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salute.jpg A Thanksgiving appeal for our wounded vets
“APPEAL FOR Wounded Men,” proclaimed the New York Times headline. “An appeal to citizens to open their homes on Thanksgiving Day to the 15,000 wounded soldiers in the city was sent out yesterday...
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school.jpg Remembering school days
FEW THINGS STIR the nostalgia of our lives as the days we spent in our schools decades ago. Most of us remember with clarity the children we knew as classmates and the teachers who taught us. A...
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Matt Doering from Brunswick with his 101-lb., 2 1/2-year-old doe. Over 120 deer harvested during primitive weapons hunt
As Archie Smith sees it, primitive weapons deer hunting is the only way to hunt.
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Inmate escapes from golf course detail
An inmate stole a county vehicle and decided to make his way south last week while on a work detail at Jones County’s public golf course last week.
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Judge William Townsend advises Landon Simmons of his rights Is dogfighting OK here? Jury finds two guilty
The acceptance of the blood sport of dogfighting in Jones County was tested last week, and a panel of 12 made a statement that it will not be tolerated.
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Deer vs. vehicle accidents up in ’07
Deer accidents are on the rise in Jones County with last month averaging more than one accident per day.
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Board votes 4-0 in favor of rezoning
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The rezoning of Jones County’s first industrial park was finalized Tuesday night with a unanimous affirmative vote by county commissioners at the meeting.
31 bags of marijuana found in home; suspect sought
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A warrant has been issued by the Jones County Sheriff’s Department for the arrest of a Jones County man following the seizure of marijuana from his home.
Veterans honored during annual ceremony
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The spirit of patriotism and gratitude for the sacrifice of servicemen and women of yesterday and today was the order of the day last weekend during Jones County’s annual Veterans Appreciation Day.
Council members meet with GDOT, receive help on resurfacing five streets
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Gray’s elected officials were so impressed with the success of the Jones County commissioners following their meeting with the Georgia Department of Transportation commissioner that they made a tri...
Authority taking next steps after rezoning
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Jones County commissioners removed a hurdle last week for the development of the Georgia Regional Industrial Park, a project that has been on the drawing board for more than three decades.
Personal care home comes under fire of neighbors
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The hostility of neighbors to a proposed personal care home on Kelly Road was voiced at last week’s Board of Commissioners meeting.
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Waves from Tropical Storm Hanna crash onto the beach in Nags Head, N.C., Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Hanna is forecast to make landfall somewhere along the Carolina coast early Saturday. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - Tropical Storm Hanna picked up speed Friday as it cruised toward the Carolinas, promising to deliver gusty winds and heavy rain during a dash up the Eastern Seaboard that could wash out the weekend for millions of people.


Fri Sep 05 16:12:22 -0700 2008
AP - A gunman who took a dozen hostages in a suburban Chicago bank after wresting a gun from a police officer Friday died after shooting himself in the head, police said.
Fri Sep 05 16:54:30 -0700 2008

Eric McLean, left, and his attorney Bruce Poston listen during jury selection Wednesday morning, Sept. 3, 2008, in Judge Mary Beth Leibowitz's courtroom in Knoxville,Tenn., in the first-degree murder trial of Eric McLean. McLean is charged with the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Sean Powell outside the McLean home on March 10, 2007. McLean suspected Powell was having an affair with his wife, Erin, who taught at West High School, Powell's school. (AP Photo/Michael Patrick, Pool)AP - A prosecutor described a schoolteacher's husband as a jealous, calculating killer as trial opened Friday on charges he murdered his wife's teenage lover. But a defense lawyer told the jury that the defendant was a victim himself of a spouse who flaunted her infidelity.


Fri Sep 05 16:10:19 -0700 2008
AP - A judge dismissed charges Friday against the bicyclist who was body-checked and knocked to the pavement by a police officer in a widely viewed YouTube video.
Fri Sep 05 11:08:52 -0700 2008