Pastor Morris Pate, Retired Navy Chief Petty Officer, led the pledge of allegiance at the county commission’s June regular meeting. Pastor Pate is currently serving as pastor of the Fourth Mount Olive ...

I like reading about archaeology. I own a metal detector. I also don’t have much luck with rings. My marriage has endured many years, but I have gone through no less than three wedding rings over the ...

Lake Clough recently received third place at the Annual Georgia State FFA Convention held in Macon. Clough placed third in the plant science research-plant systems division. This comes after his first ...

The Pierce County Commission honored employees who are high school graduates and graduates who are children of county employees at their regular monthly meeting last Tuesday. Shown l-r are Kolton ...

An appeal hearing on the county commission’s denial of a permit for a bitcoin mining operation in the Cason/Rehobeth community has been rescheduled. The appeal will be heard at 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 8.

Pierce County Middle School students (l-r) Addyson Echols, Holly Gibbs and Shevy Sapp recently participated in the 2025 Georgia Farm Bureau (GFB) Middle School Bookmark Contest. Gibbs was the district ...

Pictured above are the MPL (Machine Pitch Lite, ages 5-6) Champions, the Silver Bears team sponsored by Edward Jones - Daniel Hyers. Front Row: Liza Rae Roberts, Gatlen Saylor, Grant Hyers, Malone ...

Bronze Clifford “Rusty” Youmans Jr., 71, of Patterson, passed away Thursday evening, June 5, 2025, at the Hospice Satilla Hospice House in Waycross. Born in Waycross June 6, 1953, he lived in Pierce ...

‘It’s not about us or you. It’s about the 135 families depending on us.’ Most now know it as West Fraser Timber Company, but it began business in June 1975 as Gilman Paper Company. Whatever name you ...

The Pierce County Senior Center will hold two senior citizen farmers markets, including Thursday, June 12 in Blackshear and Friday, August 1 in Offerman. These popular drivet hrough events will ...

HOBOKEN — Long-time customers and family gathered at KC Salon recently for a surprise party for Kristen Crews to celebrate her 19 years of being in business.

The fish bit well last week in most places. Most rivers are still swollen, except the St. Marys and Alapaha. Winds were terrible much of the week in saltwater, but the fish cooperated when you could ...