DAN JORDAN Dan Jordan, Jasper County Clerk of Courts, announced this week that he is seeking another term of office. “As each year passes, the clerk’s office faces more and more challenges due to national, state and local mandates. I enjoy each of these challenges and am proud that my office has met and surpassed…
LINDA M. KELLER Linda Mock Keller announced this week that she is seeking re-election as Jasper County Probate Judge. Judge Keller has served as Probate Judge since 2005 and was Clerk of Probate Court for 10 years prior. Judge Keller has been a resident of Jasper County for almost 40 years. “Jasper County is very…
KEN JACKSON Jasper County Chief Magistrate Ken Jackson announces his bid for a fifth term in this year’s election. Judge Jackson has served as Chief Magistrate since 1997. He was an honor graduate of Jasper County High School and received a BS in Health and Physical Education at Georgia College and State University in 1989.…
In Jasper Superior Court Tuesday, with Judge Hulane E. George, presiding, the court found sufficient evidence that Randy Lee Heath had violated his probation on the charge of possession of meth in November of 2009, by failure to report as directed and failing to pay court ordered fines or fees as directed. Mr. Heath was…
C. WILLIAMS, K. ALEXANDER, L. THURMAN, AND R. STROZIER TAKE OATH The new mayor and council for Monticello were sworn in during a ceremony Tuesday evening. Mayor Bryan Standifer, Mayor Pro-tem Bobby Jacobs, and Councilpersons Larry Thurman, Cornell Williams, Randy Strozier, and Katherine Alexander participated in the swearing in ceremony. Honorable E. R. Lanier, Municipal…
The first item on the regular agenda for the Jasper County Commissioners meeting Tuesday was to name a chair and vice-chair, and after several tries that action was deferred to the first meeting in February. After the commissioners had amended and approved the agenda, then amended and approved the minutes of its previous meetings, it…
The home of Betty and William Jordan on Sandpiper Drive in Rollingwood Cove was destroyed by fire New Year’s Day after a fire broke out, apparently caused by electrical wiring. The Jordans were leasing the home from Bruce Whitley, who owns several properties in the area. A Ford Explorer that was parked close to the…
About a month ago I went to Las Vegas with my family to run in my first rock-n-roll race. To some this might sound like a fun weekend of good food, harmless casino donations and some of the best people watching in the land. Throw in a fitness adventure with music and 44,000 people and…
“Over the river and through the woods, to Grandma’s house we go”…well, down I-20 and across the Mississippi River to Louisiana we go, is actually how it proceeded for us! A week ago Friday, we crammed our clan into the marshmallow-mobile with all of the necessary gear, threw the wacked-out smashed faced rodent of a…
I’m fixing to get back into the same old groove. The holidays are long gone. All those three and four day weekends are a thing of the past and it’s time to rev up your engines and get back on the old rough and rugged road of life. Tomorrow is just another day. Santa has…