Road crews in action ahead of winter storm
Road crews in action ahead of winter storm
Expected to “heavily impact” area Thursday city of Jasper and Pickens County trucks were already at work brining roadways ahead of “significant” winter weather expected...
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Kemp proposes more spending on education, health care, law enforcement
Kemp proposes more spending on education, health care, law enforcement
Kemp proposes more spending on education, health care, law enforcement By Dave WilliamsBureau ChiefCapitol Beat News Service ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp asked Georgia lawmakers Thursday to...
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Kemp proposes refunds for Georgia income taxpayers
Kemp proposes refunds for Georgia income taxpayers
Kemp proposes refunds for Georgia income taxpayers By Dave WilliamsBureau ChiefCapitol Beat News Service ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp wants to use a record state budget surplus...
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Strong county response to landfill right on target
Over the holidays at different times, two members of our staff ventured north on Highway 515. Evidence of our recent reporting on what could turn...
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Looking back; looking ahead How did we fare in 2021?
In our 2020 year-end editorial, we wrote that everyone was cut some slack for not accomplishing much over those past 12 months as the...
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A simple Christmas is the one that will be remembered
Christmas arrives Saturday and we have survived all the rushing around and prepping for the big day, no small feat, especially with the...
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Posts published in “Obituaries”

Obituaries for December 9, 2021; Belva Guthrie, Angy Wills, Joyce Newhouse, Patty Grant, Peter Bolia, Cary Snelgrove, Jack Snelgrove

By Staff Writer on December 8, 2021

Belva Guthrie Belva Butler Guthrie, 86, of Jasper, Georgia passed away Sunday, November 28, 2021 at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital. She was born August 25,…

Obituaries for Dec. 2, 2021; Phillip Johnson, Arewill Mulkey, Imogene Stephens, Barbara Childers, Sandra Fields, David Skaggs Sr., Betty Henderson, J.R. Totherow Jr., Zyndall Hulsey, Erma Tate, Pete Huber, Scotty Hulsey, Norma Willingham, Betty Robson, Sonia Tromby, Thomas Gearhart, Jerry Higgins, Jack Frainie, Phillip Strickland

By Staff Writer on December 1, 2021

Phillip Johnson Phillip Stanley Johnson, 82, of Talking Rock, Georgia passed away Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at his home. He was born November 18,…

Obituaries for November 25, 2021; Glenda Moss, Larry Quarles, Imogene Stephens, Ellen Caldwell, Bernice Pinyan, Mary Murray, Betty Robinson,

By Staff Writer on November 23, 2021

Glenda Moss Glenda Adele Moss, 79, of Jasper, Georgia passed away Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at Wildwood Health Care. She was born November 5,…

Obituaries for November 18, 2021; Billy Goldman, Frederick Walsh Sr., Mark Pilla, Mark Rittenberry, Kathleen Wilkins, Edward Hamrick, Terry Elliott, Loretta Brackett, Kelly Perry, Horace Privette, Earl Hyde, Jr. Carlos Cole, Phillip James

By Staff Writer on November 17, 2021

Billy Goldman Mr. Billy Gene Goldman, 87, of Fairmount, Georgia, passed away peacefully from this life to a better place while at his home…

Obituaries for November 11, 2021; D.W. Mullinax, James Kelly, Sheila Corbin, Betty Ellis, Pat Parker, Harvey Dale, Ralph Myers, Kenneth Murdock, Marylena Sebastian,

By Staff Writer on November 10, 2021

D.W. Mullinax D.W. Mullinax, 85, of Hill City passed away Saturday, November 6, 2021 at his home. He was born November 21, 1935 to…