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Judge William Prior, Jr. presided over the Jasper Superior Court motion day, criminal, and arraignment calendars last Tuesday. With many of the cases continued, Judge Prior ruled on a dozen criminal cases with the following sentences. Ricky Dale Johnson was sentenced to 180 days in Jasper County jail (JCJ) for driving while license suspended which…
“Today, you shall be with me in paradise” … Luke 23:43 Alice Joan Duke Garvey was born on the 25th of December, 1930 in Mountain View, GA. She was the second child of Ruth Hendricks and General Blanco Duke. Being nine years younger than her brother, E. Vance Duke, she was raised almost as an…
So what’s with all the hubbub about Harry and Meghan, Prince Harry that is, or the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, as they are formally titled or maybe formerly known. Now I don’t propose to know much about how the British Royals function but I do know it’s mostly pomp and circumstance intertwined a small…
Preparation is key to so many things we do. I have learned on our construction mission trips that when you start to hang sheet rock on a wall or ceiling, you must prepare the layout and think through the best way to run the sheets. Otherwise, you will end up with a mess before it’s…
Many of us took a long path to get here. You never know what is around the corner, will it be good or bad, make you take another path, no one knows. Every year as the Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday celebration approaches I remember where I was on April 4th, 1968 when he was…
The calendar reads mid-January which means we are still weeks from spring. Granted Old Man Winter has not arrived in full force yet and hopefully he will not. As of this writing we have not had temperatures in the teens or lower. Yes it has rained a good bit, too much for my liking, but…
Piedmont Academy’s varsity boys basketball team more than held its own against visiting Furtah Prep on Jan. 7. The Cougars pushed the two-time state champion to the limit before falling 64-56 in overtime. The game was tied at 54 after regulation but Furtah Prep used a 10-2 run in the overtime to secure the victory.…
It was a busy as well as a successful stretch for the Piedmont Academy varsity girls basketball team in recent days. The Lady Cougars defeated Young Americans 47-27 at home last Thursday behind 15 points by Sydney Stroud. Madison Johnson and Haley Ann Frank both scored seven points while Maddie Waddleton added five points. Jayden…
GAIL HARRELL, JOE REITMAN The Monticello City Council Tuesday convened for the first time with Gail Harrell serving as Mayor Pro-tem. She was elected last November, and participated in a called meeting last week, but was actually sworn in at Tuesday’s meeting. City Attorney Joe Reitman swore Mrs. Harrell in before a packed house in…