2025 African American Heritage Award recipients are, from left, Gwendolyn Jackson (librarianship), Tashanda King (children's author), James Jones, Jr.(business) and Katie Dixon accepting on behalf of Toni Ward Buxton (first black maintenance head at Plant Vogtle.) The Burke County Improvement Association presented the awards Saturday, Feb. 15 at Mt. Olive African Methodist Episcopal Church. Speaker for the occasion was Elder […]
