School’s Out
Schools are out in Jasper County for the students anyway. Summer student vacation days from school get less and less. Teachers and staff get even less as they attend classes, accompany various school clubs to events and on occasion squeeze in a few days of relaxation with the family and friends. Students, no doubt, will…
Read MoreSpecial Group Of Piedmont Players And Coaches Win It All Again
The Piedmont Academy baseball program has traveled this road before but the scenery never gets old. The Diamond Cougars rallied to defeat Windsor Academy two games to one and claim the GISA Class AA state title for the fifth consecutive season. After the Knights took a hard-fought 4-2 win in game one of the series,…
Read MoreStreet Address Signs
About this time last year I wrote about helping us to help you. We have had several families come to Station 3 to pick up their requested number plates, and each time we are relieved knowing that if we have to respond to their address that we’ll have no problem in finding it! When it…
Read MoreDorothy Mygatt Top Celebrate 100 Years
DOROTHY MYGATT Today, women are all over the work force, but 75 years ago it was not as common. But there’s not much common about Dorothy King Mygatt who will turn 100 years old next Tuesday, June 5. Mrs. Mygatt was born June 5, 1918 in Glendale/Queens, N.Y. where she grew up. In 1945, she…
Read MoreMan Gets Two Life Sentences
Michael Shane Anglin was sentenced to two concurrent life sentences with 30 years to serve for rape, aggravated child molestation, incest, and two counts of child molestation. Mr. Anglin was sentenced during last week’s review of the criminal trial calendar in Jasper Superior Court. He was also fined $5,000 and given credit for time served…
Read MoreJCHS Has Graduation Ceremony
Nearly 150 graduates were awarded diplomas Saturday at Jasper County High School by Superintendent Mike Newton. Graduation ceremonies were moved inside because of the threat of rain, and most of the class participated in the graduation program. Madison Rae gave the salutatory address, reminiscing about the days gone by. She commented on the academic excellence…
Read More10-Year-Old Hero Saves Lives
HERO FRANKLIN SPRAYBERRY IS FLANKED BY RESPONDERS Chief Chris Finch, Kirk Sanders, Carlos Rhodes (L-R) By all accounts Franklin Sprayberry is your average 10-year old boy. He loves football and baseball, has a close-knit family, and is a quiet but successful student in Ms. Deanna Briscoe’s fourth grade class at Washington Park Elementary School. But…
Read MoreRodeo Is This Weekend
More than 250 cowboys and cowgirls are slated to participate in this weekend’s Shady Dale rodeo. Set for this Friday, June 1, and Saturday, June 2, at 8 p.m. each night, the rodeo will feature bareback riding, saddle bronc, bull riding, steer wrestling, tie-down roping, breakaway roping, team roping, and barrel racing. Competition is expected…
Read MoreMary Sue Parker Johnson
Mary Sue Parker Johnson, age 77, of Milledgeville, died peacefully Monday, May 21, 2018, at the Navicent Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. Mary Sue Johnson was born in Cleveland County, N.C. to the late Irvin Parker and Texie Tallent Parker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,…
Read MoreFleetie Irene Smith McMullen
Fleetie Irene Smith McMullen, age 97, passed away Thursday, May 17, 2018, at The Retreat Nursing Home. Fleetie McMullen was a lifelong resident of Jasper County. Her parents were the late Jay Smith and Kate Celeste Stone McMullen. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Edgar Loyce McMullen; son,…
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