Jasper County High School HOSA is thrilled to announce 10 students have advanced to the HOSA State Leadership Conference.Five students have already completed the first round of state testing and have placed in the top 5 in Region 7. SLC will be held at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, March 6-8. The HOSA competition challenges…
On February 8, 10 students from Jasper County High School traveled to the University of Georgia Continuing Education Center in Athens to compete in the Northeast Region National History Day competition. Students were charged with completing a research project. Presenters could choose to participate from one of five categories: exhibit, website, documentary, paper, or performance.…
By Spc. Kiera-Grace Belanger 124th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment The unit colors of the largest brigade in the Georgia Army National Guard changed hands in a ceremony held February 2 in Macon. U.S. Army Col. Jason Baker relinquished command of the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) to Col. Nathaniel Stone, who hails from nearby…
The Jasper County Commissioners met briefly Wednesday, Feb. 5, taking only one action. After some discussion, they voted to dissolve the moratorium on non-conforming lots development. The motion was made by District 5 Commissioner Steven Ledford and seconded by District 1 Commissioner Shelia Pounds. It reverses action taken Monday, Feb. 3 which put a moratorium…
Judge Alison Burleson presided over the February 4 Jasper Superior Court criminal session. The following cases were resolved at that time: Gregory S. Walton, sentenced to 15 years with the first six months in Jasper County jail for homicide by vehicle in the first degree. Another count of homicide by vehicle was nolle pressed as…
The full body of the Monticello City Council covered a lot of ground Tuesday night taking action on a plethora of agenda items prior to meeting with new attorney Chris Miranda for the purpose of litigation and personnel, after which more action was taken. The first action following the executive session was to amend their…
A individual was found dead at the Jasper County Jail on the morning of February 2, and when The News learned the information, from the 911 reports, we questioned the sheriff’s office. The reply was the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is investigating so talk to them. Calls were not returned last week, but on…
Carole Tyler, the long-time secretary at my alma mater, phoned me last Thursday morning and while I hoped against hope the news was not bad, I almost expected it to be. Unfortunately, I was right. Ms. Tyler was calling to tell me that a member of my high school graduation class — the Class of 1989 —…
In 2005 I was a full-time youth pastor for a large church in Covington Georgia. As part of our ministry, we took two major trips each year – one in the summer to North Carolina for white water rafting, tubing, fishing, and horseback riding; and in the winter we returned to Spruce Pine to go…
The Jasper County Commission held five public hearings at its regular meeting Monday evening, and handled several items of business, making for a long night as they met from 6 p.m. to 9:40 p.m. The crowd at the well-attended meeting had dwindled by the time the meeting ended, but several stayed for the duration. The…