Of the nine ’Cane wrestlers who advanced to the Traditional Sectional Tournament last weekend, four qualified in the top eight in their weight class in the state and will advance on to the Georgia High School Traditional State Wrestling Tournament this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Macon Centreplex on Coliseum Drive in Macon.Seniors Pat…
HAWKES, AUTRY, REID, CANTERA (L-R) Piedmont Academy’s Payden Cantera placed fourth in the 220-pound division at the GISA state wrestling meet last weekend in Macon. Cantera paced a quartet of Mat Cougar wrestlers who competed on the state’s biggest stage. Teammates Justin Autry (195) and Malik Reid (182) both placed sixth in their respective weight…
ELIZABETH DAVIS WITH BEN AND SYDNEY “I always knew that I wanted to teach. I remember as a little girl setting up ‘class’ with my dolls and stuffed animals. I guess it is in my genes because three of my four grandparents were teachers as well,” says Elizabeth Davis, history teacher at Piedmont Academy. Ms.…
Monticello Mayor Bryan Standifer places a bag of recyclables into the recycling bin on the city lot off Funderburg Drive, and says he’s gearing up for a something bigger and better. In conjunction with Advanced Disposal Company (ADS), the city is going to have a Spring Fling Clean-up on Saturday, April 6, from 8 a.m.…
Ryan Middlebrooks pled guilty to two counts of stalking in Superior Court Tuesday with Judge Hugh V. Wingfield, III, presiding. Mr. Middlebrooks was sentenced to 12 months on each count, to run consecutive, and to serve the first 120 days in confinement and the remainder to be served on probation. He was also ordered…
MEMBERS OF TOP THREE TEAMS POSE FOR PHOTO The News Hounds relinquished their trivia trophy last Thursday night, handing it off to the Kiwanis Kiwis, winner of the 2013 Jasper County High School Trivia Night. The Hounds, holder of the trophy for just one year, finished in the middle of the pack of 17 teams…
Registration for youth ball has been extended until March 1 with no penalty for late sign-up. Persons can sign up at the Recreation Department, 246 Ted Sauls Road or from their home. Registration is being done online at Jaspercorec.com. Youth ages three to 16 are eligible to play, with three and four year old wee…
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) issued an arrest warrant on February 1, for the arrest of Michael Samuel Petty of Jackson, on the charge of burglary in the first degree for his role in the theft of 26 firearms, ammunition and a computer valued in excess of $14,000, during a burglary which took place…
I was deeply moved when a choral group from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Ct. sang “America the Beautiful” prior to the Super Bowl on Sunday. I personally wish Jenifer Hudson had not joined in the singing and the children would have been allowed to have the spotlight for themselves but I found…
It’s been mighty quiet around my house and office for the last three weeks or so, and talking to others, I find many have experienced a quiet not experienced in a long time. What am I talking about? Jasper County has complied with the federal mandate for all radios to be narrow-banded, and while making…