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Members of Haddock Baptist Church are ready to go to work during the April 27 day of service event. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS

Members of Haddock Baptist Church are ready to go to work during the April 27 day of service event. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS

Haddock Baptist spreads love through ‘Go and Serve’ Day

Hambric Brooks And Rebecca Cogburn
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Haddock Baptist Church traded its traditional Sunday schedule for service April 27, participating in a community wide “Go and Serve” Day.Inspired by Galatians 5:13, “…serve one another humbly in love,” the congregation chose to live out their faith beyond the church walls by becoming the hands and...
Jones County Teacher of the Year finalists Kevin Novello (l-r), Charm Mapp, Casey McCray, Kelly Roberson, Shannon Briscoe, Lisa Mullis, Danielle Wheeler and Heather Brewer. CONTRIBUTED

Jones County Teacher of the Year finalists Kevin Novello (l-r), Charm Mapp, Casey McCray, Kelly Roberson, Shannon Briscoe, Lisa Mullis, Danielle Wheeler and Heather Brewer. CONTRIBUTED

Meet the 2024-25 Teacher of the Year finalists

Bethany Tapee
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
The Jones County School System recognized eight educators selected as Teachers of the Year for the 2024-25 school year at their respective campuses.Shannon Briscoerepresents Jones County Pre-K as Teacher of the Year.

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Station 1 Spaghetti Dinner
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Jones County Fire Department Station 1 on Highway 49 will be having a spaghetti dinner May 10, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.Each plate includes spaghetti, salad, bread, dessert and tea for $8. Walk-ins welcome.
Pitrowski at his desk with multiple certifications on the wall. CONTRIBUTED

Pitrowski at his desk with multiple certifications on the wall. CONTRIBUTED

Pitrowski provides P&Z leadership

Greenberry Moore
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Tim Pitrowski has lived in Jones County for almost 40 years and has worked in the county’s Planning and Zoning Office for 32 of those years, 28 as head of the department.Pitrowski, 56, considers himself a Floridian, having grown up there and not moving to Georgia until three months after high...
FFA helps clean up Round Oak cemetery

FFA helps clean up Round Oak cemetery

FFA helps clean up Round Oak cemetery

News Staff
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Many thanks to FFA members and advisors who helped clean up Round Oak Ancestors’ Memory Park in Road Oak. Man hands make work light was put into effect.

Real Life

News Staff
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
George Sheffield “So shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.”
Students learn about how rainbows are formed. BETHANY TAPEE/Staff

Students learn about how rainbows are formed. BETHANY TAPEE/Staff

Pre-K students learn about light, colors

Bethany Tapee
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
The Fish Classroom at Jones County Pre-K has been learning about St. Patrick’s Day by discussing how rainbows form and creating leprechaun traps with teacher LeAnne Fulbright and paraprofessional Tori Sharpe.Fulbright read a book to the students about a rabbit that asks various animals, each...

CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY EVENTS

News Staff
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Submit your events to articles@jcnews.comSee more events and a regional events calendar online at www.jcnews.com LOOK FOR THE CALENDAR MENU ITEMParty on Main StreetParty on Main Street will be Friday, April 25 in downtown Gray.
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