Former Bibb deputy indicted for molestation

Wife charged with attempted cover-upA former Bibb County Sheriff’s Office deputy who was previously arrested in Macon for offenses that took place at his Jones County residence was recently indicted by a Jones County Grand Jury for multiple counts of child molestation and incest.

Five graduate from firefighter class; three to serve in Gray

The Gray Fire Department celebrated five graduates of the Firefighter 1 class during a ceremony last month, and three of those new firefighters will be serving residents of Gray.Gray’s new firefighters are Klay Aspinwall, Savannah Mathis and Jared Turner.

The News earns first-place award for local news coverage

Awards were presented at the Georgia Press Association annual convention June 12 at Jekyll Island. There were 477 awards presented in 44 categories to 73 newspapers.The Jones County News placed first in Local News Coverage, which was awarded to editor Debbie Lurie-Smith.

Les Dames Magnifique awards scholarship

Les Dames Magnifique is proud to announce the recipient of a $1000 academic scholarship for 2026 is Terrell Vashaon Glover. He is the son of Terelle Glover, Sr. and Charmisey Glover. Terrell also received scholarships from Chick-Fil-A and REACH.

Council considers downtown truck parking

A discussion about truck parking took up the majority of time in the June meeting of Gray’s City Council.The June 1 meeting was called to order by Mayor Ed Barbee. The opening prayer was led by Councilman David Tufts, and Barbee led the pledge.

Jones campaigns in Gray

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones made a stop at Old Clinton Barbecue in Jones County Thursday, June 4, greeted by a large crowd of enthusiastic supporters. Left: Jones (far right) speaks to BOC Chairman Chris Weidner (center). Above: Jones is introduced by Jones County Sheriff Butch Reece (far right)

Trying to deal with Artie Fishel Intelligence

RING! RING! RING!“Hello. Dick Yarbrough speaking. How may I direct your call?”“Dick, it’s me. Artie.” “I’m sorry. Artie who?” “Artie Fishel, you harebrained humanoid, of Artie Fishel Intelligence. You surely remember me.

Aunt Fairy

Every time we sing “Precious Memories” at church or for a funeral, I always think of my daddy’s Aunt Fairy who raised him.His daddy beat him, his mama left him so, without hesitation, Aunt Fairy and Uncle Oscar took him and raised him on their farm in the shadows of the Appalachian trail.