Area News
Festival of Trees/Jingle Mingle Market set
It is that time of year again for the Festival of Trees, but this year it has been expanded to include Jingle-Mingle Market. The event will be held at Jeff Davis Fairgrounds this Saturday, Nov. 15, from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. There will be live entertainment, food trucks, kid’s games, cake walk, vendors and…
Read MoreGa. Music Hall of Fame honors Stagger Lee
His name is Donald Paul Lee Jr., but most folks know him by his stage name, Stagger Lee, a name that’s traveled through the honky-tonks, bluegrass halls, and country airwaves of America. He was born Jan. 26, 1952, at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., and raised in the mountains of Beaver, West Virginia,…
Read MoreYellow Jackets play Nov. 14 in Cochran
Jeff Davis High’s football team will play next Friday (Nov. 14) in Cochran in the first round of the 2025 Georgia High School Association Class A, Div. I playoffs. The Yellow Jackets, seeded No. 19 of the 32 playoff teams, will battle No. 14 seeded Bleckley County. Jeff Davis carries a 7-3 record into the…
Read MoreToombs 2nd graders enjoy Towns Bluff Park
On Oct. 29, approximately 145 second graders from Toombs County Public Schools enjoyed a field trip to Towns Bluff Park. The children were in groups and went to a variety of stations learning historical facts about the Altamaha River and the surrounding area. They shelled corn, toured the museum in the Heritage center, walked on…
Read MoreHeat Is Turned Up on D.A. Higgins
The heat has been turned up on Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Keith Higgins. During the summer, the Jeff Davis County Commission joined the commissions in the other four counties of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit — Glynn, Appling, Wayne and Camden — in filing a complaint seeking to remove Higgins from his position, In March,…
Read MoreNO!! Business owners don’t like GDOT plan
The message was clear: Local business owners do not like plans to improve traffic safety along Coffee and Jarman streets in Hazlehurst. About two dozen people gathered at Hazlehurst City Hall last Thursday for a hastily called meeting to talk with Georgia Department of Transportation officials about a recently released plan to make significant changes…
Read MoreWerkheiser visits hospital
State Representative Bill Werkheiser (R-Glennville), chairman of the House Industry and Labor Committee, recently spent two days touring several rural hospitals across the state, covering approximately 300 miles throughout the tour. “Rural communities need their rural hospitals and healthcare systems,” said Chairman Werkheiser. “The loss of access to healthcare in a rural community is devastating,…
Read MoreDog problems heard by council
By MARY ANN ANDERSON During last Thursday night’s meeting of the Hazlehurst City Council, the agenda was fairly routine until the citizens’ comments section began. Karen Bowen, a part-time employee who works and also volunteers at the city’s animal control shelter, explained to the council that while she was out of town, she received a…
Read MoreCommission hears rec department spectator problems
Things have begun to get a little rowdy at recreation department football games. The problem, of course, is not with the children enjoying themselves as they play football and cheer. Rather, it is with parents and fans watching the games at the recreation department fields — adults who can’t behave as adults should And the…
Read MoreSchool Board meets
At last week’s meeting of the Jeff Davis County Board of Education, Middle School Principal Dr. Brent Coleman recognized the outstanding achievement of the following students who earned a perfect score on the Georgia Milestones Exam: • Kepler Munsayac – ELA 8th grade score of 730 – current 9th grader. • Ivan Sanchez – Math…
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