Jasper County Magistrate Court civil and criminal trials were conducted October 4 with the following sentences rendered:During the criminal session, Paula Stinnett was cited for failure to provide humane care x 10, failure to vaccinate animal against rabies x 11, and cruelty to animals x 10. The defendant entered a guilty plea and was fined…
Around September 26 a storm that had matured into a Category 4 hurricane came ashore in the Big Bend of Central Florida. According to news reports it wiped Steinhatchee, Florida off the map. We were driving down the west coast of Florida years ago and happened on this town, not really a town back them,…
I got the call at around 8:30 pm, mountain time zone, that they were being ordered to evacuate due to the forest fire that was now consuming over 15,000 acres of beautiful landscape – and was knocking at the door of Lindsey and Alex’s Skoolie high in the Utah mountains. At that moment, Cheryl and…
Be grateful, for heaven sakes, for all that you have! Don’t let minor inconveniences upset thankful countenance. I pen these words this week after seeing what has happened to so many after Hurricane Helene came through. We were lucky, maybe inconvenienced cause school was out, or there was a tree in our path, but no…
“10 Ways To Survive the Zombie Apocalypse” is the One-Act play that Jasper County High School students will perform for the public on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m, and Sunday, Oct. 20 at 3 p.m. in the Jasper County High School auditorium. The play is called “head rolling one act comedy” by Don Zolidis.…
The cross-country teams traveled to Milledgeville last weekend where they competed in the 8th Annual Braves Invitational at Council Farms. The High School girls varsity team took home first place as a team, beating both Georgia Military College Prep and old region rival, Oglethorpe County. The team’s top five runners for the Canes were Colbie…
The Jasper County High School cross country upperclassman headed to Unicoi State Park last week where they competed in the Mountain Invitational. The course is known for its hill on the back mile, and is also the site for the Class 1A – Division II – Regions 5,6,7,8 and Class 3A – Regions 5,6,7,8 sectional…
For Piedmont Academy and George Walton Academy, it was an old rivalry made new again last week in Monroe. In the end, the host Bulldogs rolled to a 47-6 win against the Cougars. GWA (5-3, 4-1) led 27-6 at halftime after taking control in the second quarter. The Bulldogs returned for the second half with…
Piedmont Academy’s softball team took a 5-1 road win against First Presbyterian Monday in region play. The Lady Cougars (15-3, 7-3) are nearing the end of the regular season and will look to once again make a run at a state title in the postseason. In Monday’s win Teagan Hinson had three hits with a…
The Hurricanes of Monticello welcomed the McNair Mustangs of Dekalb County to the Hurricane Athletic Complex for game number six of the season, and region game number two. Because of Hurricane Helene, the team had an unscheduled bye week before, and a bye week this week, so this made for the only football game in…