Browns stay close despite lifetime of travel

While Hoyt and Sally Brown have been ‘together’ for more than 52 years, there were many times during the past half century they were not actually together.Brown and the former Sally Wicker met in 1970 and have been married 52 years, and they both worked for airlines for their adult life.

Council members hear from Ryland, set qualifying fees

Gray City Council members held their January meeting looking toward the new year that will include some changes due to it being an election year.Mayor Ed Barbee called the Jan. 6 meeting to order.

Failure to listen to officers leads to guilty plea

The failure of a Macon man to comply with instructions from law enforcement resulted in two five-year sentences for the charge of obstruction of an officer.John James Staggs entered a guilty plea to the charges in Jones County Superior Court Jan. 5.

The Jones County News salutes the local Veteran of the Week

Schiller Garrette Kelly was inducted October 8, 1942, at Fort McPherson into the 8th Air Force, Headquarters, Quartermaster. He sailed on the Queen Elizabeth from Hoboken, NJ, February 1943, for Great Britain. He was stationed near Windsor, until after the liberation of France. Cpl.

Submit yourselves

Pastor & Mrs. Joe L. RidleySubmit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7 From whence come wars and fightings among you?Come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

Real Life

Search the scriptures… they are they which testify of Me (Jn 5:39).Finding Jesus in the Old Testament. He’s there.Not by the name Jesus, but He’s there. He told people in His day to investigate the scriptures and they will find Him--and the only scriptures the Jewish people had back then was the OT.

Turner Woods Elementary hosts sing-along

On the last day of school before the holiday break, Turner Woods Elementary School held its annual Christmas Sing-Along pep rally, with cheerleading, choir performances, and “reindeer games” to reign in the fall semester.Media Specialist Laura Dixon said the Dec.

Superior Court Motions

JAN. 1416, 2025PLEASState vs. Jason Robert Moss – $150 fine ct. 3: Jones County Ordinance 14-2.1, $200 fine ct. 4: Jones County Ordinance 14-4, 12 months ct. 5: criminal trespass. Sentence to be served on probation.State vs. Lorenzo Jerome Stewart Sr. – 15 days each ct. 1: tag light violation, ct.

Crime Watch

The following information is gleaned from incident reports, which are public record, from the Jones County Sheriff’s Department and Gray Police Department Jan 11-13, 2025.JAN. 11Lt. Ransom received a BOLO for a vehicle that had turned on the Gray bypass from Highway 18 West.

Real Estate Transactions

JAN. 1316, 2025JAN. 13Betancourt Property LLC to Mictonio Reyes and Ana Vargas-Reyes, 223 River Hills Ridge, map & parcel number J56A00013, $290,000.00.JAN. 14Malcolm Wayne Reitz to Christopher Brooks Dodd, 169 Rock Creek Drive, map & parcel number J5100262; J5100261, 3.