An arrest warrant was issued last Friday, Jan. 20, for Paul Joseph Williamson of Newborn, charging him with aggravated child molestation. Since then Mr. Williamson has been arrested and is incarcerated in Tennessee. According to the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office, they received information as to where Mr. Willamson was and arranged for the authorities there…
Jasper County High School will celebrate Hurricane Senior Night on Saturday, Jan. 28 while hosting the Greene County Tigers.The Senior Night program will be performed following the varsity girls game and before the varsity boys tip-off at approximately 8:30 p.m. The ceremony is intended to honor those seniors, along with their parents, affiliated with the…
The Piedmont Academy wrestling team had three competitors bring home state championship medals last Saturday from the GISA Class A/AA tournament in Statesboro.Senior Chris Brunton and juniors Ryan Young and Blake McMichael each entered state as No. 1 seeds and showed they deserved those rankings by winning their respective weight classes. Brunton won first at…
Play was to begin yesterday, Jan. 25, in the indoor league of adult soccer through the Jasper County Recreation Department.Persons ages 16 and up are competing on four teams. Two games will be held each Wednesday, the first at 6:30 p.m., and the second at 7:50 p.m. Competition is in the gym at the old…
The Monticello Middle School Hurricanes continued a three game winning streak Monday during the league play-offs held at Social Circle High School.By defeating Carver 50-41, the squad earned the right to continue in play-off action this week against the league leader, Greene County. That game was to be played Wednesday in order to determine the…
A criminal session of Jasper Superior Court convened Monday with Judge William A. Prior presiding. A number of cases were settled with pleas on Monday, and several trials were scheduled for the remainder of the week.James Wayne Pope pled guilty to several counts of child molestation and one count of aggravated child molestation, and was…
A “legal” Board of Assessors relieved Jasper County Chief Appraiser Brac Bohannon of his leadership duties last Wednesday at the close of business. The announcement came shortly after a called meeting of the now legal assessors—James Harrell, Gerald Bramblett, and Cathy Benson—concluded with a brief executive session for personnel in the Courthouse law library.In addition…
Funeral services for Lillie Barron Fairclough were held January 16 at Crossroad C.M.E. Church with burial in Oak Lawn Cemetery in Hillsboro. The Elder Joe Lewis Ridley officiated. She died January 9.Mrs. Fairclough was born October 16, 1942 in Jasper County as the fourth of seven children born to Minnie and Benjamin Barron. She was…
Services for Virginia Nell Jordan Phillips were held January 17 at the Jubilee Christian Center in Boston, Ma. Family will receive friends Wednesday, Jan. 18 from 6-7:30 p.m. at Smith & Sons Funeral Home. The burial is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 19 at 11 a.m. in South View Cemetery in Monticello.She died January 9 at…