School’s Back
Seems like kids were out of school for summer just the other day and now they’re back. Times have changed since folks my age were darkening the doorways of the hallowed halls. Back then we were out in May and didn’t return until after Labor Day. That seemed perfectly right. Now, there are lots of…
Read MoreFriday Nights Are Back for the Monticello Hurricanes
The Purple Hurricanes of Monticello High School opened up the 2022 football season with their first preseason scrimmage against a former region rival in the Lamar County Trojans of Barnesville last Friday at the Monticello Sports Complex . The game also served as the first look into new Head Coach Ashley Henderson and his staff’s…
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Judge Presides Over Court Docket
Common Sense and Other Myths
James Edward Thurman, Sr.
A celebration of the life of James Edward Thurman, Sr. was held Monday, July 25, in the courtyard of Smith and Sons Funeral Home, 923 Funderburg Drive, Monticello. Rev. Ricky Hammond, eulogist. James Edward Thurman, Sr. passed away peacefully in his home on July 16, 2022. He was born February 10, 1951 in Monticello, to…
Read MoreExcitement Abounds
This is an exciting week…no, I’m not moving into my new house…that will be a really exciting week. But, Dairy Queen, an institution in this town, moved into its new home last week, and opened to the public Monday morning. There was a “soft opening” last Friday and Saturday for friends and family, and I…
Read MoreThe First Beginning
Giving honor to God our Father and to Jesus Christ our Son of Man our friend and our savior we need all—so don’t fool yourself. To the Monticello News staff, I hope and pray that all is well. July 24, 2022—Parent’s Day Ephesians 4:13 says advice to husbands, wives and children. We all come in…
Read MoreChristmas in July
Yes, when it’s 93 degrees in the shade in Monticello, what we need is a month of Christmas movies on the Hallmark Channel where there is always snow, albeit, fake. Amazingly, the snow in these movies is always gleaming and white instead of gritty, dirty and sloppy after a day or so. You want some…
Read MoreJasper Memorial Receives $900,000 Grant from DCH
The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) announced Monday grant awards totaling $9 million to 10 Georgia rural hospitals as part of its annual Rural Hospital Stabilization Grant program, currently in its seventh phase. Jasper Memorial Hospital in Monticello is among the hospitals which will receive $900,000 to support initiatives and services that strengthen access…
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