Three Pierce County families are coping with the loss of loved ones following a  fiery, two vehicle crash on Dean Still Road last week.

“I’m hungry. Can you help?”

Times Staff Writer Jason Deal brought home the top award for feature writing at the Georgia Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest presentation held last week at Jekyll Island.

Councilman Sapp, arrested for disorderly conduct in May, could face additional charges

Agents scramble to find, list homes in $100K - $150K range

Blackshear Elementary will have two new assistant principals in the new school year.

A wildfire scorched about 45 acres of woodlands off Dutch Road in eastern Pierce County near the Cross Swamp last Wednesday afternoon.

Board of Education hears public input at strategic planning sessions

A preliminary vote is scheduled next week on a proposed $2.5 million City of Blackshear general fund budget.

Summer is prime time for birding

It’s a furnace out there.

Johnnie Anderson returns home last week from a stint in Jacksonville after he was hit, injured directing traffic

 PCHS Class of 2019 encouraged to work hard, achieve success, but never ‘forget your roots’

Movie in the Park will take place Friday night in Blackshear City Park.

Pierce County’s deputies often face danger as they answer calls or check vehicles, alone, on a lonely rural road.

Traffic study exposes super speeders in front of PCMS and at County Farm, Hwy. 84

Parking will be limited at Friday night’s graduation ceremony.

McSwain, Hendley top list of 39 Honor Graduates

An argument between a father and son resulted in a shooting and an arrest in the Walkerville area Monday evening.

Bailey Shae Baldwin, 12, of Blackshear, passed away peacefully Saturday morning, May 18, 2019, at UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, FL, on the fifth anniversary of her heart transplant.

Mattox now facing 27 misdemeanor charges of theft by deception

Motorists will no longer be allowed to turn left from County Farm Road onto Hwy. 84, toward Patterson

‘It’s a calling’ ... for people with BIG hearts

Motorists driving through Blackshear on Hwy. 84 will soon have to slow down or risk getting a ticket.

If you haven’t paid taxes on your property, you might want to take care of it.

The Pierce County Board of Education approved a traffic study for the U.S. Highway 84/County Farm Road school zone even as Blackshear officials are still waiting to hear a final recommendation from Department of Transportation officials for the intersection.

School board approves $34M tentative budget for next year

Investigation into a shooting in Blackshear last summer reached a conclusion last week.

Locals teach, minister to students in West Bank school

Jimmy Buffett tribute band, A1A, to perform at 2nd annual Beats & Eats

PCMS is 7th in Ga. for best teachers

Record number of fundraising teams participate; monies still coming in

Many of us might enjoy a pleasant walk through the mountains this Spring.

If a tree could talk, oh the stories it would tell. After standing quietly for decades, ‘Ole Henry’, a 100-year-old live oak on Cross Swamp Road, has found fame. The tree has been recognized and certified by the Live Oak Society.

Local officials met with DOT top administrators last week

When will locals be able to buy an Ellianos latte or frappe in Blackshear? Is the popular drive-thru coffee and beverage franchise still going to open here?

Come out and “Honor Our Heroes” at the Southeast Cancer Unit’s cancer walk Friday, April 26, at the Blackshear track.  The walk will be from 6 p.m. to midnight.

Dozens of Blackshear residents were all set to face tax deadline Monday only to find their tax preparer’s office was locked up, no answer on the phone and no one to be found.

The latest proposal for continuing the county’s local option sales tax can’t be put to a vote in June as announced last week, but will have to be held in November.

Ryan Herring is the new coach of the Pierce County Bears.

Club welcomes kids, invests in future leaders

Popular Tex-Mex eatery will be open on Sundays

Local leaders meet in Atlanta today to plead again as Johnnie Anderson recovers slowly

Former Head Coach Jason Strickland will lead Ware Co. Gators next season

Pierce budgets are near $48 million to cover the expense of all services

“Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.” ~ Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

Residents will soon see a $3 hike per month for solid waste service under a new contract between the county and Republic Services.

Voters will go to the polls Tuesday, June 18, to decide whether to extend the county’s special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST).

Georgia Jordan, county’s ‘classy lady,’ loved helping others.

Teachers to get raises; aging bus fleet would be updated