Access to health care in Burke County just got closer to home. The East Central Health District’s fully functioning Department of Public Health (DPH) mobile clinic is now serving all counties in ...

Three Burke County educators were recipients of First National Bank’s Spring 2026 Education First Grant. They were each awarded a check to help fund projects that fell outside the school budget – a ...

From school cell phone bans to tax cuts, some of this year’s most consequential proposals for new Georgia laws have been in the works for months. State legislators laid the groundwork last year for ...

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The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) announced last week that it has awarded three new contracts for projects in east-central Georgia, including a bridge on Quaker Road over Beaver Dam ...

and location of said property.

When I lived Out West and worked the streets, one of my cop friends, who hailed from a region outside of the Blessed South, once asked me why I never seemed to get in a hurry unless it was an ...

The Waynesboro Jeep-Chrysler dealership has been temporarily closed after being sold to the Paul Thigpen Automotive Group. Thigpen also owns the local Ford dealership. Beth Grant, former owner, said ...

to the provisions O.C.G.A. §9-16-11. Further, the said weapon was available for use to facilitate a violation of the Controlled Substance Act.

Legislation to strip librarians of their criminal immunity from a law that makes it illegal to give “harmful” books and other content to minors is moving quickly through the Georgia General Assembly, ...

Boggs Rural Life & Burke County Juneteenth Committee is delighted to announce “A Community Christmas Concert” Featuring The Augusta Chorale of Georgia (ACOG). December 20, 2025, 5:00 p.m. at Phillip ...

The City of Sardis, which chooses its city council members on an atlarge basis, returned veteran Rolene Oliver, who was the top vote getter with 102 votes. Newcomer Steven Trussell was the other ...