ITEMS FOUND IN VEHICLE OF MICHAEL JONES OF COVINGTON SATURDAY A Jasper County Sheriff’s Deputy conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle with an improper tag last Sunday, March 11, about 11 p.m.The driver had a juvenile son in the vehicle with him at the time of the traffic stop. A consent search of the…
The Jasper County Commissioners sat down with Shady Dale Mayor Larry Champion and Monticello Mayor Bryan Standifer along with Monticello Mayor Pro-Tem Stone Workman and City Councilman David Wease Monday to discuss service delivery strategy. Also at the table were County Manager Mike Benton, Shady Dale City Clerk Lyn McLaurin, and county attorney David Ozburn.…
Incumbent Lewis Rice and Challenger Misty Ledford will vie for the District 5 School Board seat in the pri election to be held May 22. For District 3, Dr. Shannon Barton is unopposed as is Towonder Dennis in District 1. For county commission, there are no contested races. Incumbent Bruce Henry qualified for his seat…
JASPER DELEGATION FOR FACEBOOK ANNOUNCEMENT Gov. Nathan Deal has announced that Facebook will create at least 100 full-time jobs and invest $750 million in a new data center in Stanton Springs over the next five years. New jobs will include positions in engineering and management, as well as opportunities for data center technicians. “Georgia’s business-friendly…
Members of the Monticello City Council heard the first reading of an ordinance from Mayor Pro Tem Stone Workman, stating that the city will release code enforcement back to Jasper County and take the funds that were budgeted for that service, around $31,000 and distribute to the citizens back on their January utilities for any…
TAYLOR WAGES Taylor Wages is headed to HOSA International Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas in June to represent Jasper County High School HOSA. Taylor competed at HOSA State Leadership Conference March 8-10 in the Home Health Aide event and placed third in the state. This qualified her for moving on to compete this summer in…
Shirley Inez Moody Edwards, age 69, passed away Thursday, March 1, 2018, at Abbey Hospice in Social Circle. Shirley Edwards was born in Montgomery, Ala. to the late William Randol Moody and Trudy Inez Sexton Moody. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her baby brother, William Randol Moody, Jr. Shirley grew…
Today, March 8th, is International Woman’s Day. In Italy this day is known as Festa della Donna (how poetic), and on this day this column is usually devoted to a special woman who changed history. Not today. While reading the history of Jasper County, there were famous men, but never famous women. The old saying,…
Growing up in Monticello, GA, there were some plights highlighted in other cities that we didn’t worry much about. People sleeping on the streets, homeless shelters, soup kitchens and clothing giveaways were brought to our attention on the evening news or some television special. Many times if we wanted to encounter these experiences first hand,…
I’m Fixin’ To present part 35 of Southern Justice: Ray McKinley, B. Wendell Hormel’s stooge and security agent was at home in his one-bedroom apartment Sunday night watching a re-run of Monday Night Raw in TV. Dressed in boxer shorts, socks and a weathered once white T-shirt, he was sipping on his fourth Pabst Blue…