Students were to begin classes today, August 6, at Piedmont Academy, and students will return to classes at Jasper County Public Schools Monday, Aug. 10.Open houses at the public schools are planned for tomorrow, Aug. 7. Students and parents may visit Jasper County Preschool (706-468-4972), Jasper County Primary School (706-468-4968), and Washington Park School (706-468-6284),…
The Monticello City Council met with Scott Allison of jB+a, Inc, the consulting firm which was awarded the City Sidewalk Project, and Robert Jordan of Jordan Engineering Monday evening in a work session during which the Council set a working list of priorities on the project. Those priorities included concrete multi-use trail/pedestrian ways, park improvements…
Members of the seven and eight year old Jasper County All-Star team/state champion Dixie Darlings traveled to Sumter S.C. for a double elimination tournament which started Saturday when they faced the champion team from Mississippi. The girls got behind early, and never caught up even though they played well. They lost 13-7. Their next game…
The Jasper County Commission was in closed session for an hour and 20 minutes of its four-and-a-half hour meeting Monday, and came out to announce that County Manager Greg Williams and the Board of commissioners have agreed to part ways.“This is in no way a reflection on Greg’s performance or on his character,” said Commission…
A Jasper County Jury found Carey Lecell Ross guilty by of two counts of obstruction of a police officer. He was found not guilty on a charge of possession of cocaine. In Superior Criminal Court Tuesday, Judge Hugh V. Wingfield, III, sentenced Mr. Ross to five years on each charge to follow consecutively for a…
It may still be the heat of summer, but high school, college and pro teams are getting ready for the fall football season. The ‘Canes are currently conducting two a day practices as they prepare for the upcoming season. They are practicing at the new high school and looking forward to a great season. Their…
Jasper County’s Dixie Darlings began play in the loser’s bracket on Sunday morning after losing to Mississippi Saturday. The seven and eight year old girls faced a team from Arkansas at 9 a.m.As on Saturday, the girls made some terrific catches and other plays, but fell short once or twice and that was all it…
Cougars Practice for Upcoming Season The Piedmont Academy football team will get a true preseason test Friday when it hosts Tattnall Square for a scrimmage at 4 p.m. Coach Rhett Farmer, a former assistant at Tattnall Square Academy in Macon, was able to line up the preseason contest after a scheduled scrimmage against Monroe Academy…
Oh how we looked forward to those “lazy days of summer” in the early 1930s. School was usually out in May and the first thing we did was take off our shoes and start going “barefoot.” I remember how cool the grass felt but how tender our feet were on gravel. They got much tougher…
I’m fixing to tell y’all a story. Once upon a time there was this old dog on his way home who came to a clearing in the forest and decided to rest a spell before he continued on his way. As he settled down into a bed of dry leaves and was about to lay…