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Roberts Station: A forgotten community remembered

Roberts Station: A forgotten community remembered

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Roberts Station: A forgotten community remembered

Earl Colvin
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
When we take time to reflect on the things that really matter in our lives, we realize that one of the most important topics of our existence is family.

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–george Sheffield
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
“I must work the works of Him that sent Me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.”(John 9:4).Jesus never wasted time in doing His work. He was always about His Father’s business, leading people to salvation in Him.
This Week In the Word

This Week In the Word

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This Week In the Word

Pastor & Mrs. Joe L. Ridley
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
“He who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.Let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.
Crowds filled Gray’s Dairy Queen all day July 30 to support the Miracle Treat Day effort, working together to raise what turned out to be a quarter of a million dollars for the Beverly Olson Children’s Hospital in Macon. BRANDY ROUND/Staff

Crowds filled Gray’s Dairy Queen all day July 30 to support the Miracle Treat Day effort, working together to raise what turned out to be a quarter of a million dollars for the Beverly Olson Children’s Hospital in Macon. BRANDY ROUND/Staff

$250,000 raised at Dairy Queen of Gray

Debbie Lurie-Smith
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
But wait, there’s more … In his social media broadcast immediately after the conclusion of Jones County’s Miracle Treat Day last week, Dairy Queen owner and miracle worker Justin Kelly kept saying “But wait, there’s more” each time he announced a new total.
Shamica S. Burney

Shamica S. Burney

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Woman to serve a year for fleeing, hit and run

Debbie Lurie-Smith
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
A Jones County woman who led law enforcement on a chase through Gray, southern parts of the county and into the heart of Macon will be serving the first year of her sentence in the Jones County jail.
Jones County School Superintendent Dr. Jessica Graves speaks to school system employees at the July 29 Convocation, kicking off the new school year. CONTRIBUTED

Jones County School Superintendent Dr. Jessica Graves speaks to school system employees at the July 29 Convocation, kicking off the new school year. CONTRIBUTED

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Teachers, staff, leaders attend 2026 convocation

Debbie Lurie-Smith
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
The Jones County community was present for the Jones County School System Convocation last week, an annual JCSS tradition that celebrates educators while looking forward to the new school year.

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College achievements

Georgia College And State University
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Melissa Spoon of Gray, Georgia, was recently elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at Georgia College & State University.
Christmas 2025 (l-r): Kelli, Lindsey, Courtney, Thomas, Makenzie and Kendall. CONTRIBUTED

Christmas 2025 (l-r): Kelli, Lindsey, Courtney, Thomas, Makenzie and Kendall. CONTRIBUTED

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New Putnam General CEO a well-rounded individual

Greenberry Moore
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Thomas Goss has done a lot of racing in his life — on foot, in cars, and on motorcycles — but it was a short trip in an airplane that nearly ended disastrously.Goss, now 56 and the new Chief Executive Officer at Putnam General Hospital, had taken off in Macon Nov.

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News Staff
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
–George Sheffield “For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.” (John 3:17).In John 3:16, God sent Jesus into this world to save this world, a world drowning in sin, plagued with rebellion against God.
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