Jasper County News

A student filmmaker from New York University was electrocuted and another seriously injured in an accident while working on a movie set in Georgia, authorities said Saturday.

More than 60 people representing 20+ churches gathered for the Jasper County Minister's Association leadership dinner last Thursday evening in an effort to revamp the vital group that has not been active ...

Ted Dunagan 05.MAR.09 Charles Benjamin Leggett, Jr., of a Mansfield address has been arrested by an investigator with the Jasper County Sheriff's Office and charged with aggravated child molestation, a felony, ...

Many Jasperites took advantage of Sunday's record six-inch snowfall to frolic in the snow with children, or perhaps just act like children.

So far the wintry weather has shut down some Central Georgia schools and delayed some college campuses.

J.S. "Chick" Wilson 26.FEB.09 When Franklin Roosevelt came into office he introduced the 'New Deal' which was a sort of pump-priming program that came immediately after the Great Depression.

The Jasper County Commission met Monday for a called meeting at which personnel was the only item on the agenda.

Ted Dunagan 26.FEB.09 Officers with the Monticello Police Department arrested Raymond H. Carter on February 13, and charged him with aggravated assault, a felony.

Cecil Hollis Marsh, 75, of Monticello, died Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at Macon Northside Hospital.

Kathy Mudd 19.FEB.09 Gov. Sonny Perdue has declared a state of emergency in Jasper and three other Georgia counties.

Ted Dunagan 19.FEB.09 The Jasper County Sheriff's Office has obtained arrest warrants in two separate drug cases.

The National Weather Service confirmed 10 tornadoes touched down Wednesday including one that killed a Hancock County man.

Ted Dunagan 19.FEB.09 Jasper County Magistrate Court criminal ordinance violation arraignment calendar convened Friday, Feb.

Kelly King of Piedmont Academy and Cody Batchelor of Jasper County High School have been named 2009 Jasper County STAR students.

Monticello's newest business, the Swap Shop, operated by the Jasper County Future Business Leaders of America will have its grand opening this Saturday, Feb.

J.S. "Chick" Wilson 12.FEB.09 The Jasper County Museum collection is now housed in the old cotton gin building on Southern Avenue.

Ted Dunagan 12.FEB.09 A Jasper County jury found Demetrius Chuck Farrar guilty of two of the four charges he was tried on last week.

The Jasper County Historical Foundation is sponsoring a hike on the Ocmulgee River horse/hiking trail on Saturday, Feb.

J.S. "Chick" Wilson 05.FEB.09 Mr. Harvey Powell was born in Monticello, attended school here, graduated from Georgia Tech, pursued an engineering job in Atlanta, entered the U.S. Navy in World War II, back to ...

Ted Dunagan 05.FEB.09 Jasper County Superior Court convened Monday for a criminal session with Judge J. Lee Parrott, presiding.