JEFFERSONVILLE, Ga. — A Pierce County man has been charged with 48 counts on six charges by the Twiggs County Sheriff’s Office following his Tuesday, April 22 arrest. Jerry Jason Weathersby, 5foot-9, ...

My community is sort of like Gotham City. In Gotham City, if rare art went missing, it had to be “The Joker.” If there was a kidnapping with a slew of riddles lying around the crime scene, it was - no ...

In the wake of devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, more than 40 agriculture organizations joined forces to establish a relief fund for farmers whose livelihoods were upended by the storm. With ...

Pierce County’s estimated unemployment rate ticked up a tenth of a percent to 3.4 percent in December. The local unemployment rate has fluctuated over the last four months. The rate was down three ...

Will McIntosh was honored by the Exchange Club of Blackshear as its November Student of the Month. Each student is given an opportunity to write an essay and win a scholarship at the end of the school ...

Patterson will be getting a new fire truck. The city council approved the purchase of a 1998 Freightliner fire truck during its regular monthly meeting last Thursday evening. The truck will be ...

Pierce County voters will go to the polls Tuesday, March 18, to decide on extending the county’s special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST). Polls will be open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. on election day ...

I yelled at the television in my living room, but it didn’t do any good. Alas, none of the three Jeopardy! contestants could hear me and nary a one even ventured to make a guess. What’s wrong with ...

People gathered at various spots along the MLK Jr. parade route, but as always the crowd was lined up thickest along the front of Wall’s plaza. Photos by Greg O’Driscoll Passing by the historic Pierce ...

A proposed referendum to extend the county’s special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST) was presented at Tuesday’s county commission and a decision is being rushed to have it on the ballot in ...

Blackshear’s newest restaurant, Smokehouse 84, is open for business. Renovations complete, kitchen up and running, there was a sneak preview of things to come at a special invitation-only breakfast ...

James Smart is flanked by garage service writer Mike Johnson (left) and Garage Manager Millard Grant (right) after a luncheon last month honoring the trio on their combined 112 years of service in the ...