Warren Associates Celebrating 50 Years in Business
Warren Selby, President of Warren Associates, talks about the history of the company and celebrating 50 years in business.
Sardis-Heard Funerals & Cremation Center Awarded President’s Choice Award by Historic Macon Foundation
Sardis-Heard Funerals & Cremation Center located at 6125 Houston Road – Macon, Georgia has been awarded the Thad E. Murphey President’s Choice Award. This award was presented by the Historic Macon Foundation at their annual meeting, held on May 27, 2021. Preservation Awards were awarded to various restoration and preservations projects in Macon for the year of 2020.
Sardis-Heard Funerals & Cremation Centers was nominated and chosen for the Thad E. Murphey President’s Choice award as the “Most Important” effort at preservation.
Peace Officers Memorial Day 2021
In honor of National Peace Officer’s Memorial Day, we remembered the brave men and women who lost their lives in the line of duty. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, the Law Enforcement Foundation, and the Macon-Bibb County Fire Department gathered at Public Safety Memorial Park Friday, May 14, 2021 to honor the fallen. During the ceremony, the name of Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Kenterrous Taylor was unveiled on the monument. Deputy Taylor lost his life in the line of duty on March 18, 2020. #Respect #Honor #Remember #BCSOStrong
Ground Breaking at Lake Tobesofkee Phase II project
Phase II of the Lake Tobesofkee Project includes renovation of Restrooms and Pavilions, Adding Picnic Areas, and Pickle-Ball Courts. Renovations are being done at all 3 parks, but not all parks will have the same amenities. The Lake Tobesofkee project includes: Arrowhead, Claystone, and Sandy Beach.
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- Lake Tobesofkee celebrating completion of first phase of improvements
First round of Lake Tobesofkee improvements brings new restrooms, office buildings to parks
Jones County Law Enforcement Center Completed
Source: The Jones County News | Jail expansion complete
Written by: Debbie Lurie-smith
The new addition to the Jones County Law Enforcement Center has been completed and is now occupied.
Sheriff Butch Reece announced the completion of the 40-bed addition in a Jan. 25 Facebook post. He thanked Warren & Associates, Precision Planning and Cherokee Brick for the project being completed on time and on budget.
The law enforcement center was originally dedicated Feb. 21,1998, and the addition was the first since its construction. The previous location of the jail was next to the Jones County Courthouse.
Chief Deputy Earl Humphries said 40 is the maximum number of inmates to be housed in the new addition. It was constructed for the purpose of housing an expanding number of female inmates and was designed to keep the populations separated.
Capt. Shane Moody, who is over 911 and the jail, said the previous capacity prior to the new addition was 124 inmates. Due to the new construction, the 40-bed unit was added as well as two segregation cells that house two inmates each. That puts the new jail capacity at 168 inmates.
Moody said with the onset of COVID-19, however, the space is currently better utilized to isolate incoming inmates for the two-week quarantine period. The quarantining of incoming inmates has been a huge challenge for the department.
He said, as soon as COVID-19 issues are over, the new wing will be used for its intended purpose of housing female inmates.
Humphries said the project cost was $2.7 million, and it was paid for with SPLOST funds. He said the first part of the project, improving the existing facilities, started in February of 2020, and ground was broken for the new addition in April.
The chief added that another project has also been underway at the law enforcement center, which was to expand the office space in the investigations department. That project has been completed mostly in-house. Humphries said inmates did much of the work, and contractors were used when needed. He said the office expansion would add a secondary interview room, more open space for offices and a conference room.
The walls and basic construction of the office expansion have been completed, and the finishing interior work is underway. Humphries said all existing items, such as windows, were reused whenever possible.
