This one will hurt for a while.The Atlanta Falcons were seemingly well on their way to their first Super Bowl victory in franchise history. Leading 28-3 with most of the third quarter in the books, the Falcons seemed set to take the stage as professional football’s best team.Why does that famous Yogi Berra quote keep…
Greetings from the Gold Dome! Here is the latest report covering the latest from your House of Representatives! On Monday, January 30th, we reconvened for a hectic fourth week of the 2017 session. Committee and subcommittee hearings were in full swing as we considered various bills. We also addressed measures dealing with public safety and…
Piedmont Academy’s varsity basketball teams were both swept in action last weekend. The Lady Cougars fell to Brentwood 57-15 in Sandersville last Friday before dropping a 36-28 contest to Covenant Academy in Macon on Saturday. Piedmont’s varsity boys, meanwhile, were defeated by both Brentwood (63-49) and Covenant (63-43.) Haley Ann Frank led the Lady Cougars…
THE 1955 JASPER COUNTY TRAINING SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM (Editor’s note: James Campbell is a native of Jasper County who graduated from the Jasper County Training School. He went on to work for the Atlanta Police Department from which he is retired and now adds author to his many accolades. Mr. Campbell has offered to share…
YELLOW LEGS FISHING Jasperite Phillip Jordan is an acclaimed wildlife photographer. The last few years he has concentrated on documenting life along the Altamaha River System, comprised primarily of the Ocmulgee, Oconee, Ohoopee and Altamaha rivers. The following are excerpts from his 2016 river trip journal. This is part three of the series. Tuesday, October…
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) reported no incidents of theft in the last week, although there was vandalism of a church on Post Road. Persons booked into the Jasper County Detention Center during the last week, and their charges, include: •Robert Brian Phillips, 46, Jackson—burglary and theft by taking. •Calvin Heath Ledford, 23, Hazelhurst—probation…
Amber York is Jasper County High School’s Student-Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) award winner, and she chose math teacher Christie McAlum as her STAR teacher. At Piedmont Academy, Wyatt Galloway is the STAR student and his STAR teacher is English teacher Leslie White. Miss York is a senior at Jasper County High School who moved to…
Mary Jane Willis Johnson, age 86, formerly of Covington, passed away Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, at The Retreat Nursing Home in Monticello. Mary Jane Johnson was born in Atlanta, Ga., to the late Tom Willis and Emma Knott Willis. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Alice Cochran; and grandchildren,…
Richard H. Kicklighter, Ed. D. passed away Jan. 25, 2017 at Abbey Hospice after brief stays at Newton and Riverside Healthcare. Much of his convalescence was managed in home by wife and children. Special thanks to Lester Daggs, P.T., Charmaigne and all caregivers who worked with Richard. Mr. Kicklighter was born to Raymond Braxton Kicklighter,…
Mr. Wilbert Allen Smith, age 61, of Jackson, formerly of Monticello, passed away Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 at Westbury Medical Care Home. He was born on Tuesday, June 7, 1955 in Atlanta, to Wilbert Eston Smith and the late Alice Marie Dudley Smith. Allen was of the Pentecostal faith. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. Allen…