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Compiled by Ernie Lambert
Following are a few of the leading stories that were published in your newspaper in 2008.

 JANUARY
*  Police Chief Darrell Dawkins reflects on his first year serving as the city’s chief  law enforcement officer. Dawkins sees his primary duty as that of building trust throughout our community.
*  Milton Smith is recognized by District […]

By CHRIS SHIPMAN
Hometown News
Cheryl Rasor went to the Holy Land hoping for a spiritual encounter. She got a little more than she bargained for. Eighteen people from her church in Hartwell, Ga., had signed up for a ten-day tour of Biblical sites in Israel. It was going to be Rasor’s first trip out of the […]

By CHRIS SHIPMAN
Hometown News
Fire Chief Steve Quinn is continuing the work started by former chief Ron Godfrey to update the old National Guard Armory and turn it into a home for the Woodruff Fire Department. Drive past the station at 220 Armory Drive, and you’ll notice some changes—the firefighters have widened the drive to make […]

By Garrett Mitchell
 
For the Woodruff Wolverines, the 2008 football season at times seemed like a magic carpet ride. The Wolverines soared above the competition, amassing records and recognition en route to an 11-3 record and their first trip to the Upper State final since 1993. However, it was their contest with the undefeated Central […]

By CHRIS SHIPMAN
Hometown News
Brad Burnett, newly elected mayor, along with returning city council members Mattie Norman, Buddy Arnold, and Tony Kennedy took the oath of office Monday night at the Woodruff City Council meeting. Norman was also elected mayor pro tem.
Burnett’s first act as mayor was to propose a motion to table committee appointments […]

By CHRIS SHIPMAN
Hometown News
   
Brad Burnett is the new mayor of Woodruff after winning a run-off election with incumbent Paul Bell. Burnett received 238 votes, and Bell 225.
Bell won Precinct Two, the fire department, 86 to 72, and Precinct Three, the American Legion Post on West Georgia Street, 35 to 32, but Burnett won […]

By CHRIS SHIPMAN
Hometown News
Last Tuesday, the voters of Woodruff re-elected three incumbent council members, but they will have to vote again November 18 to elect their mayor. The current mayor, Paul Bell, received a plurality of votes in the three-way race between himself, Brad Burnett, and Marty Smith, but he needed an outright majority to […]

By Ernie Lambert
HOMETOWN NEWS
Woodruff football records fell like Chesnee’s hopes of victory at last Friday’s football game at W. L. Varner Stadium.
With a 7-yard completion to receiver Dominique Woodruff in the first quarter, quarterback Jake Lambert broke Wolverine legend Tony Rice’s mark of 3,866 passing yards in a career, a record that had stood since […]

By Ernie Lambert
HOMETOWN NEWS
Before last Friday night’s game between Woodruff and Carolina, a few observers felt that the predicted (and finally realized) rain showers might slow down the Wolverines’ offense and lead to a lower scoring game.
Well, in the words of a recent country song, “Bring on the rain.”
Woodruff, lead by quarterback Jake Lambert’s six […]

By Ernie Lambert
HOMETOWN NEWS
An incident that left veteran law enforcement officers shaken and almost speechless occurred in Woodruff last weekend. As a result of the Woodruff Police Department’s investigation a Hispanic male was arrested on a charge of criminal sexual conduct with a two-year-old boy.
According to the department’s incident report, Officer Brian Knighton responded at […]