The News on Vacation
Doug and Lura Currie of Monticello recently took a driving trip out west, and took The Monticello News with them. This photo was taken in the Badlands, a national park in South Dakota. They visited may sites, and took a helicopter tour during their time out west. They stopped at various locations along their route,…
Read MoreSchool Board Holds Public Hearings
By KATHY MUDD The Jasper County School Board held two public hearings on its budget Tuesday, and no one attended the evening meeting to comment. However, Fransis Wayne Bales attended the 11 a.m. meeting and spoke to those present. Mr. Bales read his remarks, and shared them with The News: “If our budget don’t have…
Read MoreMrs. Josephine Moore
Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine Collier Moore were held July 17, 2021 at New Bethel Grove Baptist Church Cemetery with Eulogist Rev. Jerry Williams. She died July 13, 2021 at Coliseum Hospital in Macon. Mrs. Moore was born in Butts County on August 24, 1944 to the late Willie B. Collier and Lizzie Lue McDowell…
Read MoreOliver Eugene Dunn
Funeral services for Oliver Eugene Dunn were held July 14, 2021 at Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery with Eulogist Rev. Frank Norwood. He passed away on July 9, 2021 in hospice care while battling lung cancer and eventually succumbing to cardiac arrest from a blood clot. Mr. Dunn was born in Jasper County on May…
Read MoreWarren Samuel ‘Sammy’ Blackwell, Sr.
Warren Samuel “Sammy” Blackwell, Sr., age 86, of Hillsboro, passed away Wednesday, July 14, 2021, at his residence. Sammy Blackwell was a lifelong resident of Jasper County. His parents were the late Bryant Blackwell and Minnie Lou McMichael Blackwell. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Annie Belle Tillman…
Read MoreAccepting Defeat And Look Ahead
We’ve heard plenty of adjectives to describe the 2020 election. In fact, we are still hearing them. Words such as fraudulent, corrupt and illegitimate are just some of the more commonly-used ones. In reality, it’s not about any of those things. What it’s really about is being poor losers. We are all guilty of it.…
Read MoreOlympic Spirit
2021 Olympics will have 33 sports including five new additions, surfing, sport climbing, skateboarding, karate, and baseball/softball. Since the modern Olympics began in 1896, many sports have been added and subtracted. Some of these are questionable as sports. Take for instance, solo synchronized swimming with the keyword being solo which means only one person, but…
Read MoreDraw Near to God
Pastor Melvin Henry preach James 4:8; the message was draw near to God. Hebrews 13:5 says Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. To the Monticello News staff it is always good to say thank you all for the time putting the News. Hebrews 7:18-28 says Yes, the Old requirement about priesthood was…
Read MorePaycheck Protection Loans
I have been doing some interesting reading lately…and I‘m not the only one. If you google Paycheck Protection Loan data, you can find everyone who received a loan from the government because of money lost to the Covid-19 pandemic. I just wish everyone in Jasper County who got a loan would put an ad in…
Read MoreFootball Teams Approach New Season
Summer work continues for both the Jasper County-Monticello High School and Piedmont Academy football teams. Both programs enter their respective 2021 seasons with new head coach. Aaron Pitts is entering his first season with the Canes while Clint Satterfield will direct the Cougars. Pitts and Satterfield both have been pleased with how their athletes have…
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