Heavy equipment moving dirt at the future site of St. George Crossing marks an important milestone for Waynesboro’s newest residential development. A groundbreaking ceremony held Tuesday commemorated ...

20 YEARS AGO – MARCH 22, 2006 Mandatory 10-digit telephone dialing was ordered by the Georgia Public Service Commission. Phone numbers in the 706 area code, which served most of Burke County, was ...

Safekeeping for Richmond County SO; FTA–obstruction of an officer, etc.

An unusually large number of contests will be on the ballot in the May 19 primary election, including seven candidates for three posts on the Burke County Board of Education. The panel has been under ...

Dirt will begin to move for phase one of a new residential development planned for Waynesboro. A groundbreaking scheduled for March 17 marks the offi- cial start of construction at St. George Crossing ...

Benjamin Ashley Lively, Sr., age 96, passed away peacefully on March 7, 2026. Born on April 26, 1929, in Augusta, Georgia, Ben was the beloved son of Matthew Warren Lively and Beatrice Hill Lively, ...

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The Burke County Emergency Management Agency responded to 123 patients’ calls during the week ending Feb. 22. Of those, 84 resulted in transports, including 48 to Augusta hospitals and four to other ...

An East Burke County group participated in Wreaths Across America, placing almost 500 wreaths at Bethel, Bethany Lambert, Mallard, Moody, Bethlehem, Corinth, Jenkins, St. Marks and Sardis Baptist ...

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This past weekend was the opening qualifier for the state sectionals for both the Bears and Lady Bears wrestling teams. The girls were set to wrestle on Saturday at Locust Grove, but that was ...

The federal government will give Georgia nearly $219 million to bolster health care in 126 rural counties, under a program established by President Donald Trump’s signature budget reconciliation bill ...