The Jasper County Sheriff’s office is investigating a report of theft by deception this week, along with two cases of identification fraud. Few other criminal reports were entered in the last week, but numerous persons were arrested on various charges. They include:•Jason Edward Waggoner, 44, Eatonton—public indecency.•Artagus Davarius Manning, 30, Monticello—sale of marijuana and probation…
Starr Batchelor and Ashley Devane, singing, signing and playing guitar placed first at the annual Monticello Kiwanis Club Les Steele Talent Showcase held Friday at Jasper County High School. Second place in Class A (high school) went to the brass quartet of Will Robinson, Taylor Edwards, Austin Norwood and Clay Evans, and third place went…
Your Georgia legislators have made it through Crossover Day and are now 10 days from the end of the 2015 legislative session. Crossover Day was the last day for legislation to pass the chamber in which it was introduced in order for it to move to the other chamber for consideration. Now that my colleagues…
A homegoing service for Dena Lucille Thompkins Stinson was held Saturday, March 14, at Greenwood Baptist Church in Shady Dale. Rev. Nicholas Curry, pastor, officiated; Rev. Michelle R. Rizer-Pool was eulogist. Burial was in Community Cemetery, Shady Dale. Mrs. Stinson was born December 9, 1927, the daughter of the late Albert Thompkins and Carrie Thompkins…
Betty Frank Tumlin Williams, age 79, formerly of Monticello, died Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens, Georgia. Betty Williams was born in Madison, to the late Curtis Frank Tumlin and Julia Byrd Teagle Tumlin. She attended West Georgia College for a couple of years. She was a member of Bethel Baptist…
Judge E Trenton Brown, III had a light day in Jasper Superior Court Tuesday. With only three criminal cases on the docket to review and one of those continued, he issued two probation revocations. Melissa Lisvey, sentenced to 180 days in probation detention center for committing new offense of driving under the influence, testing positive…
The Oconee National Forest has earned multiple national ‘Making Tracks’ awards for outstanding conservation education in both individual and group categories. This award recognizes substantial involvement in conservation education programs that highlight wild turkey restoration and management. “The legacy of wild turkeys is strong on this forest,” said District Ranger, Thomas Dozier. “Though education and…
Hello to all of my friends in District 129! Here is the latest report from the Georgia General Assembly. Last week on Capitol Hill was “Crossover Week” as we completed days 28 through 30. Friday, March 13, members of the General Assembly worked frantically to get bills passed out of their respective chamber. Now that…
Dorothy Bauman, age 93, passed away December 15, 2014, in Holland, Mich. She was born in Monticello, Ga., on October 28, 1921 and spent her young life there until she met and married Arthur Bauman of Grand Rapids. Art and Dottie, as she liked to be called, moved to Grand Rapids after they were married.…
An elderly woman apparently walked away from Jasper Memorial Hospital, where she was a patient, Friday evening and got lost, being found in the woods Saturday morning as a emergency officials were preparing for a search party. The hospital first reported the woman missing about 8:45 p.m., and sheriff’s department personnel immediately began a search…