Real Life

–George Sheffield “Joseph…a just man“-Mt 1:19 Joseph, to me, is the unsung hero in the Christmas story. He’s gets left in the background, standing there quiet like a stage prop filling out the scenery. He never speaks. We learn about him through his actions, not his words.

The eyes of the Lord

Pastor & Mrs. Joe L. RidleyThe eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, And His ears are open to their cry. The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles.

Jail Report

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Real Estate Transactions

DEC. 22-23, 2025DEC. 22Win-Win Joycliff Realty, LLC to GA Choice Housing, LLC; 3320 Joycliff Rd.; parcel M04D00002; $210,000.00 DEC. 23Kayla Brown, Administrator of the Estate of Tabatha Carol Lawson to Caleb Shipp and Haley Shipp; 615 Lite N Tie Rd.; 22.5 acres; parcel J5200172; $275,000.

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 Dec. 11-18, 2025.Dec. 11Suspended and expired registrationOfficer Meeks was patrolling the area of GA Hwy.

Vehicle Tags

DEC. 12-23, 2025Jones County ($3,712.70) City of Gray ($443.84) River North ($12.63) Total tags ($4,169.17)

Traffic Citations

Traffic citations filed with the Jones County Probate Court for Dec. 19-24, 2025Hunting waterfowl without Mig. Bird Stamp – 2 Hunting over bait – waterfowl – 4 Operating vehicle without valid tag/decal – 1 Speeding – 8

Panel explains economic development process

More than 60 people attended the Dec. 18 economic development information session hosted at Tri-County EMC for the purpose of educating the public in what economic development is and its benefits.

2025 is in the books

YEAR IN REVIEW2025 was a year of change with resolutions to a tumultuous situation with a county board rarely in the news and changes in the structure of the Jones County School System leadership in administration and athletics.A hearing was held by the Jones County Board of Commissioners Jan.

BOH holds final 2025 meeting with uptick in restaurants

The Jones County Board of Health had its final quarterly meeting of 2025 in December with three new restaurants added to the inspection list.Board Chairman Ed Barbee led the Dec. 3 meeting for the final time as his second and final term as chairman concluded with the meeting.