Lady Canes Basketball Stays Busy this Season
Jasper County PFA Discusses Options
JCHS Beta Competes at National Convention
tion: Julia Aldridge, Camara Campbell, Amber Dooley, Anjelica Garcia, Cortlyn Goen, Josephine Fowler, Lorilei Fowler, Kaitlyn Harvey, Ryan Henderson, Emma Jacobs, Gavin Jacobs, Nathanael Mann, Will McElheney, Toren Nix, Samuel Nunez, Ethan Proctor, Jorden Reed, King Smith, J.K. Strength, Zachary Tomlin, Luke Vaughn, Rebecca Waddell, and Kaylee York.
Read MoreLight Docket Results in Few Sentences
Judge Alison Burleson presided over the Jasper County Superior Court criminal, civil and arraignment calendars last week. Jarron McKnight was sentenced to one year in Jasper County jail on a lesser charge of giving false information to a law enforcement officer. He was credited with time served since November 2019. Billy Watson was sentenced to…
Read MoreRemembrance
All the great authors say that writing about loss and pain can be cathartic. Here goes. I lost my mom a few weeks back to a battle I didn’t expect. She celebrated 79 years on this earth on May 18, the same day she returned from a trip with the sniffles and a sore throat.…
Read MoreRecreation Action
The Jasper County Recreation Department summer league teams have been busy. As shown above the 12 & under baseball team All-Stars traveled to Screven County for a game. The team is coached by Brian Dean, Keith Mason and Carlton Johnson. Meanwhile the 10 & under girls softball team traveled to Jeff Davis County for action…
Read MoreSaluting All Perennial Candidates On The Ballot
I imagine every state in our country has someone similar to Jim Boyd. Shorty Price could be viewed as Boyd’s counterpart in Alabama. Even at the national level we have had the presidential campaigns of Harold Stassen and Pat Paulsen. Multiple times they ran. The same number of times they lost. Here in Georgia, Boyd…
Read MoreLow-Income & Minority High School Grads Impacted by Corona Delay College
ly, Jone’s Petroleum, employs a lot of high school students. Joann Hedrick, district manager, said. “During this last year, we had 4 – 6 stockers (high school students).” They chose to work rather than complete courses online. So Larry’s 4-Way has a Foothills Charter High School student and several guys working 32 – 40 hours.…
Read MoreMartha Elmira Edwards Brock
Ashley Clegg Is Varsity Canes Soccer Coach
The Jasper County High School Boys Soccer team will start off the 2022 season strong with a new head coach—Ashley Clegg. Justin LeSuer, who coached the boys for two seasons, left Jasper County, leaving an opening for head coach which will be filled by Coach Clegg. She will also be the assistant varsity coach for…
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