“Every October for the past 12 years Wainwright has been giving away free pork sausage at our blood drives, which makes the October drive probably our best drive of the year, production-wise,” said ...

ATLANTA—The Georgia Department of Public Health has confirmed measles in an unvaccinated Macon County resident, bringing Georgia’s 2026 total to 22 cases, compared to 10 in 2025.

Waycross resident Greg Smith (far left) tailgates with family and friends at one of the 600 straight University of Georgia ...

The state was approaching more than a million early votes last weekend, totaling about 815,00 ballots cast in the first four ...

Ernest Goodman, 44, of Waycross, and Herlindo Perez-Barajas, a/k/a “Jose Flores Garcia,” a/k/a “Primo,” 50, an illegal alien living in Waycross, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood ...

Commissioner Burse was presented the certificate during the Monday, October 12 County Commission Work Session. The framed ...

On education, Jackson highlighted literacy as a priority. Noting that twothirds of Georgia third-graders are not reading ...

DOUGLAS — Mr. Johnny Wayne Jowers, age 86, of Douglas, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at Coffee Regional ...

NAHUNTA — Brantley County’s Board of Education approved to accept the rollback of the tax millage during a called meeting Friday morning. Board members had previously approved to accept a rollback of ...

Special to The Beacon NAHUNTA — Justin Thrift was an Okefenoke REMC Scholarship Award winner in 2000, which aided him in obtaining his associate degree in business from Waycross College (South Georgia ...

A Brantley County man was arrested last week after he allegedly robbed the recently opened Waffle House in Blackshear. Ryan Davis, 32, of Brantley County, was arrested and charged with robbery by ...

Pleasant Valley Baptist Church’s Fall Festival is Sun., October 25 SCHLATTERVILLE — Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, located at 7136 Central Ave., Waycross, is hosting its annual Fall Festival Sunday, ...