The Jasper County Commissioners spent much time at their regular meeting Monday discussing violations of the county’s planning & zoning ordinances and noise ordinance.Planning & Zoning Director Shane Sealy brought an update on Bennett Cove, saying that he is going to start citing them each time there is a violation. Bennett Cove is a property…
Last Tuesday, July 5, officers with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office arrested Kristen Autumn Biddy, 22, Milton James Jeffery, 26, Deborah Faye Lyon, 59 and Kent Anthony Miller, 32, all of Monticello. These arrests were made in the parking lot of the A-1 foods store on Forsyth St. and were the result of a narcotics…
More than 250 people had voted by Wednesday morning in the run-off election for Chief Magistrate. Tim Lam and Angie Steele remain in the race for Chief Magistrate, and the run-off election is set for July 26. Early voting began July 5, and Chief Registrar Carole Norris said they are averaging 40-50 people daily. In…
Retired Major and Mrs. Norman D. Gibson (better known as Doug and Louise) were honored recently by a surprise 70th wedding anniversary at Milazzo’s Restaurant in Covington. Their two sons and wives, Steve and Shiela Gibson of Peachtree City and Ernest and Missy Gibson of Lake Lanier hosted the event. All four grandchildren and all…
The Monticello City Council was presented road signage from Otis Clark and other members of the American Legion Post 110 recognizing the City of Monticello as a Purple Heart City, during their business meeting Tuesday. Mr. Clark along with Legion Members Skip Davis, Bill Zaluska, Fred Paul, and Billy Johnson presented signs to Monticello Mayor…
It was a long day in Jasper Superior Court last Tuesday as Judge E. Trenton Brown, III, presided over the motion day and arraignment calendar cases. Marilyn Ann Armstrong was sentenced to five years in confinement as a result of judgements on two separate criminal cases. For concealing a sexual offender, she was sentenced to…
J. Ross Hays qualified to run for County Commission District 3 during the independent qualifying period last week. Mr. Hays is challenging incumbent Republican Commissioner Gene Trammell. They will face off in the November election. Mr. Hays filed the appropriate paperwork and the required number of signatures to be an independent candidate on the ballot.…
A Jasper County Grand Jury reconvened June 30 to review criminal presentments from the February 2016 term. A total of 34 bills of indictment were reviewed with 32 of those being true billed. The Grand Jury of 20 completed the following actions last Thursday: Gabriel Richards, indicted on 11 counts including reckless driving, failure to…
Recently, my pastor preached barefoot. A number of years back, another pastor of mine wore shorts to Sunday morning worship. To my recollection, which sometimes fails me, I’ve never preached barefoot or in shorts. There are reasons for this—I have chicken legs and extremely ugly toes. In light of this, I am not of the…
Jasper County deputies were called to several reports of theft in the last week. On Tuesday, deputies responded to an address on Pitts Chapel Road in Newborn where someone entered an auto and took a chain saw, rope, climbing belt and climbing spikes. On Monday, deputies were called to a theft by taking on Dolly…