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Keysville has paid deceased employee for years

MARGARET ANNE BROGAN
thetruecitizen.margaret@gmail.com

The Keysville City Council discussed an accounting discrepancy and heard from a concerned citizen during the monthly meeting Monday, March 11. Council Member Maggie Terrell, who is responsible for giving the financial reports each month, noticed an automatic withdrawal coming out of the general fund account at Queensborough Bank around...

St. Paddy’s Party is Saturday

Get out the green. Fancy up those golf carts. This Saturday, March 15, Downtown Waynesboro will host its first ever St. Paddy’s Day party and 36-team cornhole tournament. Shenanigans on Liberty will kick off at noon with a golf cart parade and continue through the afternoon with food trucks, inflatables...

Brush Fire

The Burke County Emergency Management Agency and the Georgia Forestry Commission joined forces to fight a large brush fire Tuesday afternoon March 4. The fire broke out near the intersection of Highways 80 and 23. When the EMA’s engine companies 5, 11, & 9 responded to the fire, it had...

Scam calls on the rise again

A number of area law enforcement agencies have reported an increase in scam calls from someone posing as law enforcement officers or toll way agencies allegedly trying to collect overdue fines. It’s getting to be such a problem in Georgia that the FBI is getting involved. Agencies are reporting that...

News

Beyond the canvas, beyond the classroom

MARGARET ANNE BROGAN
thetruecitizen.margaret@gmail.com | March 11, 2025

In the halls of Burke County High School, where the nearest art museum is an hour’s drive, a teacher has directed and inspired student art that has outperformed some of the most developed high school art programs in the country. Stan Dodson teaches more than just art, he instills creativity...

March is National Athletic Training Month

BETH BENTON | March 11, 2025

Athletic trainers play a vital role in healthcare by specializing in the prevention, assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries to student athletes. This month, Burke Health would like to recognize Burke County High School’s Varsity and Junior Varsity Athletic Trainer for the last 11.5 years, Jonathan Howard, MS, ATC/L, CES,...

Republicans in Georgia Senate beat legislative deadline to send school safety measures to state House

TY TAGAMI
Capitol Beat News Service | March 11, 2025

ATLANTA – Georgia Republicans managed to push three school safety measures through the GOP-led Senate just before the Crossover Day deadline to keep bills alive in this year’s legislative session. The only controversial measure was Senate Bill 61, which would let prosecutors try teens as adults for threatening violence at...

Burke Health offers healthy kidney advice

BETH BENTON | March 11, 2025

March is National Kidney Month, a time when communities across the country raise awareness about kidney disease. This year’s focus is on taking charge of your health and the many factors that go into managing kidney disease. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Chronic...

Annie Jr.

March 11, 2025

FCA middle school proudly presents Annie Jr on Friday, March 14, at the Burke County Office Park. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased at the school or by calling 7065541577. A limited number of tickets will be sold at the door.

Sports

Lady Spartan Track Team focused on defending state title

TRES BRAGG
tbtruecitizen@gmail.com | March 11, 2025

The Lady Spartans are looking to make school history… again. Breaking school records has almost become the norm for Edmund Burke Academy’s Girls’ Track Team. In fact, six members of this year’s team currently hold school records in a combined ten events. After winning the school’s first ever state championship...

Spartans split games with Pinewood

TRES BRAGG
tbtruecitizen@gmail.com | March 11, 2025

Edmund Burke Academy’s Baseball Team traded wins with Pinewood after their opening season victory against David Emanual Academy. The Spartans battled the Patriots last Tuesday in a game that ended in extra innings. Edmund Burke trailed 8-3 headed into the bottom of the seventh inning but managed to bring five...

EBA Golf Team swings into season

March 11, 2025

Edmund Burke Academy’s Golf Team recently participated in the Frederica Invitational Golf Tournament at Osprey Cove in St. Mary’s. The Spartans turned in a team score of 336. Owen Redd and Mark Thomas Wasden shot a round of 81, with Wyatt Carey just two strokes behind at 83. Davis Brown...

BCHS baseball gets first win of the season

BRANNON BRADDOCK
Jbraddo4@gmail.com | March 11, 2025

To say it has been a forgettable year for the Burke County Bears baseball team is an understatement. They have lost six games so far, and are having trouble on all sides of the ball. With the exception of their lone win against a weak Josey team, the most points...

