🌱 Why a former Jasper police officer now faces multiple criminal charges

Hello Jasper! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Why a former Jasper police officer now faces multiple criminal charges

Also on today's calendar: Comedy Night in Blue Ridge and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 86 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Humid; a p.m. t-storm or two, temps: high: 82, low: 68.
• Friday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 82 and low of 67 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• GBI Arrests Former Jasper Officer on Multiple Charges (allongeorgia.com) — A former Jasper Police Department officer from Jasper has been arrested on multiple charges following a GBI investigation into his on-duty conduct during a March incident involving a local resident. He was booked into the Pickens County Detention Center, and state authorities say the investigation into what happened during that encounter remains active and ongoing.
   

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📸 Around Jasper

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Jasper

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★ Featured events ★

Friday August 28

• Comedy Night in Blue Ridge →
  Doghobble Cellars, 598 E Main St, Blue Ridge
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday August 26

• PJHS Football @ Lumpkin
  Pickens Jr High School Jasper, GA 30143
  5:00 pm
• PJHS Football vs Lumpkin @ Lumpkin
  Pickens High School PCSD Athletics
  5:00 pm
• PJHS Softball vs North Forsyth
  Pickens Jr High School North Forsyth High School, 3635 Coal Mountain Dr, Cumming, GA 3
  6:45 pm

Thursday August 27

• JV Softball vs Dawson @PHS
  Pickens High School PCSD Athletics
  4:00 pm
• JV/V Volleyball Murray/Fannin @ PHS
  Pickens High School PCSD Athletics
  5:00 pm
• School Advisory Council Meeting #1
  Pickens County Jasper, GA 30143
  5:30 pm
• JV Football vs Dawson @ PHS
  Pickens High School Jasper, GA 30143
  5:30 pm
• PHS V Softball vs Dawson @ PHS
  Pickens Jr High School PCSD Athletics
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday August 26

• CCMS Football v. Dawson
  Clear Creek Middle School Ellijay, GA 30540
  4:15 pm
• CCMS Volleyball @ Union County
  Clear Creek Middle School Ellijay, GA 30540
  4:15 pm

Thursday August 27

• CCMS Volleyball @ Fannin County
  Clear Creek Middle School Ellijay, GA 30540
  4:15 pm
• Football (JV) @ Chestatee
  Gilmer High School Ellijay, GA 30540
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Brown Golden retriever spotted running down puddle of Cove rd in front of Double AA landscape supply, where Cove rd and Mountain Oak intersect.
  Could t get picture! Long brown haired golden retriever, looks about 3-6 yrs old. Running towards round a bout to Big Canoe on Steve Tate, but just… (Nextdoor Yellow Creek)
• Alpharetta Farmers Market
  OVER 100 VENDORS April 4 thru Nov 14 Saturdays 8:30- 12:30 Downtown Alpharetta at City Hall North and South Broad Streets Fresh Produce, baked goods… (Nextdoor Salacoa Highlands)

• The Chicken Salad Chick posted a job opening for Team Member in Jasper. Apply here.
• LongHorn Steakhouse posted a job opening for Bartender in Jasper. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Jasper here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Ellijay

• KastKing Ellijay Polarized Bifocal Sunglasses (dealnews.com)

Canton

• Cherokee County courthouse closed following hazmat contamination (fox5atlanta.com)
• Mother charged with murder after boyfriend allegedly beat 2-year-old son to death (local12.com)
• Whataburger: Get a FREE Summer Peach Whatafresher drink on Tuesday (rewards account required) (atlantaonthecheap.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Meet me at the corner. (Thank you Earlene M. for sending it in!)
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