Enthusiasm and excitement are being shown by seven contestants vying for Mom Prom Queen title. The Mom Prom will be held Saturday, March 4, at the C. C. McCray City Auditorium in Waycross. “Contestants are really busy visiting businesses, friends and families for monetary support for Bethesd…
Are you a middle school or high school student who likes to draw? If so, then enter the 2023 Georgia Farm Bureau Middle School Bookmark or High School Art Contests for the chance to win some great cash prizes!
This week’s PCHS Bear Facts is a listing of hot topics for the week spanning February 1-8, 2023.
The Pierce County Court House is scheduled to re-open Monday, Jan. 30.
School superintendent Dara Bennett was given a three year contract extention at last Monday night’s school board meeting.
Fundraisers are being held to assist a Pierce County minister who was shot recently in Jacksonville, FL as he tried to witness to a family member.
Pierce County loves its hometown hero Stetson Bennett IV. Signs in support of the National Champion quarterback have been in abundance over the last week.
This week’s PCHS Bear Facts is a listing of hot topics for the week spanning January 25-31.
The Mayor’s seat in Offerman and three council seats in Blackshear, Offerman and Patterson will be up for grabs in this year’s municipal elections. Election Day will be Tuesday, Nov. 7.
What better way to celebrate the month of love than by giving blood? Memorial Satilla Health will host its first blood drive of the year during Heart Month, Wednesday, February 1. The blood drive will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the annex cafetorium at 1800 Alice Street, Waycross.
The “Field of Dreams” is complete.
A cool morning filled with bright sunshine greeted participants and onlookers for this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade through Blackshear. The parade began at the Board of Education office and traveled down Main Street, turning left onto U.S. Highway 84. The parade route ended at th…
C. Deen Strickland will step down as school board attorney effective January 31.
The Pierce County Court House will be closed until at least Monday, Jan. 30 for mold removal.
Cassie Davis has been hired as the new Pierce County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director.
The Blackshear Times is now open later on Mondays and closes earlier on Fridays..
Three Pierce County residents were among a total of 76 defendants named in a newly unsealed federal indictment describing a massive drug trafficking investigation.
Amris’s Extreme Bull Jam will be held at 8 p.m. Friday, March 3 and Saturday, March 4.
This week’s PCHS Bear Facts is a listing of hot topics for the week spanning January 18-24.
The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) was awarded $2,495,831.85 from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS). The grant funding is used to provide technical assistance and resources to partner agencies statewide, develop community support for motor vehicle safety programs, sup…
The second annual “Battle of the Boards” will be held Friday, Feb. 10 at the Blackshear Train Depot.
Dwain Pippin was recently involved in a motorcycle accident. He sustained injuries that prevent him from being able to work for six months.
Waycross Internal Medicine nurse practitioner Andrea DeLoach has a fun way of raising money for women of addiction! She is sponsoring a Kids’ Dog Show Saturday, Feb. 11, at Okefenokee Heritage Center.
Former Bear and current University of Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett IV lead the Bulldogs to an undefeated 15-0 season and second straight National Championship. The game was played on Monday, January 9 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA and saw the Bulldogs defeat Texas Christian Univers…
Hacklebarney and Otter Creek may get new fire stations this year.
Pierce County School System employees will receive a retention and commitment bonus for the 2023-2024 school year.
It turns out the county already has an ordinance for large farm and non-farm animal burials.
Pierce County’s Martin Luther King (MLK) Day celebration will take place this weekend.
The Pierce County Court House will be closed for at least two weeks for mold removal beginning next Monday, Jan. 16.
This week’s PCHS Bear Facts is a listing of hot topics for the week spanning January 11-17.
Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) card this week. Students had to be enrolled in Pierce County Schools as of May 2022 for Summer P-EBT 2022 benefits.
Pierce County will receive a $70,476 grand to purchase much needed turnout gear for local volunteer firefighters.
A brief tornado touched down near Bristol last Wednesday as a line of severe thunderstorms swept through the area.
The Georgia Association of Conservation Districts (GACD) and the Satilla River Soil and Water Conservation District are partnering to present a free informational workshop for local farmers to discuss how to implement conservation practices in forestry operations.
The 10th Annual Hooves to Freedom 8K trail race will be held Saturday, January 21.
Pierce County’s new manager could be hired by the end of March.
Last year will be remembered as the year Pierce County honored its very own National Championship Georgia Bulldog quarterback Stetson Bennett, became the home of Georgia’s State Supreme Court Chief Justice, a Hallmark® movie actress and a “Student Emmy” award winner.
One was the president of the family Ford dealership. Several were beloved pastors and community leaders. Others were teachers, one was one of our oldest citizens and another was a retired Superior Court Judge. One was a “world class” biscuit maker.
This week’s PCHS Bear Facts is a listing of hot topics for the week spanning January 4-9, 2023.
The Blackshear Times will be closed Thursday, Dec. 29 and Friday, Dec. 30, in observance of New Year’s Day.
A pre-Christmas Friday morning house fire on Big House Road left a young family with a baby on the way in need.
Ryland Environmental will take over Pierce County’s waste collection service beginning Monday, January 2, 2023.
Brentz McGhin of Blackshear found some crappie on the lower Satilla last week by pitching curly-tail grubs.
Pierce County’s own Nikki DeLoach will appear in even more Hallmark® movies in the future.
Pierce County’s estimated unemployment rate declined slightly in November, falling by three tenths of a point to 2.6 percent. The slight decline in November, follows a half point increase in October.
This week’s PCHS Bear Facts is a listing of hot topics for the week spanning December 28, to January 3, 2023. Happy New Year, everyone!
The price of postage stamps will increase in the new year.
The Blackshear Times has been named the legal organ for Pierce County for 2023.
Traffic improvements at the U.S. Highway 84 and Hendry and Keller Streets intersection in Blackshear — commonly known as Five Points — have been completed.
A Blackshear man has been arrested and charged in connection with several arson fires over the past month.
Commented
Sorry, there are no recent results for popular commented articles.