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Pre-game scenes from future cheerleading clinic, rec night

Pre-game scenes from future cheerleading clinic, rec night

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Pre-game scenes from future cheerleading clinic, rec night

Photos By Brad Harrison / Staff
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Plenty of glances at the future of Jones County football and cheerleading was all around Greyhound Field prior to Friday’s game. Cheerleaders from the Greyhound Cheerleading Future Cheerleader Clinic, held earlier in the week, helped fire up the crowd with cheers before kickoff against Union Grove.
This Week In the Word

This Week In the Word

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This Week In the Word

News Staff
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Pastor & Mrs. Joe L. RidleyThough I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 1 Cor. 13:1 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
Kiwanis Club raffle

Kiwanis Club raffle

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Kiwanis Club raffle

News Staff
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
The Kiwanis Club of Jones County presented a Browning Silver shotgun to the grand prize winner of their raffle, Lamar Happoldt.

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CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY EVENTS

News Staff
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Voter Registration DriveSt. Paul A.M.E. Church is sponsoring a voter registration drive on Saturday, Sept. 21, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The location is the Maggie Califf High School where the shop and/or Alternative School was located.Any young people who will be 18 on or before Nov.
Goolsby recounts hunting trips around the world

Goolsby recounts hunting trips around the world

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Goolsby recounts hunting trips around the world

Greenberry Moore
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Jimmy Goolsby has killed more than 50 different types of animals from around the world, and he will tell you right off he got his start in the forests of Jones County.Goolsby, a very active almost 82-year old entrepreneur, said in an interview last week he moved to Jones County when he was 3.
Cannonball House correction

Cannonball House correction

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Cannonball House correction

News Staff
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
The photo caption of the Cannon Ball House printed in the Aug. 29 edition stated it was originally built in Jones County, that is not correct. It wasn’t built until 1853, on the west side of the river, twenty years after Bibb County was founded.
Wall of Books offers old and new book selections year-round

Wall of Books offers old and new book selections year-round

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Wall of Books offers old and new book selections year-round

News Staff
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Walls of Books in Milledgeville offers a selection of new and used books for readers of any age.Opening in July of 2020, Wall of Books established itself as an affordable bookstore with a vast selection of books and genres.
Two properties demolished in blight fight

Two properties demolished in blight fight

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Two properties demolished in blight fight

Debbie Lurie-Smith
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
The never-ending battle continues to fight blight in Jones County, as two more cases were recently resolved with the least desirable outcome – the demolition of the structures and clearing of the property by the county.
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