Members of the Jasper County Charter System board heard several presentations and approved a number of personnel changes during their regular business meeting last Tuesday. To kick off the meeting the board recognized students that were chosen as representatives of the Young Georgia Author’s award. There were several students in attendance to receive a certificate…

Judge Brenda Trammell presided over the April 11 session of the Jasper Superior Court’s arraignment calendar which resulted in the following sentences. Fielding J. Thompson was sentenced to five years with the first two years to be served in confinement for possession of methamphetamine. He was credited with time served from February 2021 to March…

The Jasper County Commissioners met for their first budget work session Monday evening, and County Manager Mike Benton reviewed the current tax digest and revenues, then took a quick cursory look at department heads budget requests. After an hour and a half, the commissioners went into closed session, at the request of the County Manager.…

Last Saturday, April 22 at approximately 8:09 p.m. deputies responded to a call for service that involved a person being stabbed in the area of Spruce Street in the city limits of Monticello. Deputies arrived on scene at approximately 8:12 p.m. and located a victim with three apparent stab wounds. The suspect fled the scene…

The Monticello City Council met for a called meeting last Thursday, and during the meeting adopted new, revised park rules and procedures. The new policy features several items not on the previous policy. Now, if an event is cancelled due to a violation that applicant will not be allowed to reserve any park for six…