Longtime Clarke County Arc (CCARC) employee Terry Pezent, of Jackson, has been chosen as the new executive director for the organization, which provides services to people with intellectual disabilities. More...
Revival at Good Hope Missionary Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church of Salitpa are hosting revival services through Friday, Aug. 19, at 7 nightly. Pastor James McGhee Jr. More...
ONE99 to present ‘Show Your Colors’ ONE 99 Student Ministries at First Assembly of God in Jackson has announced their upcoming annual “Show Your Colors” on Wednesday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m., in the Jackson High School Auditorium. More...
In a special meeting Friday, Aug. 12, the Clarke County Board of Education made its final personnel hirings and adjustments for the new school year. Superintendent Woodie Pugh said the system has virtually full staffs at all of the schools. More...
Jackson High School’s new band director Hayley Canterbury may very well be the school’s first female band director. Several past JHS teachers and principals said they could not recall ever having a female band director. More...
The first week of the regular season for football is still two weeks away but several area schools will be playing in fall jamboree games this week. More...
A Washington County Grand Jury heard evidence in 106 cases and returned 85 indictments to circuit court this week. As many juries have before, it recommended that a new jail be built. More...
Arrests booked through the Clarke County Jail during the week of Aug. 09-16 include: April Roshell Hollins, 28, no insurance, driver’s license suspended/revoked, $789.40 bond, arrested by Clarke County Sheriff’s Dept. More...
The Washington County Sheriff’s Department reported the following arrests during the past week: *Andrea Stewart, 34, was arrested Aug. 8 and charged with two counts of third degree possession of a forged instrument. Bond was set at $6,000. More...
A Washington County woman is charged with attempted murder after she allegedly used her vehicle, Tuesday, Aug. 16, to try and run down Washington County Sheriff Richard Stringer. More...
A truck driver was injured around 10:20 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 14, when the tractor-trailer rig he was driving crashed on Clolinger Road in Jackson. According to Jackson Police reports, William C. More...
In Washington County, commission and school board district lines are different which results in the county having numerous ballot “styles” in an election. During their afternoon work session on Aug. More...
A group of people served by Clarke County Arc (CCARC) volunteer their time each month to clean up the war memorial adjacent to the James E. Arrington City Hall Complex in Jackson. More...
Mr. and Mrs. Augusta Brown celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. Luereather Jones and Augusta Brown first exchanged wedding vows on Aug. 15, 1959. More...
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hughston celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 13, 2011 during a private dinner party hosted by their children at the Hampton Inn in Jackson. More...
Mr. and Mrs. Bennie (Mary James) Pugh will be honored with a fiftieth wedding anniversary reception at the fellowship hall of Peniel Baptist Church in the McVay community of Jackson from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 4. More...
