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Marriage Licenses

News Staff
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Marriage licenses filed with the Jones County Probate Court Aug. 15-21, 2025 AUG. 15Oscar Manuel Hernandez Alcal to Emily Black Wells AUG. 18William Brandon Harrell to Whitney Caraway Shifflet AUG. 19Steven Lamar Barker to Sarah Elyse Couch AUG. 20Joseph Tyler Bass to Hannah Rose Conti

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Traffic Citations

News Staff
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Traffic citations filed with the Jones County Probate Court for Aug.

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Vehicle Tags

News Staff
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
AUG. 15-21, 2025Jones County ($4,927.74) City of Gray ($1,254.09) River North ($74.95) Total tags ($6,256.78)
Matthew Scroggins (left) receives the City of Gray’s first Employee of the Month certificate from Mayor Pro Tem James Collins. CONTRIBUTED

Matthew Scroggins (left) receives the City of Gray’s first Employee of the Month certificate from Mayor Pro Tem James Collins. CONTRIBUTED

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City council deciding whether or not to rollback millage

Debbie Lurie-Smith
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
The August All Committees meeting for the Gray City Counciul included discussions about the upcoming one-cent sales tax renewal and the city’s tax rate.The Aug.

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All 4 city council district seats have opposition

Debbie Lurie-Smith
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Mayor, mayor pro tem have no challengersVoters in the City of Gray will have a decision to make in November with every council seat being challenged. The only incumbents not being challenged are the mayor and mayor pro tem.
Scouts from Jones County Troop 485, Joshua Dreher and Christian Spires, led the opening prayer and pledge at the Aug. 5 meeting of the Jones County Board of Commissioners. Contributed

Scouts from Jones County Troop 485, Joshua Dreher and Christian Spires, led the opening prayer and pledge at the Aug. 5 meeting of the Jones County Board of Commissioners. Contributed

Commissioners approve rollback property tax rate

Debbie Lurie-Smith
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
The Jones County Board of Commissioners welcomed two members of Boy Scout Troop 485 to its first August meeting to observe the adoption of the 2025 millage rate, which included an anticipated rollback of the county’s tax rate.Board Chairman Chris Weidner called the Aug.
Thoughts on going away to college from one who did

Thoughts on going away to college from one who did

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Thoughts on going away to college from one who did

Dick Yarbrough
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
I remember it as if it were yesterday. In fact, it has been a lot of yesterdays — and I mean a lot — since I first walked on the campus of the University of Georgia. My parents dropped me off at my dorm, then headed back to East Point, some 70 miles away.
Roosevelt and the ‘governmint’ chees

Roosevelt and the ‘governmint’ chees

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Roosevelt and the ‘governmint’ cheese

Ronda Rich
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Most admire Franklin D. Roosevelt, a crafty, pleasant, get-it-done type of President.He had been raised as an only child to his mother and father, though he had step-siblings. He was tremendously spoiled but not in the way that turned him mean.
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