This summer 27 students from Jasper County attended a Summer Leadership Camp (SLC) at the Georgia FFA-FCCLA Center in Covington, on the banks of Jackson Lake. Summer Leadership Camp is open to FFA and FCCLA students from all over Georgia. Casey Elias took the group for a week of camp where they participated in a…
Josh Daher, who helped coach multiple Piedmont Academy athletic teams to a championship level, passed away July 14 at age 39. His death stunned friends, family and colleagues who are remembering him as a passionate coach and ultimate family man. Daher was a 2002 graduate of George Walton Academy in Monroe. As a student-athlete he…
The Jasper County Commission met briefly for a called meeting Tuesday evening to adopt the school’s millage rate, so that tax bills can be prepared. The tax commissioner wanted the documents ready by Tuesday to assure bills are printed in time. Commissioner Bruce Henry made the motion to adopt Resolution #2023.07.18 authorizing the Jasper County…
(Editor’s Note: This is another in a series of meeting the community’s public service employees who take care of the residents and businesses in Jasper County and the city of Monticello. This week, Kim Joris introduces us to more of the staff at the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office.) A corrections o?cer for Gwinnett County from…
Two people have qualified for the special election to name a successor to Gerald Stunkel, District 4 Commissioner who resigned the end of last month. The election is set for Tuesday, Sept. 19. A runoff would have been held on October 17, but won’t be necessary since there are only two contestants. As of close…
The July 11 criminal session of Jasper Superior Court, conducted under the jurisdiction of Judge Stephen Bradley, resulted in the following sentences: Jerry Nathan Lawley, sentenced to two years with the first 18-24 in the Damascus Road Recovery program from the Jasper County jail for possession of methamphetamine. He was credited for timed served since…
The Jasper County Board of Education has set the millage rate at 14.010 for FY24 on Tuesday, July 18 in a unanimous 5-0 vote. All board members were in attendance for the monthly meeting. This comes after months of deliberation, with Supt. Kenny Garland considering a number of options in what would be the best…
Asher Gray of a Bailey Road address, has quaflified for the seat of District 4 County Commissioner. The seat became vacant last month after Commissioner Gerald Stunkel resigned. Mr. Gray submitted the following announcement to the newspaper: After much consideration, I, Asher A. Gray, filed notice with the Jasper County Probate Court to become a…
Shirley Ann McGiboney Beam, age 87, of Hinesville, Georgia passed away on July 19, 2023, at Memorial Hospital in Savannah, Georgia. Shirley Beam was born on July 13, 1936, in Stone Mountain, Georgia to the late Mary Elsie Haney McGiboney and ODell McGiboney. Shirley (aka Grandma) was a vibrant member of the family. After the…
On Tuesday, July 18, the Jasper County Crime Suppression Unit of the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO), along with a host of other deputies and investigators executed a warrant at 585 North Warren St. in Monticello after an ongoing narcotics investigation. The search warrant yielded a trafficking amount of suspected ecstasy, a substantial amount of…