Piedmont Academy’s varsity baseball team ventured to Bethlehem Christian Academy Tuesday afternoon for a rematch from the season opener against the Knights.This time the outcome favored BCA, the two-time defending GISA Class A champion, as the Knights took a 6-4 win. Piedmont, the defending AA champion, had won the season opener between the two teams…
The Hurricane boy’s soccer team, coached by Michael Cooper, beat the Bleckley boys’ team 7-0 last week in a home match at Rose Bowl field. Kelly Jaramillo scored 2 goals with 1 assist; Jose Luis also scored 2 goals and had 2 assists. Zach Daniel scored 1 goal with 1 assist, while Noe Ortiz scored…
Applications are now available for the Kiwanis Art Showcase and Les Steele Talent Show scheduled for Friday, March 20, at 6 p.m. at the Jasper County High School auditorium, 14477 Hwy. 11 north, Monticello. All art, music, dance, theater, gymnastic and other types of acts are encouraged to enter. Applications are available now at the…
Taylor Edwards has been named STAR student for Jasper County High School, and she chose as her STAR teacher, band teacher Chris Savage. Cheyenne Galloway was named Piedmont Academy’s STAR student, and she chose her mother, Beth Galloway, as her STAR teacher. The Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) program is sponsored locally by the Monticello…
Katherine Rogers, 93, of Eatonton passed away at her residence on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. Katherine was born in Newborn, Ga., on July 4, 1921 to the late Troy Lee and Ludie B. Thomason Henderson. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, James Donald Rogers, and daughter, Gwen Haynes. In her spare time…
Members of Central Georgia Electric Membership Corporation (CGEMC) can again be delighted with their electrical rates. The most recently released Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) Winter 2015 Residential Rate Survey shows a CGEMC member who uses 2,000 kWh per month would pay $49.64 less than a Georgia Power customer and $61.47 less than the average…
Deputies with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office are investigating several incidents of wrongdoing over the last week or so. One of the most perplexing, which the JCSO could use the public’s help with, is a case of an apparent hit and run though a fence that resulted in a horse getting out and subsequently being…
Daylight Saving Time is here. Agent Tibia Williams of State Farm Insurance Agency and the Georgia Arson Control Board would like to remind citizens in Jasper County to change the batteries in their smoke detectors when they move their clocks forward an hour for Daylight Saving Time. Daylight Saving Time starts on Sunday, March 8,…
Our members are marching into Spring! Join us Thursday, March 5, for Business After Hours from 5-7 p.m., at Southern Crescent Technical College, a Chamber of Commerce member. This is a great networking event that will give you an opportunity to see this wonderful facility in Jasper County. Dr. Randall Peters, President of Southern Crescent…