Lady Jackets down Vidalia, Lanier
Jeff Davis High Schools softball team ended its regular season last week with a pair of non-region wins to reach the 20-win plateau for the season. The Lady Jackets defeated Vidalia 4-1 last Monday and downed Lanier County 5-2 last Wednesday. Today (Wednesday) Jeff Davis (20-10) hosts Bleckley County (18-5) in a best-of-3 series…
Read MoreTaxes Are Going Up — By Tommy Purser
I don’t remember her name. But I DO remember her attitude. She was from The Government. I suppose she was wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase and announced upon her arrival, “I’m from The Government and I’m here to help.” But that’s just a supposition. I wasn’t there when she arrived and I couldn’t…
Read MoreThank God For Our Children — By Tommy Purser
National Newspaper Week is this month so now is as good as any time to reflect on what has consumed my life for the past 52 years. I came to Hazlehurst to take over the helm of this newspaper in 1973, after a 2-year absence from newspaper work while I worked in the classroom teaching…
Read MoreMarkyla Durden is 2025 Homecoming Queen
Markyla Durden was crowned as the 2025 Jeff Davis High School Homecoming Queen by last year’s Queen A’Sheerah Wright. First runnerup was Kaleah Hamilton and 2nd runnerup was Keishana Johnson. Photos by Lauren Dixon
Read MoreBoard of Elections makes polling changes
The Jeff Davis County Board of Elections has made changes to three polling locations for the Nov. 4 General and Municipal elections. In Denton, voters in District 402 (Ocmulgee II) who previously voted at Denton City Hall, will now vote at the Denton Fire Station at 7 W. Georgia Avenue. City of Hazlehurst voters who…
Read MoreGood Ground launches ‘The Big Give’
As the leaves turn and the holidays draw near, Good Ground Food Pantry & Resource Center, is launching a powerful fall outreach called “The Big Give” — a mission to feed 300 families for Thanksgiving and bless 100 families with Christmas gifts across Jeff Davis County and surrounding areas. For Good Ground, this effort isn’t…
Read MoreJeff Davis has one of state’s top graduation rate
The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) recently released the 2024-2025 statewide high school graduation rate, reporting a 1.8% growth in the four-year graduation rate. According to the GADOE, the 2024 graduation rate rose from 85.4% to 87.2%, an all time high since the state began using an adjusted cohort calculation method which has been required…
Read More48 sex offenders arrested
Thanks to an initiative involving 87 Georgia Sheriffs, 48 sex offenders were arrested and 235 warrants were issued across the state Sept. 22-29 for violations of state registration laws. In 2015, the first coordinated effort across the state was launched to conduct residence verifications and compliance checks of registered sex offenders during a specific time…
Read MorePost Office marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the U.S. Postal Service is reminding customers that they can help fund the cause by purchasing the Breast Cancer Research stamp. These 90-cent self-adhesive semipostal stamps are available year-round in sheets of 20 to help raise funds for breast cancer research. Each stamp is equal to the First-Class…
Read MoreMrs. Colline Crawford, 86
Mrs. Colline Crawford, 86, of Hazlehurst passed away Oct. 2 at Jeff Davis Hospital. Mrs. Crawford was born Sept. 15, 1939, in Appling County to the late Jimmie Vernon Johnson and the late Mattie Lee Johns Johnson Tompkins. She was a member of Oakland Baptist Church and was a retired supervisor for the burling department…
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