Recall Response Is Heard
UPDATE (06/16/2023): Judge H. Gibbs Flanders has ruled in favor of Commission Chairman Don Jernigan. Judge Flanders cites “insufficient probable cause to support the recall application,” effectively ending the chances of a recall for Mr. Jernigan. A full story will be released in the June 22 edition. ***ORIGINAL STORY*** Jasper Superior Court was in session…
Read MoreTyrin Lawrence Will Return to Vanderbilt
Star basketball player Tyrin Lawrence has announced he will be returning to Vanderbilt to continue his collegiate career this spring. The decorated student athlete took to social media on June 1 announcing his decision to return to Vanderbilt by posting a graphic with the words “I’m back.” The decision comes in the wake of his…
Read MoreTyrin Lawrence Will Return to Vanderbilt
Star basketball player Tyrin Lawrence has announced he will be returning to Vanderbilt to continue his collegiate career this spring. The decorated student athlete took to social media on June 1 announcing his decision to return to Vanderbilt by posting a graphic with the words “I’m back.” The decision comes in the wake of his…
Read MoreTraci Dunn Mitchell
Traci Dunn Mitchell, born March 24, 1965, passed the morning of May 12, 2023, surrounded by her children and the rest of her family after fighting cancer for nine years. You knew her as Traci, we knew her as mom, sister, daughter, and wife. She wore each of those hats proud, but her greatest joy…
Read MoreI Do!!
During the month of June, one of the most popular months for weddings, those words, “I Do”, will be spoken 1,000’s of times. Sometime the “I Do” was the beginning of a long marriage and sometimes that marriage was over in days. When the couple say those two words to each other they are agreeing…
Read MoreThank God for Being American
In a few weeks we will be celebrating the birthday of our nation. I would have to say that this holiday is one of my favorites. When I was a kid…it was because I got to blow stuff up! This was back before fireworks were illegal in most parts of the south, and a self…
Read MoreNothing To Do?
I get so confused sometimes. People around here are fond of saying, ”there’s nothing to do here.” I don’t know what rock they are under, but I can’t keep up sometimes. Just an example…there were local graduations two weekends in May, followed by a patriotic Memorial Day concert on Monday, Memorial Day. And, the huge…
Read MorePiedmont Teacher of the Year
Piedmont Academy is proud to announce its 2023 Teacher of the Year as Dr. Lennye Hestad. Currently, she is the middle school English Langauge Arts (ELA) teacher. Her teaching career has spanned a total of 40 plus years. Along with her husband, Dan, they are the parents of three Piedmont Alumni, Dr. Drew Hestad (‘03),…
Read MoreThe News on Vacation
Donna Spriggs, Morgen Green, Dominique Ford, Janice Arnold, Lyric Arnold and Ashley DeVane cruised to Cozumel and Progresso, Yucatan with The Monticello News on Carnival Valor. (Not pictured are Lyric Arnold and Ashley DeVane). First stop was a few days in New Orleans. Then to the ship—they snorkeled in Cozumel on Wednesday and visited the…
Read MoreMarket On The Square
PICTURE SHOWN IS FROM MARKET ON THE SQUARE 2019 The Monticello Market on the Square is in full swing, open every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vendors sell fresh produce, home canned goods, specialty items, candles, jewelry, artwork, home baked goods, fried pies, fried pork skins, honey, flowers…more than you can imagine. Visit…
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