Superior Court Motions

MAY 16, 2024PLEASState vs. Aahil Madhani – 12 months for the offense of possession marijuana less than ounce. Sentence to be served on probation. State vs. Andrew Robert Hall – two years for the offense of fleeing or attempting to elude police officer.

Real Estate Transactions

MAY 316, 2024MAY 3Matthew David Jones to REI Velocity, LLC; 458 Madison St.; parcel G1000008; $65,000.00MAY 10Henry M. Henderson to Catherine Crawford; 139 Candler Dr. Lot 4 The Cleo N. Roberts Subd., Sec. 1; parcel J5100243; $216,000.

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 May 9-14, 2024.May 9Attempt to eludeSgt. Walker was monitoring traffic on Hwy.

BOE wraps up school year, looks ahead

The final meeting of the school year for the Jones County Board of Education included reflections of events and appreciation for those who made the year a success. Board Chairman Ginger Bailey called the May 14 meeting to order, and she was the first to give her report.

DDA discusses possible work on rental property

The Gray Downtown Development Authority went forward with its May board meeting without three of its members. The May 13 meeting was called to order by Chairman Sherri Rollins, and the opening prayer was led by board member David Tufts.

Driver enters guilty plea for gym shooting

A young man who could be the poster child for the importance of taking care when choosing those in his company entered a guilty plea last week to 11 counts of aggravated assault due to the actions of an individual he drove to and from a Jones County recreation center.

Futuristic electric fl ying vehicles about to become reality in Georgia

Flying cars might seem like something out of the distant future, zipping back and forth like in 'The Jetsons,' the Hanna-Barbera Space Age animated TV series of the 1960s.But Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), as the technology is known, is about to land at a general aviation airport near you.

The Jones County News salutes the local Veteran of the Week

Phillip McNeal is the local veteran of the week. He served in the U.S. Navy from 19891997. His primary specialty was as an S-3A system organizational maintenance technician and a P-3 system organizational maintenance technician.

The boundaries of free speech

One of the strongest tenets of our U.S.Constitution is our right to freedom of speech, leading the Bill of Rights along with freedom to worship as we choose. It is among the many things that make me most proud to be an American, as well as a southerner and Georgian.

Real Life

–George Sheffield “I and my Father are one.“ (Jn 10:30) So many people refuse to accept that Jesus is God.A prophet, yes. A miracle worker, yes. But God, no!They just can’t wrap their minds around the truth that Jesus is God, God the Son, God in the flesh.But Jesus says He and the Father are one.