned in the river swamp. There’s a small reference to the story in The Ledger Looks Back below this…
Read MoreTeachers of the Year
School officials held a banquet Feb. 22 at First Baptist Church in honor of the system’s Teachers of the Year. Pictured from left are Cindy Corbitt, representing Jeff Davis High School; Shannon Evans, representing Jeff Davis Primary School; Angela Carter, representing Jeff Davis Pre-K; Tina King, representing Jeff Davis Middle School; and 2019 System-wide Teacher…
Read MoreThe Fourth Estate — By John Reed
So now the circus in Washington enters the next act. All of those poor unionized overpaid federal workers go back to work, while the politicians continue to bicker. Meanwhile here at home the spectacle of idiocy continues at City Hall. In either place, it’s hard to see any semblance of competence or conscientiousness… and recent…
Read MoreNews From The Dome — By Sen. Blake Tillery
This week the Legislature recessed to hear reports from each state department head on their requests for FY 2020 in what we refer to as “Budget Week.” It’s hard to sum up everything I heard in our 17 hours of hearings but let me hit a few takeaways, as well as where we stand economically.…
Read MoreVolunteer Firefighters Needed
In an effort to improve public safety and lower homeowners’ fire insurance rates, the Jeff Davis County Commission last year had three new rural fire stations built. But that improved safety and lowered fire insurance rates may not be realized if Fire Chief Charles Wasdin can’t overcome the problem he has been having signing up…
Read MoreCity awarded $4,337,000 Loan
The City of Hazlehurst was awarded a $4,337,000 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) loan by the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) board of directors. The loan will finance the installation of an elevated water storage tank, groundwater well, and water lines. The project will increase the city’s water supply and replace aging infrastructure to…
Read MoreGDOT has new Georgia Official Highway and Transportation Map
The Georgia Department of Transportation’s Office of Transportation Data (OTD) announced the publication of the 2019-2020 Georgia Official Highway and Transportation Map. The map was produced through a collaborative effort between OTD and the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia. Route changes, new cities, park openings, and numerous other updates are…
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