I’m Fixin’ To present part 43 of Southern Justice:After Chris’ confession of lying, his explanation of the circumstance which led up to his untruthfulness, and his promise to never lie to Patty again, it must have rang of genuine regretfulness and sorrow, because no sooner had the words flowed from his lips that Patty took…
What do you think of when you read the following: “Anticipation”? OK. Maybe it’s more like: “Anticipation. Anticipa -a -tion. It’s making me wait.” Do you remember? That’s right…ketchup. More specifically, Heinz Ketchup. (You can Youtube it if you don’t understand why anyone would think of ketchup.) The marketing effort was to demonstrate how “thick…
Quoting is an attempt, sometimes futile, to “engage another’s words to decorate text,” using quotation marks either literally or those in the air to delineate the ultimate purpose of the writer or speaker to frankly, add some glitter and wow without using many brain cells. Fifty years ago one could call upon memory or the…
Part of living in a rural community is the possibility of being transported by air ambulance to an appropriate facility either for a traumatic injury or needing a higher level of care for a medical emergency. Depending on which part of the county a traumatic injury might occur, the nature of the injury itself, time…
I’m not exactly sure when I first heard Art Bell’s overnight radio show. It was sometime in the 1990s when I stumbled upon Bell’s program which aired from 1-5 a.m. on the east coast. As the show centered all kinds of mysterious and spooky subjects, I was immediately hooked. This was a radio talk show…
Jasper County Middle School (JCMS) has selected Amanda Billings as its Teacher of the Year and LaToya Johnson as its Support Person of the Year. Both of these ladies work tirelessly for the good of all students at JCMS. Mrs. Billings received her degree in Special Education at Georgia College & State University and has…
Jasper County High School will host a Fine Arts Night today, May 3 in the JCHS auditorium. The art show will begin at 6 p.m. and the band will perform at 7 p.m. There will be more than 100 student art works on exhibit and several songs by the high school bands.
CONNIE JENKINS, CHANCE SIMPSON Chance Simpson went to his senior prom last week. And, he’ll graduate from Georgia Connections Academy on May 31. What’s so unusual about this? Chance is only 13 years old. Chance began attending Georgia Connections Academy in the fourth grade after attending Covington Academy and Red Oak School where he began…
More than 20 people have voted in person, and 25 by absentee as of Wednesday morning after early voting opened Monday morning. Early voting continues weekdays through May 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the basement of the Courthouse. Also, voters may choose to vote on Saturday, May 12, from 9 a.m. to…
Judge E Trenton Brown, III presided over the arraignment and motion day calendars in Jasper Superior Court last Tuesday. The judge doled out jail time for three new offenders in addition to revoking probation for a handful of repeat offenders. Sentences include: Lontavious Nelson, sentenced to two years in confinement for identity fraud. Shelby Kirk,…