Washington Jr. to be grand marshal

Pierce County voters favored incumbent Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in Tuesday’s special run-off election.

Pierce County newcomer Bill Gibbs has a need for speed  — or, he did.

High school principal says county is ‘gym poor,’ could use the extra space for practices

Pierce County favored Incumbent Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in Tuesday’s special run-off election.

Pierce County residents, business owners and organizations rallied around the Bears last week as they headed to Atlanta where they secured the school’s first-ever football state championship Wednesday afternoon.

Last year will be remembered as one for the record books. We won’t soon forget the things that happened and the roller coaster ride that was 2020.

Police officers, firefighters will also receive early doses

Former EBC youth pastor takes family to mission field

Pierce County is still looking for a new recreation director.

Longtime Blackshear primary care doctors and father-son duo Drs. Don and Brent Waters made local history Wednesday as they stepped up to be the first health care workers to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Pierce County Health Department.

Thirty percent of Pierce voters cast ballots before Christmas

Marr took pride in spreading Christmas cheer to good little boys and girls here

A judicial emergency has been re-instated for the Waycross Judicial Circuit due to a recent spike of COVID-19 (coronavirus).

Blackshear council members Keith Brooks, Linda Gail Dennison face no disciplinary action

The number of COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases in Pierce began rising the week after Thanksgiving and continue to do so. If locals have large Christmas gatherings this week, area doctors expect the spike will continue into 2021.

‘OH BOY ... IT’S GONNA HAPPEN!’    – Longtime Bears’ announcer John DuPont

Read hundreds of youngsters’ Christmas memories, peruse their holiday artwork, find out what everyone wants for Christmas plus best wishes from area merchants on pages 1B-8C of this week's print issue (December 23). Some of our talented students' works are published here as well:

Sheriff, police chief slated to meet, work out details of inmate housing agreement this week

Early voting for January election opened Monday

Sharon Komanecky is the newest member of the Blackshear City Council after qualifying unopposed for the District Five seat following a recall election December 1 that unseated Shawn Godwin. Komanecky spearheaded a petition effort earlier this year that led to the recall election.

Why buy run-of-the-mill, mass produced holiday trinkets when you can gift a loved one with a one-of-a-kind Christmas ornament or wreath?

Dead animals, construction debris, litter dumped on Pierce County roads, boat ramps and in remote areas

Hometown star Nikki DeLoach will be featured on a holiday album titled “Why? Because It’s Christmas” and in a Hallmark Channel movie “Cranberry Christmas”.

Waycross, Folkston restaurants also sold to Morrison family

Sarah McIntosh is director of student services

Councilman Godwin recalled from office; special election set for January 12

Monday’s Christmas parade was a welcome site for Pierce Countians who’ve endured a long year of quarantining and social distancing due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Families bundled up and lined Main Street to watch the parade floats and paraders march by. The parade featured several flo…

Blackshear Councilman Shawn Godwin (District 5) has been recalled from office in a special recall election held today, Tuesday, December 1.

Better Hometown will host three Movie in the Park events

Top lawmen doubtful the ACE Unit, a collaborative task force created in 2013, will be restored following a bitter Sheriff’s race

Call them the “tree whisperers”.

The Christmas shopping season kicked off Thanksgiving weekend with several stores reporting steady sales — even in the midst of health and economic worries brought on by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.

Giant hogs are tearing up my yard!

‘Shop Small’ deals in town this weekend

Eighteen voters have cast an early ballot in a special recall election for Blackshear Councilman Shawn Godwin (District Five) in two weeks of early voting held at the Board of Elections office on Nichols Street.

Christmas time is coming and with all the joy it brings, there are some grinches and porch pirates out there.

PC election officials recounted more than 9,000 ballots last week in response to a state mandate. Local results did not change from final tallies reported on election night.

Pierce County graduation rate still above state average at 85.9

Blackshear’s old city jail, more commonly known as the ‘Hanging Jail’, has been a local landmark and ‘place to see’ here for decades, but now the towering, brick building across from city hall is garnering attention from across Georgia.

Assistant Superintendent for Finance LeVance Gay is retiring.

Ten people were arrested for methamphetamine possession and trafficking and marijuana possession in two separate illegal drug investigations early Thursday morning, Nov. 5.

Surplus items sorted in lots; minimum bids set for sale

“I know Al’s coming home because he told me he would. He wouldn’t have sent me on this mission if he wasn’t coming home.”

Terry Herrin is a quiet man who rarely speaks of his time in Vietnam, but his heart is full of love for God and country  — a fact now clearly visible in the 60-foot long, lighted flag display he’s constructed near his home on Trudie Road. The American and Christian flags serve as bookends fo…

Pierce County remained deep ruby red Republican in Tuesday’s general election from the local races to the race for the White House, but Georgia turned a little more blue with two separate run-offs slated for federal and state positions.

Pierce County’s harvest season is well underway and overall the crops look good.  

More than 60 percent of Pierce County voters flocked to the polls ahead of Election Day

Ella Griner, a 2019 graduate of Pierce County High School,  won the National Future Farmers of America (FFA) Proficiency Finalist Award in the area of Forest Management and Products.