Fixin’ to watch Super Bowl? Some watch for the best of the best commercials, some want to be a wing eating champion and in between there is the game. Although none of the Southern teams are in it to win it this year, life goes on.Will 2019 top last years consumption of 1.33 billion wings,…
This Monday marked the beginning of the 155th Georgia General Assembly. It has been an exciting week here under the Gold Dome with Governor Brian P. Kemp’s inauguration kicking things off on Monday. Before legislators headed over to Governor Kemp’s inauguration ceremony, we had a swearing in ceremony ourselves. The first order of business Monday…
Summer, where art thou? The rain and the cold have become bout more than this life-long resident of the South can take. We are firmly in winter’s grasp as of this writing as bitter temperatures moved in Sunday following another day of rain. As I opened the front door of my house early Sunday morning…
The Jasper County High School film class entered the Edventures “Drones for Good” video contest. Teacher Dr. Tyson Harty demonstrated to some of the film class participants how to operate the device for use in the video. Their 90-second film about using drones to make better stories in filmmaking is the only Georgia entry in…
Four Jasper County High School (JCHS) Hurricane Band students participated in the University of Georgia’s 69th annual January High School Band Festival, also known as Janfest, over the past weekend. These students were selected to attend by UGA band staff and spent three days rehearsing music as members of one of eight bands comprised of…
Jasper County High School (JCHS) will present High School Your Way for students and parents on Thursday, Feb. 7 from 6-7 p.m. at the high school. The informative program will provide sessions on interactive Career Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE) demonstrations, dual enrollment and Advanced Placement/Honors courses. Participants will also be able to sign up…
GERALD STUNKEL Businessman Gerald Stunkel of 347 Starling Drive, Monticello, announces he will be running in the upcoming special election for the District 4 County Commissioner seat. Mr. Stunkel has been a resident of Jasper County since 2002, and is the owner of Covered Wagon Trucking, Inc. in Jackson. He is a graduate of the…
Deputies with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office are investigating thefts this week. Last Friday, Paul Spieks reported the theft of two landscape trailers and a 4×4 camo RTV from property at 1001 Edwards Road. They are also looking into a theft by deception dating back to last November. Along with theft by deception, terroristic threats,…
Judge Alison Burleson presided over the arraignment and motion day calendars in Jasper Superior Court last Tuesday. Ethan Todd Riggs was sentenced to eight years with the first 10 days in confinement for five charges including theft by receiving stolen property, fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, driving while license suspended, failure to…
Local residents took to the streets of Monticello Monday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as nationally designated in celebration of the slain civil rights leader and international humanitarian’s birthday. Dr. King would have celebrated his 90th birthday. Some three dozen or so marchers braved the low temperatures and high wind chills to…