AHOY!
EBA Senior Grant Mobley celebrates with teammate Owen Redd after sweeping the Piedmont Cougars during last weekend’s GIAA AA final four series. The Spartans advanced to the state championship series and will be playing against the number one ranked Gatewood Gators. The Gators are the defending state champs while Edmund...
Richmond County deputy arrested for fatal crash
SHELLIE SMITLEY
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After more than a year, the Solicitor ’s Office charged a Richmond County deputy with two misdemeanor charges stemming from a fatal accident that occurred in Burke County. Deputy Ty Dailey was headed to Brunswick for a training class March 26, 2023. According to the Georgia State Patrol, he was...
Code amendments make stockpiling junk illegal
SHELLIE SMITLEY
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New changes to a county ordinance prohibit the stockpiling of litter, refuse, junk, trash and/or waste, including junk vehicles, on private properties and public right of ways. If approved by the Board of Commissioners, it will also be illegal to burn or bury litter or waste. Any person found to...
ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY
Advance voting runs through May 17, 2024, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Voters must go to their assigned precincts to vote between 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day, May 21, 2024. As of close Thursday, May 9, 413 registered voters cast their ballots.
Fallen officers honored during week of recognition
SHELLIE SMITLEY
[email protected] | May 14, 2024
This week, the Waynesboro Police Department is thanking, honoring, and remembering officers in the community and around the country for their service and sacrifice. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation that designated May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day, and the week in which it falls as...
Ribbon cutting
May 14, 2024
SmiLynn Massage Therapy, 223 East Sixth Street in Waynesboro, celebrated a ribbon cutting Tuesday, May 7.
IRT not likely to respond to public request
SHELLIE SMITLEY
[email protected] | May 14, 2024
Despite public outcry, a free veterinary clinic is unlikely to set up in Burke County. Last week, a post on The True Citizen’s Facebook page prompted a large response. The post pointed to an article informing the public that an Innovative Response Training event, offering free veterinary services was canceled...
City joins with UGA for development planning
May 14, 2024
On Monday, May 20, and Tuesday, May 21, students from the University of Georgia’s Master of Public Administration (MPA) program will be in the City of Waynesboro collecting information about housing and neighborhood conditions. This information will aid the City in future community development planning efforts and may assist with...
New law imposes tougher penalties for drivers
SHELLIE SMITLEY
[email protected] | May 14, 2024
Motorists passing school buses as they pick up or drop off children, will now face more stringent consequences. Governor Brian Kemp signed House Bill 409, also known as Addy’s Law. The legislation is named after Adalynn Pierce, an eight-year-old Henry County student who died after she was struck while crossing...
Spartans to face Gators for State Title
May 14, 2024
The school year is coming to an end for Edmund Burke Academy, but another state championship is still on the line. Edmund Burke Academy’s baseball team advanced to the GIAAAA State Championship series last weekend after defeating the Piedmont Cougars in a best of three series. In game one the...
Two Bears place at state track
BRANNON BRADDOCK
[email protected] | May 14, 2024
The Burke County High School track team qualified for state in eight different events, four for the boys and four for the girls. In all, thirteen boys and girls traveled to Albany, Georgia last Thursday through Saturday to represent BCHS in the 4A state track tournament. Of those thirteen, only...
BCHS track teams qualify for State in eight different events
BRANNON BRADDOCK
[email protected] | May 8, 2024
This past Saturday, May 4, the boys and girls track teams traveled to Baldwin High School to compete in the GHSA 4A state sectionals. There were at least sixteen other schools in attendance, and the top eight from each event move on to state. The results for each squad can...
Spartans advance to final four
May 8, 2024
For the second year in a row Edmund Burke Academy’s baseball team is headed to the Final Four. The Spartans faced Trinity Christian last weekend in a best of three series with a trip to the GIAAAA final four on the line. With limited offense from both teams in game...
STATE CHAMPS
TRES BRAGG | April 30, 2024
Sure. A region championship would have been nice. But, why show you’re the best in the region when you’re actually the best in the state. The Edmund Burke Academy Girl’s Track Team revenged their region championship loss to Brentwood last week by winning something even bigger, the school’s first ever...
LOOKING BACK
May 14, 2024
20 YEARS AGO – MAY 19, 2004 Six months after the liquor referendum passing in November, Waynesboro restaurants would have the chance to apply for a liquor-by-the-drink license. Mayor Jesse Stone, in his first vote since taking office in January, broke a 3-3 tie in the city council vote by...
