The Jasper County Commission met for a 45 minute meeting, 30 minutes of which was in closed session, on Monday evening, before continuing to meet for another hour-plus in a work session on budget.During the regular meeting, commissioners discussed the cost to contract asphalt overlay on four roads that the county had planned to chip-seal…
Two vehicles collided head-on last Friday afternoon on Hwy. 83 just south of Clay Road. At least four people were hospitalized as a result of the accident. The report from the Georgia State Patrol was not ready, however, on Tuesday, but some information was available. The drivers were Salim Fazal of Suwanee who was driving…
You may have seen something new to Jasper County in recent weeks…we at The News office did, so we contacted Sheriff Donnie Pope and confirmed what we had seen—a motorcycle officer—then decided to sit down and talk with Officer J.T. Wood. Officer Wood joined the Jasper County Sheriff’s office last October, on a part time…
Last Tuesday’s Jasper Superior Court motion day session saw several defendants sentenced to time in confinement for criminal offenses. Judge Allison Burleson was presiding. Lola Grogan-Lindsey was sentenced to 30 years with the first 12 years in confinement for manufacturing methamphetamine less than 200 grams as a count of trafficking methamphetamine was nolle prossed. She…
Monticello Downtown Development Authority members are busy preparing for their Summer Kickoff Party and Downtown Bounce event planned for Saturday, May 21 on the Square. The event will kickoff a lists of events planned each month through December including Downtown Live music concerts and movies on the Square. The kickoff event will begin at 4…
Graduation season is here! I can remember my graduation well. There were off and on storms most of the day, but the Lord provided us a window of opportunity that May evening, and the graduating class of 2003 was able to have their moment as graduates. A few of my fellow classmates (no names will…
Just when we think there cannot be anything new, we get slapped right upside the head with a first. This past Saturday if you happened to be watching the 148th Kentucky Derby, you saw a whole bunch of firsts. 1. The horse named Rich Strike, never in the Kentucky Derby before, got his chance when…
Three Jasper County High School Hurricane Track athletes will be competing at the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) State Track & Field Championships. Geralynn Benton, Jakara Tobler, and Brianna Dalton all qualified for the state competition, which begins today, May 12 at Kinnett Stadium in Columbus, Georgia. The athletes qualified for the state meet as…
Politics! Some of us profess we hate them! But, let’s face it, politics are a part of life. And right now, when early voting is under way and the General Primaries and Non-Partisan Election Day is less than two weeks away, we’re faced with decisions to make, and, for many of us, homework to do,…
Margaret Sue Avant Clifford, age 69, of Hillsboro, passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at Grady Hospital in Atlanta. Sue Clifford was born on November 16, 1952 in Eatonton, to the late Herman Glover Avant and Sybil Williams Avant. She was a lifelong resident of Jones County. In addition to her parents, she was preceded…