The Jasper County Commission Thursday voted to adopt the schools millage rate, a formality necessary for the county to collect taxes. The school board voted Monday, July 8, to set its millage rate at 17.99 mills, so the county adopted that Thursday. That was all the action the school took at Monday’s called meeting.The commissioners…
USAF (Ret.) Lt. Colonel Thomas E. Brazil, of Newborn, passed away July 8, 2019, at the age of 80. Tom was a native Georgian, born in LaGrange and raised in Atlanta. He attended Atlanta public schools and graduated from Georgia Tech. Tom and his wife, Marene, had three children: Tom, Jr., a teacher in Douglas…
Alton M. Standifer will join the staff of the Office of the President at the University of Georgia on July 15 as assistant to the president. Mr. Standifer presently serves as director of new student orientation and associate director of undergraduate admissions. “Alton will be a tremendous addition to our staff,” said President Jere W.…
A quorum of Monticello City Council members approved the selection of Timothy Young as the new city manager during Tuesday evening’s brief regular meeting. The vote passed 3-0 with approvals from Mayor Pro Tem Stone Workman, Jenny Murphy, and David Wease as Cynthia Miller abstained from the vote. Mayor Bryan Standifer and Larry Thurman were…
Thefts were at perhaps an all time low this week, as only a financial identity fraud was reported to the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) in the last week. However, crime always continues, and the following people were booked in to the Jasper County Jail in the last week. Those people, and their charges, include:…
Jasper County High school (JCHS) seniors Tony Vargas-Miguel and Cole Smith will be included in a group of five area students that will showcase on July 12 what they have learned during this summer’s Georgia College Young Scientists Academy. The program started in 2005 to expose academically-motivated and underrepresented youth to university-level science. The five…
Keldrick Davis is young, well mannered, and professional. The Monticello resident was born and raised here, left to obtain his post-secondary education, then returned here to begin his career, and make an immediate impact on the community. Upon graduating from Waycross Community Junior College and Thomas University with a degree in interdisciplinary studies in sports,…
One of the issues candidates running for statewide or national office like to champion is help for veterans. Promises made on the campaign trail, however, typically don’t see results once those candidates are in office. The Veterans Administration (VA) hospital system continues to be not up to par and it’s not necessarily because of those…
Though the summer season technically just started (June 21), its half over for school-aged children around these parts as well as the parents (me) who have to rise and shine a wee bit earlier on school days to make sure their tots are tidy. I know my kids enjoy their lazy, laid back summer days.…
What parent hasn’t heard that lament from their child during Summer vacation? Just imagine what their teachers have heard every day at school. Vacation for me was going to my grandparents house, getting to gather eggs, pick blackberries and helping my grandmother put another layer of wallpaper on her walls. Literally, when you pressed on…