Ruth “Bonnie” Batten Sowell, 89, of Canton, formerly of Nahunta, passed away Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital in Jasper. Born in Nahunta October 22, 1935, she lived in ...

Pastor Morris Pate, Retired Navy Chief Petty Officer, led the pledge of allegiance at the county commission’s June regular meeting. Pastor Pate is currently serving as pastor of the Fourth Mount Olive ...

I like reading about archaeology. I own a metal detector. I also don’t have much luck with rings. My marriage has endured many years, but I have gone through no less than three wedding rings over the ...

Lake Clough recently received third place at the Annual Georgia State FFA Convention held in Macon. Clough placed third in the plant science research-plant systems division. This comes after his first ...

The Pierce County Commission honored employees who are high school graduates and graduates who are children of county employees at their regular monthly meeting last Tuesday. Shown l-r are Kolton ...

Pierce County Middle School students (l-r) Addyson Echols, Holly Gibbs and Shevy Sapp recently participated in the 2025 Georgia Farm Bureau (GFB) Middle School Bookmark Contest. Gibbs was the district ...

The Pierce County Senior Center will hold two senior citizen farmers markets, including Thursday, June 12 in Blackshear and Friday, August 1 in Offerman. These popular drivet hrough events will ...

The Blackshear mill got a new name and new owners when West Fraser took over operations in 2017, but the same work ethic and sense of loyalty that has contributed to the local economy for 50 years is ...

An appeal hearing on the county commission’s denial of a permit for a bitcoin mining operation in the Cason/Rehobeth community has been rescheduled. The appeal will be heard at 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 8.

Bronze Clifford “Rusty” Youmans Jr., 71, of Patterson, passed away Thursday evening, June 5, 2025, at the Hospice Satilla Hospice House in Waycross. Born in Waycross June 6, 1953, he lived in Pierce ...

Pictured above are the MPL (Machine Pitch Lite, ages 5-6) Champions, the Silver Bears team sponsored by Edward Jones - Daniel Hyers. Front Row: Liza Rae Roberts, Gatlen Saylor, Grant Hyers, Malone ...

The Pierce Co. 4-H SAFE Program honored all shooting athletes May 2 at the Pierce Co. 4-H SAFE Awards Banquet. Twenty shooting athletes were honored in the presence of their families, the coaching ...