Gray News

Probate Judge Mike Greene swears in mayor-elect Gus Wilson. Graya s new mayor and city council member were sworn in as the first item of business for the final council meeting of the year.

Three people known to the victim have been charged in a home burglary in Gray following a spree of thefts that spanned three days and two states.

Rooster Cogburn had his day in court Dec. 28 concerning five uncounted votes in the runoff election for mayor pro tem.

Pam Liner says she made a mistake in her holiday preparations this year. "I need to get a few things to take to my friend to visit that I didn't pick up yesterday when I should have," said Pam Liner.

From the Annals of 1909 Young Gray had a two-horse wagon load of fine turnips on the streets, which sold like hot cakes at 10 cents a bunch, the bunches weighing from 10 to 12 pounds each and there being only from two to three turnips in a bunch.

The Jones County Board of Education closed out the year reviewing the dropout rate and looking at a federal program that could benefit Jones County and schools across the state.

Gray may have had a contested election before last week, but if so, no one involved in the process remembers it.

Three dirt roads in east Macon, which the mayor and Macon City Council fought about for much of the past year, will soon be paved.

Each year, the Milledgeville Police Department takes kids shopping for Christmas gifts.

Christmas decorations and gifts abound in Kaydens Place as well as all the other shops in Gray.

Gray Mayor Jason Briley is the grand marshal of the Gray Jayceesa ninth annual Christmas parade, an honor bestowed on him by the organization for his continued support and his 12 years of service to the City of Gray.

Santa will once again make his official appearance in Gray courtesy of the Gray Jaycees and their annual lighted Christmas parade that will take place next week.

Al Sihah 2009 poster child Katie Huggins wth Shriner Russell Curry. Huggins will be riding in next weeka s Christmas parade.

Actions Taken by the Georgia Construction Industry Licensing Board Division of Conditioned Air Contractors at its December 2 Meeting Macon, Ga.

Sharon Patterson and Ted Stone were among those attending the vision committee meeting at the Jones County Board of Education office last week.

The votes of five people who legally cast their ballots in the Dec. 1 election were not counted, and without a recount, the reason will never be known.

A car crash early Tuesday morning in Macon killed 54-year-old Willie Stanley of Gray.

Late Thursday night, hundreds of people packed the movie theater to catch the midnight showing of 'New Moon,' the second installment of the 'Twilight' series.

A tax increase appears inevitable for property owners in Jones County, but the amount of the hike will remain in question until all the millage rates have been set.

A Jones County man received four years probation in Jones County Superior Court last week for his participation in a drive-by shooting in Gray this past summer.