The 2025-26 school year at Edmund Burke Academy is just a few days away and on campus we have a great deal in which to be ...

The Burke County Sheriff’s Office has arrested CMS employee, Susan Jennifer Perez Godbee Wimberly and her husband, Michael ...

Welcome to the 2025-26 school year! The most anticipated day of the school year is just around the corner, and it is my honor ...

Author Michaela Carter is celebrating the release of her newest children’s book, Payton Finds Her Voice, the second installment in the beloved Little Miss Payton series. A proud native of Waynesboro, ...

Millen District No. 16 held its annual District Queen’s contest on May 31, 2025 in Sylvania. The district consists of Burke, Jenkins and Screven Counties. Past Matron Shirley M. Carlyle of New Aurora ...

Georgia lawmakers resumed a perennial debate Monday over whether gambling should be legalized in Georgia. “We’ve been talking about this issue since my hair was black,” decidedly gray state Rep. Ron ...

This past weekend, Hamilton Coleman, the seventeen year-old grandson of Dr. Charles Coleman, defeated Minh Nguyen of Vietnam in a two-and-one victory to win the 77th US Junior Amateur Championship.

The federal government has told Georgia it will soon release the rest of the education funding it had held back from public K-12 schools. The Georgia Department of Education said Friday that the ...

Seniors Helping Seniors® in-home care services is expanding to service Georgia's mid-south region, starting by establishing a location in Augusta this summer. Former Coca- Cola and Bumblebee Foods ...

Waynesboro Rotarians got a special visit last week from Steve Hein, the Executive director of the Center for Wildlife Education at Georgia Southern University. Shown here is Rosie Platt, daughter of ...

The Burke County Board of Commissioners heard from department heads during a budget work session for FY26 on Thur4. Chief Financial Officer Michael Wiseman presented the highlights from fiscal year ...

Mr. Bennie James Lane, 90, of, Sardis, Georgia, was born July 19, 1936. He entered into rest on July 27, 2025. Family visitation will be held Friday, August 1, 2025 from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and ...