Lady Jackets have mixed results
Two years ago, twins Jaqueline and Jasmine Villasenor played softball for Jeff Davis High School as sophomores. They moved away as juniors last year. Last week, as seniors at Bacon County they took the field against their former Lady Jacket teammates with Jaqueline on the mound and Jazmine behind the plate. With two outs in…
Read MoreJackets roll 37-0 over Indians
Jeff Davis High had few problems disposing of Vidalia High Friday night in Hazlehurst as the Yellow Jackets rolled to a 37-0 victory in the season opener for both schools. Coach Lance Helton’s charges controlled the line of scrimmage on offense and defense as the Indians never threatened to score throughout the game and the…
Read MoreNot In My Backyard — By John Reed
Not In My Backyard Everything old is new again. The NIMBY movement has wakened once again, this time opposing solar fields and data centers. Once it was an unwanted nuclear plant, then a waste management center, then a prison…and each time offering panicky “what ifs?” to ignite emotions. The problem with the current debates is…
Read MoreBloodworth running for council seat
John M. Bloodworth has officially qualified as a candidate for the Ward 4 seat on the Hazlehurst City Council in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election. In announcing his candidacy, Bloodworth said he looks forward to meeting and talking with residents throughout Ward 4 and hearing their concerns about the community. “I will stand up…
Read MoreStudents recognized for test scores
At last week’s meeting of the Jeff Davis County Board of Education, High School Principal Dr. Greer Smith recognized two students for their outstanding scores on the Advanced Placement Precalculus and Calculus exams. Kenneth Grate – scored a 4 on the AP Precalculus exam Director of Student Services Dr. Garrett White presented an update that…
Read MoreTeacher charged with improper sexual contact
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has arrested and charged Fernando Chavez, 31, of Hazlehurst, a teacher employed at Jeff Davis High School, with one count of improper sexual contact with a student and one count of interference with custody. Last Friday, the school system released a report saying the system had been made aware of…
Read MoreMoore Is New Police Chief
With the full Hazlehurst City Council in attendance — including Mayor John Ramay, Ward 1 Councilman Dwyane Johnson, Ward 2 Councilwoman Elizabeth Oliver and Ward 3’s Christopher Jones — the council’s called meeting last week marked a historic moment for the city. Ward 4 remains vacant. For the first time in Hazlehurst’s history, a Black…
Read MoreCommissioners want more information on data centers
At last week’s meeting of the Jeff Davis County Board of Commissioners, several commissioners discussed the need to get more information on data centers, to hear the pros and cons on the issue from someone knowledgeable about the subject. Whitehead Commissioner James Emory Tate brought up the matter, saying he had a friend from North…
Read MoreRoberts Retiring From CPTC
Coastal Pines Technical College President Lonnie Roberts has announced his retirement from the college, effective Sept. 30, following more than five years of service as president and a total of 25 years of service to the institution and its predecessor, Altamaha Technical College. President Roberts became president of Coastal Pines Technical College Feb. 1, 2021.…
Read MoreMr. Richard Chavis, 89
Mr. Richard Chavis, 89, of Uvalda, passed away peacefully Aug. 8 surrounded by the love of his family. Richard was born Oct. 22, 1936, to the late Rev. Robert “Bob” Chavis and Myrtice Yawn Chavis. A lifelong South Georgian, he graduated from Jeff Davis High School with the Class of 1955 and built a life…
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