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Vol. 141, No. 8 - Waynesboro, Ga. 30830
Established in 1882
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - $1.00
Hunters find human remains
DIANA ROYAL
jdianaroyal@gmail.com
The Burke County Sheriff’s
Office is now investigating
human remains that were
discovered Sunday afternoon.
According to a report from
the BCSO, deputies went
to the area of Highway 305
and Pinestraw Road at 12:13
p.m. on April 11 in response
to a reported “suspicious
situation.” The officers were
met by hunters who said
they believed to have found
human skeletal remains while
riding the hunting property.
After deputies observed the
remains scattered about the
heavily wooded area, the
BCSO Criminal Investigation
Department and Burke County
Coroner’s Office responded
“to collect evidence and
process the scene.”
The skeletal remains have
been sent to the Georgia
Bureau of Investigation’s
Crime Lab to determine the
identity and cause of death.
Since the investigation is
ongoing, no other information
is available at this time.
Masters
in the Boro
While the tournament was in full swing in Augusta, Burke County
folks found a way to celebrate the Masters right here at home. On
Thursday, the Downtown Development Authority held a Masters
Night Out event, and Jesse Palmer III, president of First National
Bank of Waynesboro, pictured above, was one of the first to test
out the putting green. At right,Timothy Kuntz of Crystal River,
Fla., is shown receiving his Green Jacket following his 10th win
at the annual Masters at Merv’s, a mini tournament hosted each
year by county manager Merv Waldrop.
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City panel okays
two new projects
DIANA ROYAL
jdianaroyal@gmail.com
The City of Waynesboro
could soon be home to loft-
style apartments as well a
new venue offering a bowling
alley, skating rink and arcade.
The projects were presented
to the city’s planning
commission on Monday, with
both getting the green light to
move forward.
Developers Brian Brookins
and Jorge Ungo of Vida
Properties Texas requested
a conditional use permit to
allow residential housing
at 538 Liberty St., property
formerly known as the
Waynesboro Armory.
“We want to breathe new
life into this building through
loft-style living,” Brookins
told the commission via
telephone during the meeting.
“Our target tenants would be
young professionals, people
who are coming to the area
for Plant Vogtle or through the
school system, people who
want more of a small town
experience when their jobs
bring them to the Augusta
area. There aren’t apartments
like this around here.” He
added that the renovated
property would house six to
eight units.
The request was
unanimously recommended
by the planning commission
and then unanimously
approved by the zoning board
in a meeting that followed.
The planning commission
also approved a request from
Scott and Jacquelyne Telgren
to rezone just over two acres
of property on Woodland
Road. The request to zone the
property as commercial would
allow for the construction
of a facility with a skating
rink, bowling alley with
concessions and a gaming
arcade. The Telgrens own
an office building next to the
proposed project area, which
lies just outside the city limits.
The request was met
with unanimous approval
for recommendation to city
council, and a public hearing
for the zoning amendment
will be held April 19 at 6 p .m.
Sheriff gets backlash for education comments
SHELLIE SMITLEY
thetruecitizen.shellie@gmail.com
Burke County Sheriff Al-
fonzo Williams received
backlash for comments he
made regarding the need for
higher education in America’s
police departments.
A March 23 article in USA
Today and a March 22 article
in The Augusta Chronicle
featured Williams speaking
against the GED requirement
for police officers.
“You can be from Georgia
— small-town Georgia — at
tend an 11-week police acad
emy and the day you graduate,
you can be handed a badge
and gun. You can be 18 years
old and no life experiences,
no work experiences, yet you
have more power than a judge
on the bench,” he said accord
ing to The Augusta Chronicle.
Williams said he received
negative feedback from em
ployees who felt insulted.
Professionals from around
the country commented on
his Linkedln account, as well.
“Some say you are spot on,
you are exactly right and oth
ers say ‘this is crazy, where is
this guy from,”’ he said. “It’s
been a mixed bag.”
Williams said he is not op
posed to a general education
diploma (GED).
“Some folks, in reading the
article, took away the fact that
I was criticizing the person
with a GED,” he said. “That
is not the case at all.”
Bad school behavior or
personal circumstances may
require that a student earn a
GED, he said.
Williams pointed out he did
not attend college until he was
30 years old.
“People misread the ar
ticle,” he said.
Law enforcement agen
cies across the country have
problems with
recruiting, hir
ing, training and
retaining the best
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Burke County Sheriff Alfonzo Williams says he received
negative feedback for comments he made in a March 23
USA Today article.
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