The cowboy rides away

Three years ago, Tink and I attended my all-time favorite event. It is the induction into the Nashville Songwriters HallofFame. Songwriters are my favorite of all writers. In three minutes, they tell a story that hangs in your heart meaningfully.

A semi-intelligent look at artificial intelligence

Dr. Geoffrey Hinton is a British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics last year “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.” Between you and me, I got hosed.

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,The devil came to church school last week. Why? He came to fulfill his purpose which is to steal, kill and destroy. (John 10:10) Without question, he achieved great success to that end.

Macon mattress store invested in community

Macon & Robins Bed & Mattress, local bed and mattress stores, are open to help locals find what they need for a good night’s sleep.The stores have three locations, two in Macon and one in Warner Robins.

Korea expresses ‘concern and regret’ over detention of workers at plant

Federal law enforcement authorities are defending the detention Thursday of 475 workers at Hyundai’s electric vehicle battery plant west of Savannah — most Korean nationals — amid complaints from the South Korean government and Democrats.The U.S.

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 Aug. 22 – Sept. 4, 2025.Aug. 22Possession of methOfficer Joiner was monitoring traffic on West Clinton St. near Washburn Dr.

Jail Report

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Traffic Citations

Traffic citations filed with the Jones County Probate Court for Aug. 29 – Sept. 4, 2025Failure to maintain logbook – 2 No license on person – 1 Suspended registration, cancellation 1st offense – 1 Speeding – 14 DUI under age 21 .

Vehicle Tags

AUG. 29 – SEPT. 4, 2025 Jones County ($5,119.29) City of Gray ($584.21) River North ($334.26) Total tags ($6,037.76)

Tax assessors get good news on sales ratio

The Jones County Board of Tax Assessors opted not to appeal this year’s sales ratio at the conclusion of its September board meeting.The Sept. 4 meeting was called to order by Chairman Leigh Stanford.