Essential Machinery for Recycling Facilities
Whether you’re the manager of a recycling facility or you’re working toward opening your own, efficiency is the means to a profitable business. Of course, providing adequate training will increase your employees’ proficiency, but they’ll also need equipment. Follow our guide to learn the essential machinery for recycling facilities. Magnetic separators Whether your facility primarily…
Read MoreCourt Sentences One
Jasper Superior Court conducted a hearing for a sole defendant involved in two separate cases on June 30, under the jurisdiction of Judge Terry Massey. Kenneth Standifer, who agreed to a plea deal for both cases, was sentenced to four years with the first 30 days in Jasper County jail for one count of aggravated…
Read MoreAccused Murderer Is Arrested Here
Jasper County arrested and booked an accused murderer Monday night, then transported him to Newton County to face charges of murder, felony murder, and possession of a firearm or knife during the commission of or attempt to commit a crime. Alex Khalil Smith of Monticello is charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Cassandra Arnold.…
Read MoreCovid-19 Testing Changes, Jasper At 89 Cases
Due to the summer heat, and for the safety of both patients and staff, North Central Health District’s (NCHD) Covid-19 testing sites, called specimen points of collection (SPOC), will have updated hours beginning this week. The Jasper County Health Department (JCHD) will now test patients Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. until noon. Beginning Saturday,…
Read MoreSeniors To March Around Square
Jasper County High School seniors will march through the Monticello square on Thursday, July 23, at 1 p.m. for their senior parade. Seniors will gather in the parking lot of Monticello Baptist Church at 12:45 p.m.. At 1 p.m. the group will walk down to West Washington Street, turn left and walk to the square,…
Read MoreGridiron Cougars New Season Remains On Track
The new football season continues to move closer into view for the Piedmont Academy Cougars. Piedmont returned to preseason conditioning last week following the “dead week” and coaches are in Jekyll Island this week for clinics. Preseason work will pick back up on Monday, July 20. “Things continue to go well,” said coach Will Johnson.…
Read MoreLady Cougars Count Down to New Season
Piedmont Academy softball coach Joe Johnson said his players are taking things “day by day” as the 2020 season approaches. The Lady Cougars are scheduled to open the new campaign Aug.11 against Loganville Christian Academy. A preseason tournament in late July at Windsor Academy has been cancelled. “We haven’t missed a beat in our practices…
Read MoreCanes Inching Closer to New Season
A new football season gets closer with each passing day for the Jasper County-Monticello High School Purple Hurricanes. With there still being an unknown element involved, to be approximately a month away from the 2020 campaign is viewed as a positive by coaches, players and school officials. “Our summer work is going well,” coach Rydell…
Read MoreIncome Taxes
By now, hope you have your 2019 Federal income tax forms in the mail or applied for an extension. Everyone got an automatic extension from April 15th to July 15th because of the Covid-19 virus. Since 1913 and the ratification of the 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution, there has been a nation-wide income…
Read MorePlease Help!
We need your help. Summer is always a slow time in The News business, with school being out, and people taking vacations, there seems to be less news in the summer. And factor in a pandemic, and things really get scarce. You may have noticed a thin newspaper last week. (At this writing I have…
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