Contest Is A Battle of the Tie-Breakers
HEADMASTER CLINT WELCH (L), DEANNE GREENWAY It was a battle of the tie-breakers. The top three contenders in The Monticello News football contest last week had 13 right, and were within three points of each other on their tie-breaker guess. A fourth person had 13 right, but was further off the tie-breaker. Only one player…
Read MoreDeputies Investigate Store Burglary
In the early morning hours of last Friday, Oct. 4, deputies and investigators responded to a burglary at 22044 Hwy. 11 North, Tyson’s Country Store. An undisclosed amount of cash and other items were taken from the location. The Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating leads and the case remains active. Anyone who has any information…
Read MoreMonticello Council Hears Citizen Complaints
Members of the Monticello City Council heard from several citizens regarding their utility bills during its regular business meeting Tuesday. Citizens were concerned primarily with the increase in the fees for their utilities from last month’s bill to this month’s bill, with one citizen stating that the most recent bill was the highest that she…
Read MoreAbsentee Ballots Are Available
Absentee ballots for the city of Monticello Mayor Pro-tem election set for Tuesday, Nov. 5 are now available in the Registrar’s office in the Courthouse. Early voting begins Tuesday, Oct. 15, and continues until Friday, Nov. 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each weekday. Two council posts will also be on the ballot, but…
Read MoreThe Smithsonian
If you are a regular reader of this newspaper, or just bought today’s, no doubt you have seen “Crossroads: Change in Rural America” and “The Smithsonian Is Coming.” Do you know what it’s talking about? It’s quite exciting. The Smithsonian Institute has a traveling exhibit which will visit six cities in Georgia, and one of…
Read MoreDo Not Worry
Philippians 4:6-7 Worry is dangerous. It is connected to stress. In 2011, the Mayo Clinic conducted a study that showed a whopping 80 percent of their caseload had illnesses that were directly related to stress. A doctor was quoted during the research as saying, “if more people would stress less, then more diseases would be…
Read MoreWooly Bully
It’s Fall y’all. But where’s our Fall foliage? Leaves are dropping at a frantic rate. Soon we will hear that most wonderful sound of the season, the leaf blower. Some years we are told that we had too much rain, so no foliage. This year we haven’t had any rain, so what happened? In the…
Read MoreFall Weather May Finally Be Arriving
Fall officially arrived for another year back on Monday, Sept. 23. Until the past few days it has felt nothing like fall. The dead of summer would certainly be more accurate in a description. Less than a week ago the temperatures in the afternoon soared into the upper 90s Even for October in Georgia that…
Read MoreJCHS & JCPS Collaborate on Tri-State Water Study
On September 17, Jasper County High School students visited Rachael Pitts’ second grade class to teach them about the Tri-State Water Wars. Over the summer, a group of 11 middle and high school students participated in the Water Wars STEAM Camp. Taught by Elizabeth Proctor and Bonnie Garvin, the students explored the issues surrounding the…
Read MoreMiddle School Lady Cougars Win Again
It was just another routine day at the office on Monday for the Piedmont Academy Middle School softball team. The Lady Cougars blanked visiting Creekside 15-0 needing just three innings to complete the victory. Piedmont’s Middle School team is now 10-1 for the season. The game’s outcome was determined quickly as the Lady Cougars led…
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