The Jones County Board of Education held the second of its required three hearings last week to opt out of HB 581 without any members of the public in attendance. That changed about 30 minutes later when the room started filling up for a public comments session.School Superintendent Charles Lundy…

Jan 22, 2025 · Georgia College’s (GCSU) Continuing and Professional Education is hosting a class for Cybersecurity and Fraud Awareness. The class is taught by Hance Patrick and is a 2-hour online workshop that will show attendees the techniques that scammers use to help identify and prevent loss from an online scam.

Jan 8, 2025 · July 18, 1943 - Dec. 17, 2024 Arthur Neal DuLong, age 81, of Hillsboro, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, at Autumn Lane HRC in Gray.

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Members of a Jones County neighborhood came to the Board of Commissioners looking for help with streetlights that no longer work, leaving the streets filled with senior citizens in the dark. Chairman Chris Weidner called the Jan.

23 hours ago · In the midst of all of the winter scenes from last week’s rare weather event, the snow and ice also forced an alteration of JCHS athletic events. Last Wednesday’s dual wrestling match against Houston County was cancelled with multiple basketball games also postponed.

23 hours ago · Last weeks’ snow and below freezing temperatures created the perfect storm for vehicle accidents and traffic issues. As snow started falling Jan.

Jan 8, 2025 · (Editor’s note: this is the second half of a two-part review of the top news stories of 2024. January through July were published last week.) August Jones County’s first responders were celebrated Aug.

4 days ago · This week's winter weather put athletic events at Jones County High School on hold, resulting in a condensed schedule to end the regular season for the Greyhounds and Lady Hounds on the basketball court. This past Tuesday's game against Ola will now take place Jan. 29 with Friday's contest against Stockbridge put on hold as well to either Feb. 5 or Feb. 6. With those changes, JCHS will now ...

Nov 6, 2024 · The announcement of another death by suicide in Jones County in September was unwelcomed news at the October meeting of the Jones County Suicide Prevention Coalition.Ashley Prager began the Oct. 22 meeting with an ice breaker before delving into the coroner data for Jones County.Three suicides have been reported in 2024. Jones County Coroner Matt Jarratt said the three deaths by s...