BCHS golf team off to a hot start behind biggest roster in years

BRANNON BRADDOCK
Jbraddo4@gmail.com | March 11, 2025

Burke County High School golf is in full swing, and many of the Bears and Lady Bears returning players were looking forward to having a successful 2025 golf season. In total, the team has six boys returning and three girls returning, providing some much needed depth and experience to the...

Editorial

Political Cartoon

March 11, 2025

LOOKING BACK

March 11, 2025

20 YEARS AGO – MARCH 16, 2005 Rev. Bill King, pastor of Sardis Baptist Church, went on a mission trip to Sri Lanka to provide assistance to victims of the devastating tsunami which had recently killed many thousands of people in the region. The Burke County Board of Education adopted...

MY PLACE

Don Lively | March 11, 2025

Home. I often refer to it as the wooded enclave. For the life of me, I don’t remember the first time that I used the term or what prompted me to, but the name has kinda stuck. This week marks fifteen years since I spent the first night in my...

Obituaries

William Brooks Rumph, Sr.

March 11, 2025

William Brooks Rumph, Sr., aged 90 years young, of Waynesboro, Georgia, passed away on March 4, 2025, after a long struggle with dementia. He was born on December 17, 1934, in Marion County, Georgia to Lewis David Rumph and Nannie Mae Greene. Brooks is predeceased by his wife of 53...

John R. MacDonald

March 11, 2025

John R. MacDonald, age 74, of Waynesboro, GA entered into eternal rest March 10, 2025. Born in Waukegan, IL July 4, 1950, John graduated from Bullis Academy Preparatory School in Potomac, Maryland, and Georgia Southern College in Statesboro, GA where he met his wife, played on the tennis and basketball...

Lonzie KC Lewis Jr.

March 11, 2025

Mr. Lonzie KC Lewis Jr. age 97 of Midville, Ga entered into eternal rest on Thursday March 6, 2025. Celebration of Life for Mr. Lewis will be held on Saturday March 15, 2025 1:00 p.m. at Cornerstone Christian Center 710 Stone Ave. Waynesboro. GA. Interment will be in Pines Cemetery....

Kalux Eimear Sahad Bonner

March 11, 2025

It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Little Mr. Kalux Eimear Sahad Bonner of Stone Mountain, GA, who entered into eternal rest on Friday, February 28, 2025. Family visitation will be held Friday, March 14, 2025 from 12:00-2:00 PM and public visitation will be held from...

Deacon Gerald Coleman Sr.

March 11, 2025

It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Deacon Gerald Coleman Sr., of Waynesboro, GA, who entered into eternal rest on Monday, March 3, 2025. Family visitation will be held Friday, March 14, 2025 from 4:00-5:00 PM and public visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 PM at...

For The Record

Jurors drawn for Superior Court

March 11, 2025

Jurors have been drawn for the October 2024 term of Superior Court Criminal and/or Civil session with Judge Charles H.S. Lyons III presiding. Jurors are to report at 9 a.m. Monday, March 24 to the Burke County Judicial Center. The list includes: George Edward Meshaen Littles, Hephzibah; Latina Jackson, Keysville;...

WPD BLOTTER

March 11, 2025

Please note that the selection of incidents contained within the blotter does not include all calls received by the department during this period. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. MONDAY, MARCH 3RD * An officer was dispatched to Victory Drive in regard to...

BURKE EMA REPORT

March 11, 2025

The Burke County Emergency Management Agency responded to 119 patients’ calls during the week ending March 9. Of those, 80 resulted in transports, including 44 to Augusta Hospitals. Thirty nine transports were determined to be emergencies and 41 were non-emergent. The agency also answered 40 fire calls during the period....

Burke Happenings

What’s Next?

November 6, 2024

Thursday, Nov. 7 Burke County Retired Educators Association will meet at 3 p.m. at Burke County Senior Citizens Center. Guest speaker will be Probate Judge Ashley Moore Jr. Monday, Nov. 11 American Legion will honor all Veterans 11 a.m. at the American Legion Post 120, South Liberty St., Waynesboro. BCHS...