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Chamber holds costume contest
This past week, the Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Halloween Costume Contest for members. This year’s winner was Coastal Hospice of Hazlehurst. Thank you to these businesses for participating. Thank you to judges Feral Wilcox of Alma and Phylis Kirkland of Hazlehurst. The winners were: Overall winner and 1st place performance – Coastal Hospice…
Read MoreSchool Board meets
At Monday night’s Jeff Davis County Board of Education meeting, Jeff Davis Elementary School Principal T.J. Mercer recognized the following students as the top Accelerated Reader point earners: 3rd Grade — Dylan Espino Jimenez – 1st Place; Sammi Parker – 2nd Place; Brooklyn Smith – 3rd Place. 4th Grade — MacKenzie Lewis – 1st Place;…
Read MoreJackets must stop Royals’ Brody Fleming
When Jeff Davis High meets Bleckley County this Friday night in Cochran, the Yellow Jackets can expect to see the air filled with footballs as the Royals’ Brody Fleming has been averaging over 200 yards per game passing. The junior signal caller has 2,224 yards passing and a school record 30 touchdowns thus far in…
Read MoreTourism awarded Vibrant Communities Grant
The Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis County Board of Tourism was awarded a Vibrant Communities Grant from Georgia Council for the Arts, the Georgia Department of Economic Development team specialized in empowering arts and culture, for fiscal year 2026. The Vibrant Communities Grant supports a variety of arts programming throughout the state, including murals, artist residencies and performances…
Read MoreMillers coordinate Shoebox drive
David and Gail Miller of Because He Lives Ministries are serving as local coordinators of Operation Christmas Child again this year. Operation Christmas Child also known as the “shoebox project” is one of Franklin Graham’s many projects. Shoeboxes are stuffed by churches, organizations, and individuals for needy children from all over the world The most…
Read MoreAnderson to kick off campaign here
Bradley B. Anderson, who is running for Georgia State House of Representative, will have a campaign kickoff in Jeff Davis County, Thursday, Nov. 20, at Jeff Davis Historical Museum, 61 E. Coffee St. There will be a drop-in reception from 5-7 p.m. with Anderson speaking at 6 p.m. Join them for an evening of fellowship…
Read MoreFestival 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…
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