The Jasper County School District has received accreditation by the Quality Assurance Review Team (QAR) team , of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS/CASI) announced at a called board meeting last Wednesday, Oct. 26. This is a huge accomplishment at this level for a system new to…
Polls across Jasper County will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. next Tuesday, Nov. 8, although voters in Monticello have many more questions on the ballot than those outside the limits of the county seat. All Jasper County voters—inside and outside city limits—will vote on a one percent special purpose local option sales tax…
Leonard Harold Gray, 91, of Monticello, died October 23, 2011. Mr. Gray served his country in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII. Mr. Gray and his wife, Billie, lived at Turtle Cove for 20 years and he was an avid golfer at the local course, as well as many others. He also enjoyed listening…
Charles Lee Luttrell, 77, of Mansfield, died Monday, October 31, 2011, at Newton Medical Center in Covington. Mr. Luttrell was born in Greenville, Tenn. to the late William Howard Luttrell and Mary Elizabeth Barham Luttrell. He lived in Stone Mountain for a number of years before moving to Mansfield in 2001. He was a member…
(Editor’s Note: Mrs. Pompey submitted her biography for inclusion in last week’s newspaper. Her picture was on the front page, along with the first few lines of her bio. Unfortunately, the story said it was continued on page 16, but it was not. We apologize for the inconvenience, and print here the biographical information in…
Three hunters reported on October 16 that their hunting camp on McElheney Cross Roads had been burglarized, according to an incident report from the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO), Reported taken were several pairs of hunting clothes and boots, two rain suits, a trail camera, tree stand safety harness and a lock-on tree stand. Copper…
RITA GOODMAN, HENRY VICTRUM Henry Victrum, a football player at Jasper County High School, collected the prize from Rita Goodman at Dairy Queen, last week’s sponsor for winning the football contest with 12 correct picks after having less trouble with the college football contest choices than the rest of the 250+ players. Mr. Victrum is…
KAREN MARTIN (CENTER) SURROUNDED BY STUDENTS Karen Martin, seventh grade math teacher at Jasper County Middle School, estimates that in her 10 years of teaching she has taught over 1,000 students. Prior to this year, she taught social studies in middle school. After graduating from high school in her hometown of Columbus, Mrs. Martin worked…
Patrick Sherrell, through his attorney Bernard S. Brody, filed a motion for a new trial in Jasper Superior Court Tuesday. Judge Hulane E. George heard brief arguments then instructed the attorneys to send briefs summarizing their legal argument and she would take them under advisement (render a decision at a later date). Mr. Sherrell was…