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Elite Fitness manager Sara Escalante in the new Elite Fitness Xtreme facility that focuses on full-body functional training. DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH/Staff

Elite Fitness manager Sara Escalante in the new Elite Fitness Xtreme facility that focuses on full-body functional training. DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH/Staff

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Elite Xtreme offers more for those getting in shape

Debbie Lurie-Smith
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Jones County now has another option when it comes to fitness with the addition of Elite Fitness Xtreme that opened in November. Sara Escalante is the manager of both Elite Fitness and Elite Fitness Xtreme. She said the new Elite Fitness Xtreme has held its ribbon cutting Nov.

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Four fatalities reported in 2023, down one from ’22

Debbie Lurie-Smith
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Deaths from traffic accidents for 2023 in Jones County totaled four, which resulted from three serious accidents. A crash analysis report from the Jones County Sheriff’s Office states that the total number of accidents for the year was 525 with 110 of them reporting injuries.
Ali Kate Kelleher (fifth right) with her support team accept a big check after winning the Jingle Bell Classic in Perry Dec. 16. CONTRIBUTED

Ali Kate Kelleher (fifth right) with her support team accept a big check after winning the Jingle Bell Classic in Perry Dec. 16. CONTRIBUTED

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Kelleher wins big in Jingle Bell Classic barrel races

Debbie Lurie-Smith
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
A Jones County barrel racer won big in Perry this week, winning the 2D in the Triple Crown Incentive slot race. Ali Kate Kelleher, riding her horse Sister, pulled in a total of $55,000 Dec. 16 during the event known as the Jingle Bell Classic.

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New trash carts, brewery ordinance on tap

Debbie Lurie-Smith
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Gray City Council members made quick work of a called meeting and moved on to committees during their final meeting of the year. Mayor Ed Barbee called the Dec. 18 meeting to order and took up the first agenda item. The first Monday of January 2024 would fall on the Jan.
The Jones County Kiwanis Club provided 15 Christmas gift bags for foster children in the county. Working with the Department of Family and Children Services, The Kiwanis Club selected items that would be most needed by teenage boys and girls. Kiwanian Owen Pruitt was in charge of and carried out the project. CONTRIBUTED

The Jones County Kiwanis Club provided 15 Christmas gift bags for foster children in the county. Working with the Department of Family and Children Services, The Kiwanis Club selected items that would be most needed by teenage boys and girls. Kiwanian Owen Pruitt was in charge of and carried out the project. CONTRIBUTED

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Kiwanis Club provides Christmas gift bags

News Staff
Wednesday, December 27, 2023

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Real Estate Transactions

News Staff
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
DEC. 15-21, 2023 DEC. 15 Evan T. Jones, Jr. to Ryan Kinkade and Rebecca Kinkade; 165 Howard Ct. lot 107 Grayfield Subd. Ph. 1; parcel G0700259; $207,500.00 Anna LuJean Holder Lamb to River Road Settlement LLC; parcel J6400022; $119,200.

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Superior Court Motions

News Staff
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
DEC. 21, 2023 PLEAS State vs. Harold Wesley Tukes – 12 months each ct. 1: removal of plate to conceal or misrepresent identity, ct. 2: driving without a license, 10 years ct. 3: lesser included offense of theft by receiving stolen property felony.

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Crime Watch

News Staff
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
The following information is gleaned from incident reports, which are public record, from the Jones County Sheriff’s Department and Gray Police Department Dec. 16, 2023. Dec.
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