Strickland wins commission runoff By MYRA THRIFT, Staff Writer Political newcomer Henry Strickland was the winner of the race for the District 5 sat on the Waycross City Commission, collecting 181 votes in the Tuesday, December 3 runoff with Alvin Nelson. Strickland...

Pearl Harbor attack spurred his military service ‘It made me want to fight,’ says Waycross Marine By MYRA THRIFT Staff Writer Raymond Strickland was like most other able-bodied young men in the United States in the days following the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on...

Two accidents claim lives Two people died in separate accidents involving vehicles last week in Ware County. A Stone Mountain, Ga., man was killed Friday evening, November 22 when the van he was driving was struck by a southbound CSX train at the Wacona Drive railroad...