Wandering Through the Wreckage
How do we make sense of everything we face on a day-to-day basis? Over the past year, life has come at us fast and seemingly unrelenting. We have struggled to put our feelings into coherent or intelligent thoughts with one scene continually coming to my mind: an enormous pile of garbage covering every square inch…
Read MoreMiddle School Cougars Earn Tie, Win
The Piedmont Academy Middle School baseball opened its new season last week with a 5-5 tie against Creekside Middle School in McDonough. The Cougars jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Creekside scored all five of its runs in the bottom of the second. Piedmont tied the score with…
Read MoreJCHS Golf Fielding Young Team
The Jasper County-Monticello High School golf team will be learning as it goes this spring. Coach Ethan Huff only has two returning players from last season in Peyton Klassen and Austin Dean. They are joined by newcomers Jacoby Banks and Elias Hamblin. Ansley Hargove will represent the Lady Canes this season. Jasper County-Monticello opened the…
Read MoreLady Cougars Fall in Season’s Semifinals
The historic run for the Piedmont Academy varsity girls basketball team came to its conclusion Thursday in Americus. The Lady Cougars (21-4) fell to Westwood 61-49 in the Class AA state semifinals. The 2020-21 season saw Piedmont capture a region championship and then advance to the Final Four for the first time in program history.…
Read MoreCanes, Lady Canes Begin New Track Season
Both the Jasper County-Monticello High School varsity girls and boys track teams had several standout performances in their 2021 season debuts. For the Lady Canes, JaKara Tobler won the 800-meter run in 2:53.80. Brianna Dalton had a strong showing in both distance events winning the 1,600-meter run in 6:44.20 and the 3,200-meter run in 14:36.…
Read MoreHurricane Cheerleaders Attend Awards Banquet
Jasper County High School (JCHS) Cheerleaders recently hosted their season ending banquet. The 2020-2021 season held many rewards and challenges. This year, the Competition Cheer Team and Sideline Cheerleaders reunited to form one team. Athletes who cheered at games also competed during the competitive season (November through February). Twenty young ladies cheered this season. A…
Read MoreDDA Hosts Stakeholders Meeting
The Downtown Development Authority (DDA) board members conducted a Community Stakeholders Meeting Monday afternoon that featured several informative sessions and was attended by more than 65 participants. The three hour event was the brainchild of the DDA board which states its mission as revitalizing the downtown, promoting local visitation, and serving as the thriving economic…
Read MoreSeveral Burglaries Reported
Deputies with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) are investigating several burglaries in the last couple weeks, including several entering auto/theft from auto. One of those occurred on Chickadee Court where numerous items were taken from a vehicle. Some were later found in the woods, but prescriptions drugs and other items remained missing. In addition,…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Rate of Spread Decreasing
As incidence rates of spread for COVID-19 decrease nationwide, that pattern is also being reflected for Jasper County as more are being vaccinated with the Moderna and Pfizer two dose vaccines with the one dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine on the way. With 623 confirmed cases and 665 presumptive cases recorded over the past week…
Read MoreAll Things to All People
I grew up in the Dallas, Texas metro area. If you did not know this, Texas is quite proud of itself (though it has had a difficult last few weeks). Texas likes its BBQ — beef, not pork. Texas likes its Mexican food. Tex-Mex is a given. And, no, Covington’s El Charro’s does not count…
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