For the second year in a row the Piedmont Academy fast-pitch Lady Cougars will compete in the Final Four.After several delays, the Lady Cougars swept Windsor Thursday to advance to the semifinal round which begins Saturday in Dublin. The quarterfinal matchup with Windsor was supposed to be held Wednesday but was pushed back a day…
Richard A. Cuengros pled guilty when he appeared in Jasper Superior Court Tuesday, with Judge Hugh V. Wingfield, III, presiding. His charges were theft by receiving stolen property, use of license plate to conceal identity, driving while licence suspended, giving false name to law enforcement officer, and removing vehicle identification number. Mr. Cuengros was sentenced…
Joseph Robert Howell, Jr., 42, of Louisville, Ky. died Monday, October 3, 2011 at University of Louisville Hospital. He was a native of Breman, and a security officer for Securitas. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Robert Sr. and Mary Popham Howell, and a sister, Jocelyn Howell. Survivors include his wife, Charnita…
Hilda Allen Ayers, 70, of Monticello, formerly of Covington, died October 2, 2011. Mrs. Ayers was a former employee of Main Street Bank in Covington and McIntosh State Bank in Monticello. She enjoyed eating out and shopping, as well as visiting with her family and friends. She was a loving and devoted mother and grandmother.…
Catherine “Ma’Kayla” Easom, 14, of Monticello died Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011 in a Macon health care facility. A native of Upson County, Ma’Kayla had lived in Jasper County, and was an eighth grader at Jasper County Middle School. She was a member of the Lighthouse Pentecostal Church. Ma’Kayla was preceded in death by her maternal…
Gwendolyn Paulk Yearwood, 73, of Monticello, died Saturday, October 1, 2011, at her residence in Tifton. Mrs. Yearwood was born in Willacoochee to the late Winnes H. Paulk and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Metts Paulk. She attended Valdosta State College and was a graduate of Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville. After teaching home economics at…
I’m fixing to open my window. One reason is to let some cool air into the room without having to pay the power company to pump it in via my air conditioning unit, which survived the wave of thievery upon them this summer. When it’s a muggy 110 degrees outside, I protect my air conditioning…
Oh yeah! Someone, pinch me! Is it really fall? I’ve waited so long! Cool mornings, cool nights, long-sleeves, and don’t forget the hot chocolate. I don’t think I know anyone that wishes summer would last a little longer. Do you? By the middle of September, we are all begging for mercy! Now we get to…
Help! I’m lost on Technology Highway and no GPS is going to help me find my way. If you are like me, you missed the exit, a cell phone is no longer a cell phone. Now a cell phone looks like a thin, flat, plastic book. Why can’t they make a cell phone for us…
So Cheryl made an eye appointment for the twins for Tuesday, and somehow I got elected to take them. At first, I thought it was going to be a pretty simple assignment; you know, leave early…get to the appointment on time…sit there patiently while the doctor does his thing…get the glasses…and go. Whheellll…that sounds real…