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Portal adds three more athletes to college athletics signing roster
PORTAL – Portal Middle High has had a dominant year in sports, and to finish out the 2023-2024 school year the Panthers decided to add three more athletic scholarship signees to the list of future college athletes. East Georgia State College has had some great success in their women’s basketball program this past year coming off a 23-4 overall win season and becoming the 2024 GCAA Champions. Adding to that new upcoming roster, the Bobcats have acquired senior Panther athletes, Tiara Kingsberry and Glendia Lowe. Both these ladies have had an amazing senior year at Portal Middle High helping to lead their...
Portal Middle High has 16 podium appearances at GHSA 1A Division 2 State Championships
Portal Panther Varsity Track had 16 podium appearances at the GHSA 1A Division 2 State Track Meet, which was held at East Jackson High School from May 9-11, 2024. Lady Panther State Breakdown 1A D2 Points (Portal Girls) - 36 (6th Overall) High Jump (Girls) - Alycia Hagins (10th) Long Jump (Girls) - Raashonda Khalil (2nd) 400m (Girls) - Hailey Scott (1st) 800m (Girls) - Gina Hogan (8th) 1600m (Girls) - Savannah Arnett (5th) 3200m (Girls) - Savannah Arnett (2nd) Macy Chester (12th) Anahi Sanchez-Reyes (15th) 4x800m (Girls) - Hailey Scott, Gina Hogan, Gracie Autry, Savannah Arnett (4th) Panther Boys State Breakdown 1A D2 Points (Portal Boys) - 42 (4th Overall) Long Jump (Boys) - Amir Jackson (1st) Discus (Boys) - Josh Coleman (7th) 200m (Boys) - Charles McNeal (4th) Marcus Smith (10th) 400m (Boys) - Kasen Evans (4th) 800m (Boys) - Cannon Thompson (7th) 4x200 (Boys) - Kasen Evans, Amir Jackson, Marcus Smith, Charles McNeal (1st) 4x400m (Boys) - Kasen Evans, Amir Jackson, Marcus Smith, Charles McNeal (3rd) 4x800m (Boys) - Ki’Ayr Murray-Hill, Harold Washington, Lee Drawdy, Cannon Thompson (7th) Adaptive Division - Hunter Martin (Back-to-Back Champ for '22 & ‘23) 800m Wheelchair - Hunter Martin (2nd) 200m Wheelchair - Hunter Martin (2nd)
Bartow theater guild looking to build creative, like-minded community
Mary Alice Gaston-Poole knows what it feels like to connect with a group of people, to find a community where you are not afraid to be yourself, and now she and the rest of the Bartow Schoolhouse Players are looking for other creatives to join in the fun. She was a new mom...
Dowdy and Miller are TJA’s valedictorian and salutatorian
On Friday, May 17, Thomas Jefferson Academy will celebrate its 2024 graduation exercises at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Robert D. Gatliff Jr, a 1990 almuni of the school who also graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1994 will give the commencement address. ...
Child Advocacy Services, Southeast Georgia (CASSEGA) announces 4th Annual Pull for Kids clay tournament
Child Advocacy Services, Southeast Georgia (CASSEGA) is excited to announce the 4th Annual Pull For Kids Clay Tournament. Hosted by Bank of Newington, this event is set for Saturday, June 1st, at the scenic Bay Gall Sporting Clays in Garfield, GA. We invite community members and businesses to participate by forming a team, taking part as a shooter, or providing support through various sponsorship opportunities. Kristen Kramer, Director of Business Operations at CASSEGA, shares, "The 4th Annual Pull For Kids Clay Tournament promises to be a day of fun and fellowship, but it also supports CASSEGA's mission to safeguard and nurture...
Hometown History: Burke County’s two battles of the American Revolution
BURKE COUNTY, Ga. (WJBF)- Friday night, NewsChannel 6 is broadcasting live from the Boss Hog BBQ competition in Waynesboro. That area was settled by colonists nearly 300 years ago. It took three or four years before the American Revolution made its way to the south. Twice during that time the Americans and the British fought […]
Pet dog exposed to rabid raccoon near Louisville
A Jefferson County family’s dog is being quarantined after it fought and killed a rabid raccoon May 3 at a Cason Creek sub-division home outside of Louisville. Jefferson County Environmental Health Specialist Robert Strickland collected the raccoon carcass at the home near Highway 296 and sent it to Georgia Public Health Laboratory...
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