Linda Dennison will join the Blackshear City Council in January, Shawn Godwin won a four year term in his own right and the county’s one cent local option sales tax passed, but turnout in both the municipal and general elections last Tuesday was paltry.

Locals gathered in the city park Monday to thank Pierce County’s veterans for answering the call to protect community and country.

Sales tax dollars, grant monies would be used to repave 4.49 miles

Two Pierce County youths have been arrested after threatening to shoot a student at Ware County High School last Tuesday.

Pierce Countians Nikki DeLoach and John DuPont are currently working on a film about a young man’s triumph over cancer, a motion picture to be released with the Children’s Miracle Network.

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Better Hometown receives rave review for Main Street Trick-or-Treat event Thurs.

Kenny Jernigan charged with murders of Patterson couple, Dan and Flora Hollmon

Tony Batten, U.S. Navy veteran and longtime American Legion member, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Veterans Day ceremony in the city park.

Sales tax dollars fund road improvements, equipment

Roger Williams, former WJH co-owner, operated family business 27 yrs.

Locals flocked to city park before lunch to avoid afternoon storm

Are you going to die?

Corey Adams pled guilty and has been sentenced to life in prison for the February 2017 murder and dismemberment of his mother, Cecelia Broida.

Temperatures are dropping, leaves are falling and it’s time for one of Pierce County’s most popular events  — The Pecan Festival of Georgia. The festival, organized by the Exchange Club of Blackshear, is set for 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, October 26, in Blackshear City Park.

Teresa Cruz-Suarez’s lawsuit stems from August 2018 wreck

Patterson Elementary hosts class with renowned violinist

Blackshear Police Officer Carey Smoak resigned in lieu of being fired Wednesday, Oct. 9, after an internal investigation into his alleged inappropriate messaging of a 17-year-old female high school student.

EMA Director: Conserve water when able; use caution with outdoor burning

County officials say new director will ‘correct some issues’

Early voting for two city council seats in Blackshear and the special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST) referendum opened Monday and will run through Friday, November 1. Voting will take place from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. each day at the Pierce County Board of Elections and Registration at …

Dozens of area students, adults tour local farms, and timber site

Victims were told Sweepstakes HQ was at Patterson address

Grad rates fall to sixth in RESA

If you haven’t paid your taxes on your property or mobile home, you might need to do it today.

Pierce County Recreation Director Patrick Arrington has resigned.

As if we need more proof that the impeachment cacophony is Inside-the-Beltway blather between Republicans and Democrats, cheered on by wingnuts and navel-gazing pundits, consider how important that issue is to families whose loved ones may have been abused in some of Georgia’s senior care fa…

Journal-Herald nixed former Times’ owner’s offer to buy in 2017

ome is where the heart is and Dr. Casey Kimbrell Jr. has returned home to care for critters as a second generation veterinarian.

Former clerk claims city has ‘hostile work environment’

Longtime doctor treated Pierce children for decades

Number One Bear fan dies Monday at 54

PCHS senior Alyssa Whitt was crowned homecoming queen Friday night and the Pierce County Bears defeated the South Effingham Mustangs 42-28.

Eric Rawls and Judeah Williams were found guilty of drug trafficking by a Pierce County jury last week

The homecoming parade held Monday afternoon, September 24, may have been the hottest one on record. Parade watchers and marchers alike were looking for a bit of shade down Main Street under a blazing sun with little cloud cover.

Former State Trooper Greg Stone has announced his candidacy for Sheriff of Pierce County.

Vaping continues to be an issue in local schools even as public health officials continue to warn of the health dangers of doing so.

Pierce County beer distributor ups production, adds employees at larger, state-of-the-art warehouse

Pierce County will have a contested sheriff’s race next spring.

Millions of pills flow through Pierce County

DA: Deputy was ‘justifiable’ in use of force against Scales in Comfort Inn parking lot

Patterson City Council voted Thursday to ease restrictions in its alcohol ordinance.

Use it or lose it.

Students among top third in GA; fifth graders second in math

Hurricane Dorian was “a non-event” for Pierce County.

Former longtime agriculture agent Clifford Park is remembered this week as “a true gentleman” and as a “man dedicated to his faith and his community”.

‘The skies were empty, strange’

Emergency crews spend Labor Day holiday prepping for storm

Commissioners officially approved a .65 mill increase in taxes at a called meeting Thursday night, but the vote was not unanimous.