10 years of the Redneck Games

Launched as an alternative to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, it's been going strong for a decade now. The Journal-Constitution story includes photos of a toilet-seat-throwing match. Or check out the official Redneck Games homepage.

Warrenton man leads police on chase in Glascock Co.

Gaynor Newsome wound up running into a sheriff's deputy's car and was arrested, The Chronicle reports.

Lean times for the kaolin industry

Combined after-tax profits of the four area kaolin companies were $28.7 million last year, up from $4.6 million in '03, the Macon Telegraph reports.

Mother of two drowned toddlers indicted on child neglect charges

Jonah and Nicole Payne wandered away from their Warrenton home on April 23; their bodies were later found in a sewage pond nearby (story from WGST radio station).

This just in: Warrenton not in the running to host the 2012 Olympic games

The finalists are New York, Paris, Madrid, Moscow and London, The New York Times reports. So I guess I won't be able to pitch my plan to the International Olympic Committee:
+ Track and field events held at the football field on Legion Drive.
+ Tennis at the city park tennis courts.
+ Swimming at the Cedar Park swimming pool.
+ Javelin throw and shot put competitions at the driving range at the old Warrenton Country Club.
+ Tourist accomodations at Fountain Campground.

That crazy dancing old man in the Six Flags ads ...

... is named "Mr. Six." The ad campaign is profiled here in a story in the Wall Street Journal, and has been blogged-about on ObscureStore.com.

Sandersville kid makes good

The Westell modem that, in part, brings you this Web site is made by a company outside Chicago run by a guy who was born in Washington County and whose late father was once the the mayor of Tennille. Story from The Daily Herald.