The Importance of Crawl Space Maintenance
Caring for your crawl space is crucial to high home quality. Understand why by reading this article, which covers the importance of crawl space maintenance. Regular maintenance for your home’s crawl space is important for a multitude of reasons. Being an observant and responsible homeowner not only prevents mold and allergen buildup but also allows…
Read MoreDeputies Seek Perpetrators
During the week of January 3-9, 2021, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office experienced a Covid-19 outbreak. More than half of the inmates tested positive, and a number of inmates were released due to medical complications. Some inmates have been transferred to out of county facilities. Some inmates were placed on house arrest. Some were conditionally…
Read MoreMiss Ola Mae Glawson
A homegoing celebration of love for Miss Ola Mae Glawson, who died January 10, 2021, was held Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021 at Smith-Thomas Cemetery, Goolsby Road, Monticello. Gayle Middlebrooks, pastor of King’s Chapel Community Church, officiated. Ola Mae Glawson was born July 26, 1945 to the late Arthur Lee and Fannie Lou Glawson. She was…
Read MoreTips for Choosing a Waste Management Company
As any RCRA hazardous waste generator, it’s important to realize how vital it is that you manage any waste according to all government regulations and standards. It is your responsibility to properly contain, ship, and discard all hazardous waste produced on your site. The proper waste management company can work with you to ensure that…
Read MoreMusings On A Holiday Monday
No news is good news…whoever said that obviously never ran a newspaper. On this abbreviated work week because of the Monday holiday honoring the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I’m sitting at my desk wondering what in the world I’m going to find for my faithful readers to read about. The Jasper County School…
Read MoreSurprise!
Even though last week Hello was talking about past bad weather, who would believe that the very day The Monticello News was printed last week we would suddenly have a surprise sleet storm. The skies around here were full of clouds and temperatures were in the low to middle 50’s at 2:30 p.m. Nothing indicated…
Read MoreBe A Tree
I meet with a Discipleship Group every week. This is a small group of five guys that encourage each other, pray for each other, and talk together about what God is teaching us. For the last several weeks of 2020, we challenged each other to memorize Psalm 1. So, those verses have been running through…
Read MoreOne College Football Program Stands Above All Others
The curtain closed on what had to be one of the strangest college football seasons in the history of the sport. Alabama won another national title and in doing so helped further cement the legacy of coach Nick Saban. When he was hired by Alabama the thought was Saban could only hope to be the…
Read MoreJasper County Educators Earn Grant Funds
Tri-County EMC recently surprised 24 teachers in Baldwin, Jasper, Jones and Putnam Counties with educational grants totaling $30,000. Jasper County had three teachers—Tyson Harty, Amanda Jenkins, and Laura Rolader— awarded grants for their respective projects. Tyson Harty, (top photo) is pictured with members from his Jasper County High School film class including Tyler Banks, Kerriann…
Read MoreCanes Earn Additional Region Wins
Head Coach Chris Pennamon will admit that Friday’s win for his Jasper County-Monticello High School varsity boys basketball team against Dodge County on the road was not pretty. The coach will also tell you that a “win is a win.” The Hurricanes took a 35-26 victory against Dodge County on the road to add another…
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