Don Lively
May 14, 2024
I was listening to one of my favorite sounds of nature. Well, technically, it wasn’t a natural sound, it was a combination of God sent and manmade, but it was a sound that I had been hearing my entire life. I was at The Pond, a place that’s nearly sacred...
Ronda Rich
May 14, 2024
It’s one of life’s hardest lessons to learn and then, just as hard to make it stick: Trusting an unseeable force – intuition. Daddy preached it. “Stick to your gut. It’ll never fail you.” Today’s generation, distracted by phones, social media and such, miss the opportunities to think deeply and,...
Emma Lee Parker Johnson
May 14, 2024
Emma Lee Parker Johnson, 78, beloved mother, teacher, friend and dedicated servant, passed away at home on Friday, May 10, 2024, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born August 27, 1945, to Rosie Lee Clarke Parker and Emory Louis Parker in Millen, Georgia, she nurtured what became a lifelong love...
Rosa Lee Herrington
May 14, 2024
Ms. Rosa Lee Herrington, 75, of Keysville, Georgia, was born May 28, 1948. She entered into rest on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Family visitation will be held Friday, May 17, 2024 at 2:00- 3:00 p.m. and public visitation will be held at 3:00-7:00 p.m. at Phinazee & Son Funeral Home,...
Bernice Garner
May 14, 2024
Mrs. Bernice Garner, 70, of Sardis, Georgia, was born January 10, 1954. She entered into rest on Monday, May 6, 2024. Family visitation will be held Friday, May 17, 2024 at 12:00- 1:00 p.m. and public visitation will be held at 2:00-7:00 p.m. at Phinazee & Son Funeral Home, 404...
Linda Jean Blockett-Freeman
May 8, 2024
Mrs. Linda Jean Blockett-Freeman, 65, of Sardis, Georgia, was born December 12, 1958. She entered into rest on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Family visitation will be held Friday, May 10, 2024 from 3:00- 4:00 p.m. and public visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Phinazee & Son Funeral Home,...
Linda Faye Sims Millians
May 8, 2024
Linda Faye Sims Millians was born in Washington Ga on November 26, 1944 and danced into heaven on May 1, 2024. Linda was preceded into heaven by her parents, Andrew and Nettie Sims, sister Crettie Mae Sims, brother Sidney Oscar Sims, her brother and sister in law Bobby and Sylvia...
Thank You
May 14, 2024
We would like to thank you for all the cards, flowers, food, monetary gifts and kind expressions of sympathy shown to us following our dear mother's passing. Your support at this heart-breaking time will always be remembered by The Family of BENNIE MAE CARSWELL March 10, 1936 - March 31,...
Find trustworthy movers during National Moving Month
KELVIN COLLINS | May 14, 2024
The majority of household moves take place between May and August, causing May to be deemed National Moving Month and the official kick off to the moving season. Whether you’re moving across town or across the country, moving requires time, patience, money, and most importantly – trust. Movers are among...
BURKE EMA REPORT
May 14, 2024
The Burke County Emergency Management Agency responded to 122 patients’ calls during the week ending May 5. Of those, 88 resulted in transports, including 46 to Augusta hospitals and one to another out-of-county hospital. Forty seven of the transports were determined to be emergencies and 41 were non-emergent. The agency...
INDICTMENTS
May 14, 2024
The April 2024 term Grand Jury returned the following True Bills of indictment during the May 9 session. James Howard Oglesby, Jr.: financial transaction card fraud (2 counts). Monquayvious Seydreke Marshall: forgery in the first degree. Robert Jamer Brege: sexual exploitation of children (6 counts). Corinthian Jabari Newton: aggravated assault...
WHAT’S NEXT? {in Burke County}
May 14, 2024
Friday May 24 Burke County Public Library will kick off its Summer Learning Program with a party from 2-3:30 p.m. Everyone will meet in the auditorium to discuss how to track your reading on the Beanstack app. The fun will begin behind the library after the meeting. Join in the...
157th Church Anniversary
May 14, 2024
New Springfield Baptist Church will celebrate its 157th Church Anniversary 11 a.m. May 19. The Rev. Barrett Madison invites the public.
At the 2024 Law Day Banquet, Superior Court Judge Jesse Stone congratulated Shamiya Bush and John Godbee
May 14, 2024
At the 2024 Law Day Banquet, Superior Court Judge Jesse Stone congratulated Shamiya Bush and John Godbee, Burke County High School seniors who submitted winning essays in the Judge John H. Ruffin annual essay contest. This year's theme was Voices of Democracy. The banquet was held Thursday May 9th by...
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