Traffic Citations

Traffic citations filed with the Jones County Probate Court for May 30 – June 5, 2025VGCSA less than 1 oz. – 1 VGCSA less than 1 oz.

Vehicle Tags

MAY 30 – JUNE 5, 2025 Jones County ($6,295.64) City of Gray ($856.65) River North ($901.50) Total tags ($8,053.79)

Building Permits

MAY 30 – JUNE 5, 20256/2/25 Terrence Neblett $2,095.366/2/25 Ray Construction $608.00

Jail Report

MAY 29 – JUNE 6, 2025Loyd Bert Brown, 54, arrested 6/5/25 – batteryThomas Earl Buchanan, 40, arrested 6/5/25 – probation violation for fingerprintable charge felonyBrenda Plummer Bunkley, 71, arrested 6/3/25 – public drunkenness, hit and run duty of driver to stop at or return to scene of accident,...

Grand Jury true bills all 21 indictments

Jones County’s Grand Jury considered 21 bills of indictment when they met last week and agreed to true bill each of the charges.

Street to be renamed in honor of the late Benny Gray Jr.

Gray’s City Council members agreed to the renaming of a city street in honor of a long-serving councilman at their June business meeting.Mayor Ed Barbee called the June 2 meeting to order and asked for approval of the meeting’s agenda.

Parapro indictment reveals leadership concerns

What would possess a paraprofessional working in a Jones County Pre-K classroom to take a picture of a child in the bathroom and share it is not clear, but that decision was the reason for an investigation by law enforcement that led to the employee’s arrest and uncovered troubling behavior by...

The Witch’s Princess performed at Clifton Ridge

Clifton Ridge Middle School Drama Club presented their spring play, The Witch’s Princess, by Don Zolidis.The students prepared for this performance since the beginning of the spring semester, a full-length production featuring 16 students in the cast who portray over 40 characters on the stage.

Mathews enjoys retirement after multiple attempts

Billy Mathews worked for nearly four decades in the education field in addition to ‘part-time’ jobs in government and the funeral home business. That is all in his rearview mirror now.“I am really enjoying retired life,” the former educator said last week.

Trucks to get grace period before citations

“No Thru Trucks” was the message from the City of Gray’s All Committee meeting last week in reference to a city ordinance that is once again being revised.Mayor Ed Barbee brought the May 19 called council meeting to order that had two quick items on the agenda.