Jail Report

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Real Estate Transactions

AUG. 15-21, 2025AUG. 15Estate of William Barron to Dennis Jason Bryant; parcel J30/020 & 021; $75,000.00 Estate of Paul C. Simpson, Jr. & Estate of Marguerite M. Simpson to Justin Blake Connolly; parcel J5200209; $118,000.00AUG. 18Levarn Clemons aka Levarn Bradford to Lonnie Floyd, Jr.

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. 15-19, 2025.Aug. 15ShopliftingCorp.

Marriage Licenses

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

Traffic Citations

Traffic citations filed with the Jones County Probate Court for Aug.

Vehicle Tags

AUG. 15-21, 2025Jones County ($4,927.74) City of Gray ($1,254.09) River North ($74.95) Total tags ($6,256.78)

Commissioners award paving contract, approve quarry entrance

Jones County Commissioners considered the contract award for road paving, adjustments for the upcoming SPLOST renewal and supporting a new entrance for Vulcan Materials at last week’s meeting.Chairman Chris Weidner called the Aug.

City council deciding whether or not to rollback millage

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.

All 4 city council district seats have opposition

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.

Brodie turns hard work into successful law practice

Ashley Brodie has built a successful law practice in Jones County and Middle Georgia, and she attributes that in large part to one habit: hard work.