MOTE CATCHES POP FLY, BRADLEY, MCMICHAEL BACK HIM UP The Varsity ’Canes lost a close game to Taylor Co. 3-0 Tuesday after the offense struggled at the plate earning only two hits both from Chase Caron. Pat Clement had 3 stolen bases during the game.Tyler Mote pitched all seven innings in a good game boasting…
Agriculture Commissioner Gary W. Black is warning consumers who purchased kerosene on or after March 31 from Sprint Foods 720 located at 424 South Bellair Road in Martinez not to use the product in their kerosene heaters or lamps. The kerosene is possibly contaminated with gasoline and has the potential to cause an explosion or…
Dreaded April 15th is right around the corner. Let’s digress and think of a simpler time in our life when we were preparing for our big night, no, not when you rush to the post office writing a check on the steering wheel trying to beat the midnight deadline. No, let’s think of that special,…
There were only three minor incidents of crime in the county during the last week, according to information received from the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO). On April 8 a resident on Alcovy Street in Alcovy Shores reported the theft of a metal box containing the title for a Ford Ranger and a Saturn…
Brewton Parker College in Mt. Vernon, Ga. will hold a memorial service this Saturday, April 13 at noon for Kevin Camp and Jonathan Bell, the two young Jasper County men who were killed February 28 in a freak accident while attending the college. Both of the young men were members of Brewton Parker’s baseball team…
Two cars crashed in what was reported as a head on collision Saturday night just before dark on Hwy. 11 North at Seven Islands Road. Christopher Jones was driving a 2008 Chevrolet HHR, and he was cited with failure to maintain lane. Kristina Forbes was driving a 2012 Toyota Prius. Debris from the accident was…
The 2013 preliminary digest reflects a total county value of $320,094,129, as opposed to a value of $324,568,514 in 2012, a reduction of $4,474,385, or a decrease of 1.5 percent, Chief Appraiser Lynn Bentley told the Board of Assessors (BOA) at its regular meeting Tuesday. The digest is the value of all property in the…
Betty Jean Lowe Leach, 86, of Johnson City, Tenn., died Thursday, March 28, 2013, at Signature Healthcare of Buckhead in Atlanta. Mrs. Leach was a lifelong resident of Johnson City, Tenn. Her parents were the late Elbert Hamilton Lowe and Pearl Pippin Lowe. She was a charter member of Midway Baptist Church and served there…
I’m fixing to use some good old fashioned horse sense. Or maybe it’s common sense that I’m fixing to use. I asked my Cousin Elroy what he thought the difference was in horse sense and common sense. He answered my question with a question by wanting to know what my definition of common sense was?…
It was a great Easter Sunday. The sanctuary on the hill on College Street was filled with folks as we celebrated the Resurrection of our Lord. We heard God’s praises sung. We heard the great truth that in the Resurrection of Christ, God has conquered evil and vanquished death. We delighted in the baptisms and…