Joey Syon Mattox, 72, of Pierce County, passed away early Friday morning, January 31, 2025, at Twin Oaks Convalescent Center in Alma. Born in Alma May 24, 1952, he lived in Pierce County all his life.

Mark Anthony Walker, 66, of Alma passed away January 28, 2025, at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL, after a short illness. He was a native of Pierce County and son of the late James Barney Walker and ...

Jillene Strickland “Jill” Middleton, 66, of Blackshear, passed away early Monday morning, January 27, 2025, at Harborview Pierce County Nursing Home in Blackshear. Born in Waycross, March 16, 1958, ...

Shundra Owens Vickery, 42, of Blackshear, passed away Monday morning, January 27, 2025, at her residence.

The American Red Cross will hold two blood drives in Pierce County during the month of February. A blood drive will be held from 1- 6 p.m. Tuesday, February 4 at Patterson Baptist Church, 5770 East ...

Pro angler and YouTube personality Jimmy Houston promises the Venison Supper’s gathering of men many blessings, praising their determination to attend in spite of the weather. First Baptist Church of ...

THOMASTON — Educators from across Georgia gathered at the GHSA offices Friday morning to discuss an objective that would seem difficult to oppose — arranging the association’s seven classifications to ...

Bobby (top photo, right) caught this chain pickerel in the Okefenokee Swamp (east side) while fishing with his son, Hadrian, and Capt. Bert Deener. It ate a strip of cut bait fished along the bottom.