The News regrets a mistake published in the February 13 edition listed in the Jasper Superior Court story.Ja’leesia Byrd was listed as having a possession of meth charge but it should have been listed as a possession of marijuana with intent to distribute charge.
Coding is so much fun at Jasper County Primary School (JCPS). Students have been working on coding courses on the online platform code.org. This coding requires coding on a screen and is block based. Students create coding sequences to solve mazes and puzzles by moving colorful blocks. For our beginning readers in kindergarten many of…
The Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) for science include specific standards that address weather. First grade students at Jasper County Primary School (JCPS) are identifying different weather conditions, such as sunny, cloudy, rainy, and windy, and how these change throughout the year. To record data collected, students are color coding weather and weaving those colors…
All classes at WPES started the Malcom Mitchell Read Bowl in January. This friendly competition let each student compete for his/her self, class, grade level, and school. Students recorded minutes of time they spent reading throughout the day including at home. The staff is proud of our students that competed. As a school, 250,000 minutes…
Piedmont Academy’s baseball team has been close in the past few years to claiming more championship hardware. Coach Casey Moody said he believes 2025 could very well be the season the Diamond Cougars take the final steps. “We have definite potential,” Moody said. “We are returning 11 players from the last two Final Four teams.…
The February 2025 term of the Jasper Superior Court Grand Jury reviewed 27 bills of indictment and true-billed 26 of those under the jurisdiction of Judge Stephen Bradley and at the direction of Assistant District Attorney Brent Cochran. Some 23 local citizens served as jurors and reviewed those indictments with the following results: Kelly Garrett…
As patient demand for plasma-derived therapies grows, so does the volume of single-use plastic needed to support plasma collection at scale, and we are investing in innovative solutions to keep our commitments to both patients and the planet, says a press release from Takeda, who hosted an open house last week at Stanton Springs. As…
After winning their quarterfinal games, the boys with a 56-53 win over Social Circle, and the girls with a big rematch win against McNair 52-36, both teams advanced to the semifinals of the Region 4-A tournament, played at Lamar County. The girls faced a tough opponent in Lamar County, whom they had lost to a…