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Tips for Following a Healthy Morning Routine

From what you drink to when you get up, you can make a number of small changes to your morning routine that will have major health benefits. Some folks consider themselves morning people, but not everyone has a great morning routine. These tips for following a healthy morning routine will help you start off the…

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Easy Bathroom Renovation Projects

A full bathroom renovation can provide the facelift that your home might desperately need. But completing smaller projects can give you the same benefits without running up your budget. Here are a few tips for easy bathroom renovation projects. Update Fixtures Changing your fixtures is an incredibly simple way to update a room without changing…

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Football Contest Grand Prize Honor Roll Updated

Last week’s football contest was a bit of a mess with two games listed not played, and many, many players missing exactly three This week’s contest is not looking much better as the first game…the tie-breaker game, is not being played. Therefore The News will use game #2 The News scorer messed up and only…

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A Brief Evolution of Personal Protective Equipment

PPE is being utilized now more than ever. Learn about how PPE was conceived, and the innovative developments made to improve personal protective equipment. Personal protective equipment, or PPE, is a modern tool used to promote public health and safety. Public use of PPE is being encouraged now more than ever during a pandemic. PPE’s…

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Few Are Sentenced In Superior Court

Judge Terry Massey presided over the motion day and criminal calendar last Tuesday which produced a handful of sentences. •Billy Joe Strickland, sentenced to two years of probation for possession of methamphetamine while charges of possession of drug related objects and defective windshield were nolle prossed. He was fined $700. •Aaron Nelson, sentenced to one…

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Accidents, Burglaries Abound

No one was seriously injured when two cars collided on Eatonton Street Monday morning. Kaitlyn Alexandria Wilbanks of Monticello was traveling west on Hwy. 16 east in a 2010 Volkswagen CC when the car in front of her slowed to turn. She did not realize the car had slowed, and hit the car in front…

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Deadline To Register To Vote Is Monday

The deadline to register to vote and be able to vote in the January 5, 2021 Senate run-off election is next Monday, Dec. 7. This applies to all new registrations or for those new residents who have not yet changed their address. With the upcoming holidays, the schedule for early voting will be as follows:…

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Where Is Santa When You Need Him?

How does he do it? That is, deliver all those packages in one night. Six days a week, and around this time maybe seven days a week, there are various mail and delivery trucks crisscrossing Jasper County. Ever since the virus took over our lives, online shopping has become the new national past time with…

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God’s Sovereignty Over Miracles

Sometimes I am shocked at how amazing God can be. I know I’m supposed to “get it” because I’m a preacher. But, God still has the power to make me go “wow”! Here is one of those truths that amazes me. If I am going through good times, God can use that for His glory.…

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Shop Local Saturday

This past Saturday downtown Monticello was alive with activity, Small Town Saturday shopping day. Maybe back in the day, every Saturday was like this one as the whole county converged on downtown to shop, eat, and talk. From her vantage perch atop the “peach, orange, Pepto Bismol, color-painted” headquarters of the largest newspaper in Jasper…

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