The spring scrimmage was a struggle for the Jackets Friday night, with the young Wayne County football team looking good at times but hampered by costly mistakes. Defensive back Lamarion ...

Jesup’s Cracker Williams swimming pool will open June 2 for its second season since being restored, and plans are to offer swimming lessons and water aerobics classes. City Manager Nick ...

JOHN EDEN / Staff T.Y. McGill Jr., with microphone, directs young football camp participants through an activity, with assistance from his father, Tyrone McGill, right. Four groups of students, ages 6 ...

Wayne County High School is preparing to present nearly 350 diplomas next week. As of Monday, the number of seniors slated to graduate in Jaycee Stadium May 23 at 7:30 p.m. stood at 348, ...

• Rinehart & Sons Althea Murray Yates Jesup—Althea Murray Yates, 98, of Jesup died May 13, 2025. The daughter of Thomas McKinley and Gladys Joy (neé Horne) Murray was the second eldest daughter of ...

• Rinehart & Sons John “Tom” Friese Jesup—John “Tom” Friese, 74, of Jesup died May 6, 2025. The Sylvania native had lived in Wayne County the past 37 years and was a Baptist. He was a retired ...

Howard-Jones Kenneth Curtis Kelly Jesup—Kenneth Curtis Kelly, 55, died Nov. 12, 2022. He was born on June 25, 1967, in Ocala, Florida, to the late Frank and Janet Worley. In March of 2005, he married ...

Coris Ruth Stapleton McCall Savannah—Coris Ruth Stapleton McCall, 89, of Savannah died March 29, 2021, at her home in Savannah Square Senior Living Community. She was a Lumber City High School ...

The Wayne County High diamond Jackets won game three over the Flowery Branch Falcons, 1-0, to advance to “Elite 8” play in the GHSA state tournament on Wednesday at Howard “Bo” Warren Field. It was a ...

STAFF REPORT The Wayne County High diamond Jackets punched their ticket in state play to the GHSA “Final 4”after sweeping the Kell High Longhorns on Wednesday. The Jackets (32-5) took game one, 3-2, ...