City Council Meets
By MARY ANN ANDERSON If the overall tone of the Sept. 13 called meeting of the Hazlehurst City Council was gloomy about the financial picture of the city, then last week’s regular monthly meeting spun 180 degrees and was rosier and more upbeat. Tammy Metts Dyal, the city’s accountant, first took the floor. She said…
Read MoreCaptain D’s Coming To Hazlehurst
Captain D’s, the nation’s leading fast casual seafood restaurant, has announced the signing of franchise development agreements that will expand its presence in key markets throughout the Midwest and the Southeast. This growth will bring three new restaurants to the greater Detroit area; three to Tulsa, Oklahoma; three to Southeast Georgia; and six to the…
Read MorePassing The Smell Test – By John Reed
Passing The Smell Test When I was a kid, my friends and I would play a card game called “I doubt it“. When the grownups weren’t around, it went by its more colorful name involving bovine manure. The point of the game was to bluff your opponent into thinking you had certain cards… Or not.…
Read MoreClarification Is In Order
I think some clarification is in order for last Thursday’s called meeting of the Hazlehurst City Council. On two occasions, the Mayor inserted my name into the discussion. I wasn’t present so I didn’t have the opportunity to respond. One reference was to the fact that city engineer Carl Hostadter and I worked hard on…
Read MoreThe Mommy State – By John Reed
The Mommy State As a teacher for many years, I had ample opportunity to witness the parenting instinct up close. Every parent has it but it manifests itself in many different ways. There are the clingy moms who don’t want their child to ever grow up. Those are the ones who walk their child to…
Read MoreJeff Davis Sheriff Preston Bohannon has announced that as a result of several drug investigations, intense drug suppression efforts, by investigators and deputies, several suspects have been arrested in Jeff Davis County on the following charges: Skylar Dakota Dykes of Hazlehurst was charged with sale of Methamphetamine. Taquanita Evette Hornsby of Hazlehurst was charged with…
Read MoreFrustrations Aired At Council Meeting
By MARY ANN ANDERSON Last week’s called meeting of the Hazlehurst City Council may have begun as what Ward One Councilman Dywane Johnson termed a “fireside chat” to discuss finances, but it evolved into one not quite of contentiousness but more of frustration about the city’s overall fiscal health. Johnson specifically pointed out, among other…
Read MoreCounty Commission Hears Updates
At last week’s meeting of the County Commission, heads of various departments gave the commissioners updates on the work they have been involved in. After a moment of silence to remember those who died on the 17th anniversary of the Twin Towers terrorist attack, Joint Development Authority Executive Director Andrea Taylor kicked off the presentations.…
Read MoreGrand Jury Returns Indictments
The Jeff Davis County Grand Jury last week indicted 17 people last week for a wide range of offenses. Scarlett Loraine Zanders was indicted on two counts of obstruction of an officer, interference with government property, and possession of less than an ounce of marijuana. The obstruction charges come from Zanders allegedly hitting an…
Read MoreMrs. Martha Faye Smith Rentz, 76
Mrs. Martha Faye Smith Rentz, 76, of Hazlehurst, died Sept. 12 at Jeff Davis Hospital. Mrs. Rentz was born Dec. 27, 1941, in Coffee County to the late Lewis Smith and the late Selma Merritt Smith. She was a homemaker and member of Heritage Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her husband, Dan…
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