I get so frustrated when I grocery shop; especially when I am perusing the canned and frozen food aisles. Food manufacturers must assume we are all stupid or at best unable to read and discern the nutritional content on the labels.It’s criminal really. It can be perceived that food manufacturers are profiting off a society…
We are continuing to move quickly in Atlanta as the Georgia General Assembly moved through day 21 of the legislative session. This week bills continued to move through the legislative process, the Senate took up the amended budget and I was able to welcome multiple special guests to visit the Capitol. Last week it was…
Kelvin Bernard “Nard” Freeman was born on October 2, 1975 in Madison. He received his education from the Jasper County School System in Monticello. Later, he received a degree in phlebotomy and became a Medical Assistant. “Nard,” as he was affectionately known, was employed with Primecare Company until his health failed. He died on Thursday,…
Gertie Holmes Layson, native of Hiawassee and longtime resident of Eatonton, died Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. She was born on September 9, 1931, to the late Truman Holmes and the late Stella Brown Holmes. Gertie is survived by her husband, Van, who she married on June 2, 1951 at the First United Methodist Church parsonage…
Bettie Ann Allen Speer, 69, of McDonough, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, at the Sacred Journey Hospice in McDonough. Mrs. Speer, the third child of Charles and Ruth Allen, was born in Monroe, Walton County, Georgia. She was educated in the Georgia Public School System. On December 19, 1959, she married Hulon Speer, a union…
OFFICIALS GATHER FOR WEATHER BRIEFING TUESDAY County, city and emergency officials met at the Jasper County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Tuesday morning for a weather briefing from the National Weather Service to determine what the impending weather was likely to do, and how it will impact Jasper County. The National Weather Service at Peachtree City…
A Jasper County Grand Jury convened Monday, Feb. 10, and heard evidence which caused them to issue True Bills of Indictment on seven individuals. An indictment by a Grand Jury is not an indication of guilt or innocence, but rather that sufficient evidence was presented to warrant taking the case to trial, unless a plea…
Three recent criminal incident reports by the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) have taken place in the same general area. On February 5, a property owner on Hodges Farm Road reported the theft of various tools and a Craftsman lawnmower. Also, on February 4 a resident on Henderson Mill Road reported the theft of Honda…
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