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Vehicle Tags

NOV. 21-25, 2025Jones County ($4,055.60) City of Gray ($488.50) River North ($47.89) Total tags ($4,591.99)

Marriage Licenses

Marriage licenses filed with the Jones County Probate Court Nov. 21-26, 2025 NOV. 21Jacob Paul Phillips to Adriana Jane Borden NOV. 24Brandon Andrew Cobb to Bailey Brooke Davis

Traffic Citations

Traffic citations filed with the Jones County Probate Court for Nov. 21-26, 2025Operating commercial vehicle without valid license – 1 Speeding – 12 Failure to obey traffic control devices – 1 Taillights required – 1

Real Estate Transactions

NOV. 21-26, 2025NOV. 21Cole Dove and Sara Everett to Derek Todd Warren and April Nicholle Warren; 793 Greene Settlement Rd.; parcel J3100054B; $370,000.00 Timothy Lynn Hancock to Deborah Michelle Kolbe; parcel M0900082; $134,900.

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 Nov. 17-25, 2025.Nov. 17No tag lights, suspended licenseDep. Sullivan was monitoring traffic on Hwy.
John Simmons brings artifacts he found while working on the Jakes Woods property to the Nov. 18 BOC meeting. DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH/Staff

John Simmons brings artifacts he found while working on the Jakes Woods property to the Nov. 18 BOC meeting. DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH/Staff

Jake’s Woods

The Jones County Board of Commissioners took a moment to thank an employee who has been working diligently to help preserve an important part of Jones County’s history at its meeting last week.Chairman Chris Weidner called the Nov.
Stacey Blanton

Stacey Blanton

Blanton wins top music award

A Jones County native who took time off from her career for her family has taken top awards in last month’s county awards in Georgia and is poised to break through to the national scene.

Progress continues on countywide property revaluation

The November meeting of the Jones County Board of Tax Assessors ended with good news about progress for the countywide revaluation.The Nov. 6 meeting was called to order by Chairman Dr. Leigh Stanford, and the opening prayer and pledge was led by board member Joe Rutledge.