Jasper County News

Ted Dunagan 28.AUG.08 Late last week Jimmie Lee Watson was arrested and charged with burglary, theft by receiving stolen property, criminal trespass, and obstruction or hindering law enforcement officers.

Ted Dunagan 21.AUG.08 The Jasper County Sheriff's Office in conjunction with the Forsyth Police Department , the Monroe County Sheriff's Office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have formed a task force, ...

David Manning / Staff "Paris" enjoys a salt lick Friday at the Georgia Department of Agriculture's equine impound facility in Mansfield.

Ted Dunagan 14.AUG.08 The Grand Jury of the August session of the Jasper County Superior Court convened this past Monday with Chief Judge William A. Prior, Jr., presiding, and returned the following 10 bills of ...

Ted Dunagan 14.AUG.08 After an all-points bulletin went out Sunday evening on an unknown assailant driving a stolen car, two alert officers with the Monticello Police Department , Thaxton Pennamon and Eli ...

Three of Jasper County's four public schools made Adequate Yearly Progress , giving the system an overall passing score for AYP.

Mary Patrick, a Jasper County accountant well known as an organizer the Taxpayer's Watchdog Group, has been named the Republican nominee for the District 4 County Commission seat, defeating businessman and ...

Ted Dunagan 14.AUG.08 The jury trial of Susan Plowe Gardner, a former cafeteria worker in the Jasper County School System, ended this past Thursday when a Jasper County Jury found her not guilty on all charges.

The board of the Development Authority of Jasper County has voted, effective August 15, to accept the resignation of Tracy Trovillo, Executive Director.

Kathy Mudd 07.AUG.08 The Monticello City Council held a work session Monday night to gain information about city programs and prepare for next week's regular council meeting.

Ted Dunagan 07.AUG.08 Team Jasper, a leadership team made up of elected and community leaders, and members of the Development Authority of Jasper County , Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Development, Historic ...

George Cecil Amos, 86, died Wednesday, July 30, at his residence after an extended illness.

At the Georgia Outdoors Writers Association conference earlier this summer, Jesup journalist Dean Wohlgemuth was inducted into the Georgia Outdoors Writers Hall of Fame.

According to the Jasper County Sheriff's Office, the following arrests were made during the period of July 7 through 14: Anne Marie Giguere, Monticello-disorderly con-duct. Hiram Carey Stone, ...

Robert Allan Sharp of Madison is charged with DUI drugs, failure to maintain lane, reckless driving, no tag on trailer, three counts of endangering a child under 14 while intoxicated, and one count of serious ...

Jasper County Water And Sewer Authority Board Chairman Brack Pound reported, during the regular meeting Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency had given the authority a short range direction in getting ...

Kathy Mudd 10.JUL.08 Some 8,008 people are registered to vote in the primary election to be held next Tuesday, and 218 had chosen the early voting option and voted by Tuesday of this week.

Kathy Mudd 10.JUL.08 The Monticello - Jasper County Chamber of Com-merce and the Jasper County Farm Bureau sponsored a candidate forum Monday night at the Courthouse, and interested persons heard from both ...

Kathy Mudd 03.JUL.08 Four people qualified last week for Jasper County non-partisan posts which will be up for election during the November general election.

Ted Dunagan 03.JUL.08 Last week a Jasper County Grand Jury met and returned 15 True Bills of Indictment.