It’s here. I know summer officially doesn’t arrive for another month but this week has certainly had a feel of summer to it. The sun, the blue sky, the end of another school year and the afternoon temperature creeping near 90 are just some of the indicators that summer is just around the corner (or…
Greetings friends! It has been wonderful to be home with you after spending three months in Atlanta for the 2017 session, which ended nearly two months ago! Although session is complete, our work for the year is far from over, as we continued to work with the Governor’s office in hopes of getting our bills…
The Piedmont Academy baseball team ventured a long way from home last Friday but the return trip was a good one. The Diamond Cougars swept Citizens Christian in a quarterfinal round best-of-three series and are now set for the semifinals in the GISA Class AA playoffs. Piedmont earned 12-0 and 8-0 victories against Citizens Christian…
Members from the Piedmont Academy FFA Chapter attended the 89th annual Georgia State FFA Convention in Macon recently. FFA members in attendance at the state convention were (left to right) Mitch Marsh, Clayton Carter, Grayson Bradley, Preston Tyler, Brice Dodson, Anne Marie Hildebrant, Dalton Whitley, Rylee Owens, Beau Bradley, Lawton Harris, and (not pictured) Wyatt…
Recently, Jasper County High School hosted its “Fine Arts Night” event at the JCHS Theater, where the band students performed four sets. Band director Chris Savage emceed the concert portion of the event and directed the performances with his usual aplomb. The “Hurricane Breeze Steel Drum Ensemble” opened up the evening’s musical efforts with pop…
FAMILY DOLLAR IS OPEN AND OPERATING THIS WEEK AFTER ROBBERY SUNDAY An armed robbery was reported at the Family Dollar Store on Greene Street at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday, May 14. An armed individual entered the store and demanded the money from the register and safe, said the announcement from the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office…
Approximately 150 residences in Monticello were without power most of the day last Wednesday after this tree fell on Eatonton Street. Those residences were in the areas of Blue Ruin, Eatonton Street, Hwy. 16 east, old Hwy. 212, and part of Five Points. The property owner had hired a tree service to cut down the…
This coming Sunday is set aside by the United States to celebrate mothers. Being a mother to someone does not necessarily mean the child is a natural child. Children are raised by many others besides their natural mothers, adoptive, foster, step, grandmothers, and other relatives. When a child is born, they come with an instruction…
In Psalms 46.10, we learn that God desires for us to be still and know that He is God. Being still in our lives is not easy, is it? Someone or something constantly pulls us in one direction or another. Many of us find ourselves unable to think clearly about anything because of the busyness…
Back in 2008 I had the opportunity to meet a young person who would quickly become a big part of my life although I certainly could not and would not have predicted it at the time. When the owners of the newspaper company I worked for began preparing to launch a new publication I was…