So, you procrastinated yet another year, thinking, pondering Christmas gifts. Maybe you have heard or read about women, mainly, who start shopping for Christmas gifts the day after Christmas for the next year, probably an urban legend. It is interesting to visit a store the day after Christmas and wade through boxes, broken items and…
Inside today’s newspaper is our special section featuring letters to Santa Claus from many of the children in Jasper County. I had the privilege/obligation/job of formatting the letters that were emailed in and typing many of the letters that were brought in. It’s hard for anyone in the office to be particularly productive when anyone…
Piedmont Academy celebrated the scholarship signings of seniors Jacie Jenkins, Emily McEwen, and Abby Arnold. Over the course of their softball career at Piedmont the school won the 2020, 2021, and 2022 GIAA Class AA state championships as well as four region titles. The trio helped guide the Lady Cougars to a 90-21 record during…
Nearly 54 percent of Jasper County voters took the time to vote in the runoff for U.S. Senate, with Herschel Walker winning decisively here. Mr. Walker received 4,567 votes while incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock received 1,339 votes. Statewide, Sen. Warnock won. Some 3,047 people voted on election day with 2,595 voting last week, and 271…
Piedmont Academy’s robotics team progressed to the SOUTH’S BEST Robotics Championship that was held at Auburn University last weekend. Piedmont’s team competed against other public and private schools from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The team finished 16th in a field of 42 teams in the regional competition. Teams were tasked with preparing order…