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The return

The return

The return

Ronda Rich
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
It happened the other night. He returned for the first time in 30 years.His eyes were still dark brown, his hands were short but wide, and his teeth still pearly white but rarely seen because, for him, life was a serious business.
Correction

Correction

Correction

News Staff
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Last week’s front-page headline “New principal appointed to Clifton Ridge Middle School” was incorrect. Zachary Griffin — pictured here (left) with Clinton Burston, interim superintendent of Jones County Schools — is the new principal of Gray Station Middle School. The News regrets the error. 

Jail Report

News Staff
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
JUNE 13-20, 2025William Durrell Addison, 43, arrested 6/16/25 – theft by shopliftingOscar Tobias Basley, 49, arrested 6/16/25 – theft by receiving stolen property felonyDayne Gary Billie, 39, arrested 6/18/25 – probation violation for fingerprintable charge felonyShelly Gibbs Carder, 45, arrested...
Darrell Stanley

Darrell Stanley

Murder suspect nabbed; missing juvenile found

Debbie Lurie-Smith
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
A 17-year-old man wanted in a Bibb County murder was located and arrested on Camelot Road as the result of the search for a missing Jones County juvenile.Darrell Stanley was found in the vehicle containing the 14-year-old runaway June 13.
Karl Zimmer (left) is presented with a plaque from GFD Chief Keith Eisele at the June 16 meeting of city committees. DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH/Staff

Karl Zimmer (left) is presented with a plaque from GFD Chief Keith Eisele at the June 16 meeting of city committees. DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH/Staff

Deputy chief honored for decades of service

Debbie Lurie-Smith
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
The Gray Fire Department paid tribute last week to a retiring volunteer firefighter who served citizens and fellow firefighters for three decades.
Dr. Greg DeLoach and his class “Dementia, Disabilities and Differences” of Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta toured the local Central State Hospital Museum and discussed mental health history and present-day care with Seeking Asylum founder and museum curator Jessica Whitehead (red shirt, front row). CONTRIBUTED

Dr. Greg DeLoach and his class “Dementia, Disabilities and Differences” of Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta toured the local Central State Hospital Museum and discussed mental health history and present-day care with Seeking Asylum founder and museum curator Jessica Whitehead (red shirt, front row). CONTRIBUTED

Mercer’s McAfee School of Theology tours CSH museum

Bailey Ballard
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
During the spring semester, Dr. Greg DeLoach and his class “Dementia, Disabilities and Differences” of Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta visited Milledgeville’s Central State Hospital Museum.
Assistants (l-r) Glenn Daniels and Danny Rogers with Patterson behind the 1989 state championship trophy. CONTRIBUTED

Assistants (l-r) Glenn Daniels and Danny Rogers with Patterson behind the 1989 state championship trophy. CONTRIBUTED

Patterson pitches no-hitter as educator, coach

Greenberry Moore
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Cecil Patterson brought success to Jones County schools, both athletically and academically, and he says it is due in large part to the philosophy he learned early in life.Patterson, 70, retired from the local school system in 2013 after a productive career as baseball coach and administrator.
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