The Blackshear Times The Blackshear Times The Blackshear Times is an American weekly newspaper founded in 1889 and published in Blackshear, Georgia. "The Times" is a community newspaper, thus its coverage is primarily centered on the events in Pierce County, Georgia. The current owner and publisher of "The Times" is Robert Williams Jr. The Papers' motto, as printed in the top-center of the front page, is "Liked by Many, Cussed by Some, Read by Them All." The name of weekly newspaper has been "The Blackshear Times" since October 10, 1889. Exactly who came up with the name is not known, although E.Z. Byrd
The Breeze (newspaper) publication on December 22, 1922 with few illustrations and fewer photos. Today it is a 20-plus page broadsheet newspaper published twice weekly with full-color photos and graphics. The paper was originally distributed to women on the way out of the dining hall, but currently is distributed to more than 90 locations on and off campus. In 1922, the newly established newspaper for the State Normal School for Women held a contest for suggestions on what to name the new publication. English teacher Elizabeth P. Cleveland suggested the name “The Breeze” saying that, “nothing here strikes a stranger quite so strongly