Warrenton News

Warren County Board of Education members voted to reduce the amount of time for public input on policy changes - and continued to fret over signing the school system's ethics policy - during their regular meeting Monday night in Warrenton.

A 27-year-old Warrenton man was taken into custody on assorted drug charges after a traffic stop at a business in Thomson on Wednesday morning.

The Thomson Housing Authority held its inaugural Flag Presentation Education ceremony in the community center on Friday, June 14, in conjunction with Flag Day.

Hunter Harrison doesn't normally spend a great deal of time shooting targets with his bow and arrows.

A dump truck driver who hit and killed a hospital chaplain in April has been sentenced to two years probation.

A dump truck driver who struck and killed a hospital chaplain in April was sentenced to two years' probation Tuesday.

An Aiken County man who once served as pastor of First Baptist Church in Warrenton has pleaded guilty to tax evasion and bank fraud conspiracy.

Clinton and Natasha Borders of Warrenton would like to announce the birth of their son, Jackson Reid Borders, born April 16, 2009, at University Hospital in Augusta.

Mr. and Mrs. Alphonso Smith, of Warrenton, would like to announce the engagement of their daughter, Tamiko Cherise Smith, to Travis Mondale Lazenby, son of Mr.

LAWSON ANDREW SUMERAU was born to Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Sumerau of Bluffton on March 1, 2009, at Family Health and Birth Center, Savannah, Ga., weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces.

Warren County Sheriff Joe Peebles says it's a welcomed relief that he and his deputies apparently won't have to answer any more criminal-related calls to a club on the outskirts of Warrenton, known as Jessie's Place.

In celebration of Confederate Memorial Day, as proclaimed by Governor Sonny Perdue, a memorial ceremony will be held at the Old City Cemetery of Warrenton at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 25.

For John Partridge, Confederate Memorial Day is personal. Eleven of Partridge's ancestors fought in the War Between the States.

A 45-year-old South Dakota truck driver was killed after being struck by another trucker while looking at damages to his big rig in the emergency lane of Interstate-20 following a tire blow-out in McDuffie County last Friday afternoon.

Most land tracts of any size in our area have at least one pond on them. Some may consider this pond only as a watering hole for livestock.

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Lamar, of Washington, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Lydia Brooke Lamar, to Bruce Albert Strother, son of Mr.

The FDIC spent most of Monday at FirstCity Bank, calming fears and making arrangements for customers of Glascock County's only bank.

Bosie Bass feared the worst on Monday, March 9, when his portable wheelchair slipped off the pavement along Norwood Street, causing him to go face-first into a deep, cold water-filled ditch.

Mr. and Mrs. Darwin J. Osborne, of Thomson, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jill Alice Osborne, to Mr.

The McDuffie Garden Council held its 52nd annual Camellia Day Luncheon with a proclamation by Thomson Mayor Kenneth Usry and a program by Peacock Hill.