The Jasper County Board of Education members honored the Jasper County Middle School Boys Basketball team for its championship win and for being #1 in the PAC Conference this season, at the beginning of their regular meeting Tuesday night.Team members and Coach Yelberton Frazier were in attendance and thanked the board on behalf of Coach…
Several people entered pleas Tuesday in Jasper Superior Court, presided over by Judge Hugh Wingfield, during a review of the trial calendar. Sentencing was as follows: •David Tinsley, Jr., sentenced to 15 years, with seven to serve and the balance on probation for guilty pleas to three counts of sale of cocaine, possession of a…
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office reported few arrests this week, with it being a relatively quiet week for crime. Those booked into the Detention Center include: •Andrew Jackson Reid, 33, Monticello—driving while license suspended or revoked. •Walter Mead Carter, 62, Monticello—public drunkenness, loitering or prowling and obstruction of an officer. •Keyshawn Ramon Jackson, 19, Covington—failure…
Jasper County firefighters have been busy during the last week, responding to three structure fires and a stove fire over three days. The first call was last Thursday morning, about 1 a.m. when firefighters were called to Bragg Road and the call was a shed/living quarters was on fire. The building was a total loss,…
DEPUTY POUND, SHERIFF POPE, DR. JORDAN (L-R) Jasper County Sheriff Donnie Pope presented plaques to Deputy Cam Pound and Jasper County resident Dr. Wiley Jordan for their acts of heroism on February 6 when they climbed into a burning car and pulled the occupant to safety. The incident occurred February 6 on Hillsboro Street, and…
Seuss On The Loose, the annual literacy festival/fund raiser for Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy in Jasper County will be held Saturday, March 7, from 10 a.m. to noon at Jasper County High School, 14477 Hwy. 11 North, Monticello. Ferst Foundation mails an age-appropriate book to all children from birth to five years old who…
I’m Fixin’ To Play Dead (Part 38) I figured my goose was cooked when I just about ran over that state trooper as I was making my hasty exit from the Fina gas station between Selma and Montgomery. I had gone in to pay while Louise pumped gas into the car in order for us…
Weather is a funny thing. We complain about it. We wish it was warmer in the winter. In the summer it’s too hot. My baby, Emily, has just moved to Colorado, arriving last Saturday. It was interesting as I checked the weather on my phone Saturday afternoon—it was 55 degrees in Monticello, in Jacksonville, Fla.,…
Every once in a while do you sneak a peek at your horoscope? Most of the time, it is food for thought. Today for us Sagittarius, who are known to have itchy feet when it comes to travel, the horoscope was, “Even the strongest bug spray can’t kill off your travel bug.” How true! Travel…
Hello to all of my friends in District 129! The Georgia General Assembly has completed 15 of 40 legislative days. The closer we come to day 40, the more hectic the Capitol gets! Just imagine 236 legislators, 2,000 lobbyists and bus loads of visitors on the third floor of one building—all of whom have a…