You are ignoring children in need.Abused. Beaten. Neglected. Starved. Abandoned. Children living in fear. Children in need. Children placed into foster care. At any given day, there are over 500,000 children placed in foster care in the United States. Each of these children has suffered immeasurable hurt, unimaginative pain, and unspeakable horrors from those who…
The Piedmont Academy baseball team is now halfway on its journey to a three-peat. The Diamond Cougars swept Grace Christian of Bainbridge last week in the GISA Class AA state playoffs and are now preparing for the semifinal best-of-three series against Southwest Georgia Academy. Piedmont will host the semifinal matchup with a doubleheader Friday beginning…
Robert Marshall Norman, Sr. (K4GRD), age 73, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2016 with his beloved wife beside him. His love for amateur radio helped to guide his profession and life for over 50 plus years. He belonged to Florida Amateur Radio Transmitting Society, Winter Haven Amateur Radio Club, American Radio Relay League (Life Member),…
Jasper County deputies responded to numerous thefts in the last week, including a burglary in progress on Deer Run Circle in Newborn. There they arrested Kenneth Lee Rickett and charged him with burglary and public drunkenness. They also responded to the report of a burglary on Morrow Road in Newborn where firearms totaling more than…
Nearly 450 of the 7,000 registered active voters in the county had taken advantage of early voting as of mid-day Tuesday, with early voting continuing through 4:30 p.m. tomorrow, May 20. Any registered voter who does not vote by Friday may go to their regular polling place Tuesday, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and…
Graduation ceremonies for the local schools are set this weekend in Monticello. A special section saluting all the members of the Class of 2016 is included inside today’s paper. Jasper County High School will have its commencement exercises this Friday, May 20, at 7 p.m., on Rose Bowl field, weather permitting. In the case of…
Hoyt Malcom Howard, 90, of Morgan County, died April 25, 2016. He was born in Walton County to Alma and Horace Howard on August 31, 1925, and was a life resident of Morgan County. He was married to Norma Ruth Broach for more than 60 years before she preceded him in death. He loved his…
I’m Fixin’ To Present Part 36 of The Second Doublewide on the Right: On the way back to his hotel near the Atlanta Airport, Quantavious stopped at a barbecue joint and picked up half a slab of ribs with sides of beans and slaw, all to go. Later on, as he lay in his motel…
All of us, well, those of us raised by proper Southern mamas know that it is a requirement of citizenship in the South to plant, you say tomatos, I say tomatoes, every year. When discussing tomato planting heated discussions can evolve about when, where, and how to plant them. Surely in this day and time,…
Lady Hurricane Alina Jablonski placed fifth overall in the 3200 meter run and 11th overall in the 1600 meter run during the Georgia High School Association’s (GHSA) girls state finals competition held last weekend in Albany. Also competing for the Lady Canes last weekend were Talia Norwood in the 200 meter dash and Kamia Thomas…