Piedmont Academy’s football team completed spring practice last week on a positive note, and will now look to summer conditioning as the 2013 season rapidly approaches.“It was a good spring,” said coach Rhett Farmer. “We found out a lot about who can play fullback and that was one of our main objectives.”The team is still…
On Saturday May 11, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office held the first trash pick-up detail on Hwy. 212 West near the Newton County line. The program was organized to benefit Jasper County and is a collaborative effort including the Jasper County’s Sheriff Office, Judicial Alternatives of Georgia “JAG” probation and the Jasper County Probate, Magistrate…
COACH STEPHEN COX, KELDRICK DAVIS Keldrick Davis, a basketball player for South Georgia State College’s (SGSC) Waycross Campus, has signed a letter-of-intent to continue his basketball career at Thomas University in Thomasville. Davis, a 6’0” redshirt sophomore from Monticello, played two seasons for the former Waycross College Swamp Foxes. He averaged 4.5 points and 3.5…
Monday, May 27th, is the day that we, all of us, remember our fallen heroes, those who never got to say goodbye, those who gave their lives in defending our freedoms. In Jasper County, our cemeteries hold the remains of fallen heroes dating back to the American Revolutionary War through the current conflicts. Show your…
The church in which I was baptized, confirmed and received my call into the ministry, built a new sanctuary in 1966. There is a plaque in the vestibule with my Dad’s name and all of the members of the building committee of the church. When the new sanctuary was built the families of the church…
I’m fixin to let my imagination run away with me. When I was a kid and came up with some outlandish or harebrained idea my momma would tell me it was just my imagination running away with me. It turned out later on that the Temptations recorded a song by that title and it reigned…
My daughter hasn’t quite figured out the importance of comfortable shoes. I think she feels sorry for me because my shoe purchases have gone from stylish to orthopedic. Although it is vitally important for runners and walkers to care for their feet, anyone that spends extended time on their feet will benefit from proper care.…
Jasper County Board of Commissioners conducted a budget meeting Tuesday evening to review the proposed budget for the FY2014. The meeting, which followed a work session, was attended by a packed auditorium of spectators. Commissioners, under the direction of former and current interim County Manager Lorri Smith, reviewed specific line items in the proposed budget…
SUSPECT A five hundred dollar reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the persons responsible for vandalism committed at the Turtle Cove Clubhouse early last Tuesday morning, May 15. Motion cameras captured images of two of the three vandals at approximately 2:30 am on the above mentioned date. The…
There were several fires in Jasper County over the weekend beginning with a fire call Friday night at a deer camp on Juliette Rd. off Hwy. 83 south, just after 9 a.m. Upon arriving on the scene, the homeowner had the fire out which started in the stove, and personnel from stations 3 Monticello, 4…