Piedmont Academy’s varsity basketball teams traveled to Acworth to face Furtah Prep January 4 in region contest. The Lady Cougars recorded a 44-25 victory against the Lady Falcons behind 24 points from senior Hailey Burnham.Heather Tyler added 8 points in the win while Anna Jones scored 4 and Lucy Strickland finished with 3. Matti Smith…
The Monticello Hurricanes lost by one point 68-67, Tuesday night at Crawford Co. Quitavius Sanders had 14 points and 10 rebounds, followed by Jordan Stone with 13 points. Qua Thurmond had 10 points and 14 rebounds, Quinton Standifer added 9 points, Jaylan Sands had 8 points, JaQuavious Standifer, 6, and Tra Jackson had 5 points.…
KENDRA COLEMAN Kendra Coleman, known as Kendra Pieper when she attended Jasper County High School, has come back home to Jasper County and is building a house on the very spot where she was raised. Ms. Coleman joined the Army on July 25, 2007, after graduating from high school in Henry County, because she wanted…
CAPTAINS STEELE, WALKER, MOONEY, SHERIFF POPE (L-R) Donnie Pope took over as sheriff of Jasper County at the stroke of midnight on January 1, 2013, and was swearing in officers while others were welcoming the new year in other ways. Sheriff Pope swore in his three captains to kick off the evening. Edward Walker is…
Lifeflight had to be called for the driver of this Nissan that flipped on Hwy. 212 west near Frank’s Restaurant Monday. The driver was entrapped in her vehicle after it came to rest on its side against a tree alongside the road in a resident’s yard. A passenger in the car was able to escape,…
SCA’S RACHAEL JACKSON DRIBBLES DOWN THE COURT The Shiloh Christian Academy Knights and Lady Knights basketball teams have began playing already in 2013, staying busy to usher in the new year. Last Thursday, the junior pro and middle school teams travelled to Milner to take on the St. George Episcopal School Dragons and lost three…
Randall Lloyd Howard, 64, of Jackson, died Friday, December 28, 2012, at Rockdale Medical Center in Conyers. Randall Howard was born in Dalton, to the late John Henry Howard and Thelma Odell Mathis Howard. After leaving Dalton, Randall moved to Jackson, twenty-four years ago. He loved to hunt, fish, camp, and be on Rock Creek.…
Eula Hurdle Newberry, 98, of Powersville, died December 28, 2012. She was born on August 11, 1914, in Macon County to John Walton Hurdle and Dora Pauline Borum Hurdle. She was the widow of the late Jackson I. Newberry, Sr. She retired from Warner Robins AFB in 1971 as Contract Data Management Officer for the…
William Bryant “Bill” Behling, 94, of Shady Dale, died Friday, December 28, 2012, at his residence. Bill Behling was born in Morgan County to the late Benjamin Suarez Behling and Lucy Pauline McAdams Behling. He worked for the railroad most of his younger years. In fact, he said the first job they gave him on…
Each year many of us make New Year resolutions. By now some of those resolutions have either been broken or forgotten. According to my unofficial survey, the number one resolution is to lose weight and eat healthy, a tall order after indulging in holiday foods. A more realistic idea would be to just visit the…