Jeffery S. Kidd pled guilty to two counts of burglary in one case and also to one count of burglary in a second case in Jasper Superior Court Monday, with Judge William A. Prior, Jr., presiding.Mr. Kidd was sentenced to 10 years on each charge, to run concurrent, and with 280-365 days to serve. He…
JEREMY KNIGHT, CHELSEA BILLINGS, & BLAKE GRIMSLEY Chelsea Billings was one of 15 football contest players last week who correctly guessed the winner in 14 of the 15 games listed. The only one she missed on was Buffalo at Miami. She thought Buffalo would win, but Miami came out on top, 35-8. Young Miss Billings…
A rifle and a handgun were stolen from a residence on Tillman Mill Road in Hillsboro, according to information received from the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO). The incident was reported by the victim to the JCSO last Wednesday, Nov. 15. The stolen guns were described as a Savage 30 caliber Bill English rifle with…
11-12 YEAR OLD ‘CANES ARE SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS See Story, Another Photo, Page 16 of this week’s paper.
I’m fixing to go out and shoot us a turkey for Thanksgiving. Way back when I was a little boy, that’s what my daddy would say early on Thanksgiving morning. So back then, instead of how today we buy a couple of hundred dollars worth of stuff we don’t need in order to get a…
Certainly the biggest anticipated day of the year for professional shoppers used to be Black Friday, also known as the day after Thanksgiving. Now you no longer have to stand out in front of a store at 4 a.m. on Friday waiting for the doors to spring open. Each year more and more stores are…
I think Europeans have mastered the art of eating. They make their meals a time of connecting with family and friends. While Americans boast about eating in 6 minutes; people in other countries dine for hours at a time. They enjoy each morsel of food allowing the digestive system to work slowly and effectively. In…
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER With cooler air upon us and leaves falling from the trees, autumn begins perhaps the best time of the year to observe my favorite bird group—the woodpeckers. Seven different species of these unique birds can be seen here in Jasper County throughout the year, but fall brings us an eighth species, the yellow-bellied…
STUDENTS ARE AWARDED FOR OUTSTANDING ATHLETICS Athletes at Jasper County High School were recognized and honored last week at the annual sports awards program for fall sports. Numerous athletes were honored for earning a varsity “letter” in their respective sports—football, softball, football cheerleading, competition cheerleading and cross country. For varsity football cheerleading, Morgan Few earned…
JANAE CHAPMAN DRIBBLES In their second game of the season, the Varsity Basketball ‘Canes were outscored 97-41 by a very athletic triple A team from Thompson (3B-AAA). Head Basketball Coach Ernest Scott said, “We took a nice little pounding from them. They had a solid team with 12 good players who, all except one, were…