A search warrant was executed at a residence on Herring Gull Court in the Rollingwood Cove area last Wednesday, July 31, according to information received form the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) Methamphetamine, digital scales, packaging materials and unlawfully possessed Schedule II and IV prescription drugs were discovered resulting in the following arrests and charges…
The ministry of the Monticello First United Methodist Church has recently been assumed by the Rev. Stephen Soulen, who replaced Dr. John Brown, who was reassigned to a church in Toccoa. The Methodist utilize what is referred to as Itinerant System, for assignments and reassignments to churches, conducted on a yearly basis by the Bishop…
Jeffery Sean Kidd, II, who was on probation for three charges of burglary in 2011 was back in Superior Court Tuesday, with Judge Hulane E. George, presiding. Mr. Kidd was found to have violated the conditions of his probation via the new charges of criminal damage to government property, curfew violations and failure to pay…
I’m fixing to figure out which word to use. Do I use “was” or do I use “were?” Do I say “who” or do I say “whom?” Do I use “that” or do I use “which?” I distinctly remember my English teacher instructing us when we ought to use this word or that one and…
When I was a pastor I always had a time before the pastoral prayer for church members to share what I called celebrations and concerns. Celebrations were testimonies of what the Lord had done for you. Concerns were what you or others were going through at a particular time and how you genuinely solicited the…
Welcome back to school Jasper County students! The first recorded newspaper article about area students returning to school was in the Macon Telegraph in January, 1827. Back then, over 186 years ago, there was a Male Academy and a Female Academy here. The schools combined later and the founding fathers bought land and built a…
Although I love being in a regular routine, and by a routine I mean doing what I want when I want to; it still requires some preparation and commitment. Going back to school doesn’t have to be a transitional nightmare. In fact, getting into a routine can be a welcome change and an ideal way…
Charlie Clenton Allen, 73, of Eatonton, died Monday, August 5, 2013, at Coliseum Northside Hospital in Macon. Mr. Allen was born in Walton County and moved to Monticello 60 years ago. His parents were the late Charles William Allen and Ruth Harp Allen. He was a member of Smithboro Baptist Church. He enjoyed the outdoors…
Martha Elizabeth Donald Cruce, 88, of Monticello, formerly of Swainsboro, died Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, at her residence. Mrs. Cruce was born in Hamilton, Ga. to the late Harry Hinton Donald and Martha Elizabeth Folds Donald. She was married for 55 years to the late Jesse Davis Cruce. Mrs. Cruce worked many years with the…
The Emergency Medical Service (EMS) committee named by the commissioners to study EMS options for the county heard from Fire Chief Jarret Slocumb and EMS Director Ellitte Jackson at its meeting last week. Only three voting members of the committee were present—the EMS representative Gary Norton, the Turtle Cove representative, Skip Davis, and the Shady…