Crossroads Exhibit To Be on Display Here
On December 7, the travelling Smithsonian exhibit “Crossroads: Change in Rural America” will arrive for six weeks at the Monticello/Jasper County Visitor’s Center. Over the next few months here in The Monticello News we’ll be exploring little known wondrous facts about our own “Rural Crossroads.” Stay tuned! If you have an artifact or photograph you…
Read More‘Flip’—Retired Cop, Good Neighbor
(Editor’s Note: The following is fifth installmen in our series, Know Your Neighbor. Please, if you know someone interesting, or you have a story to tell, let us know. This week’s story is the result of a neighbor calling us. Any Jasperite or almost Jasperite can be featured in this space as we are all…
Read MoreRamblings
My next oldest sister, Debby, and I made a road trip weekend before last, and it was fun! There’s four of us girls, and the first three of us are each 27 months apart, then Jenny comes along seven years later. So, Debby and I are the middle two, and somehow we just jive. So…
Read MoreSome Observations on Methodists
A friend of mine sent me some thoughts on Methodists which had been shared by Garrison Keillor, the creator and primary actor of “Prairie Home Companion.” Keillor, of course, is a staunch Lutheran, and his observations of us are particularly entertaining and surprisingly accurate. According to Keillor: We make fun of Methodist for their blandness,…
Read MorePiedmont Tennis Continues to Improve
Piedmont Academy’s varsity tennis teams have seen plenty of time on the court in recent days. On March 5 the teams competed against Thomas Jefferson in matches played in Milledgeville. “It was not ideal tennis weather,” said Piedmont coach Alison Hildebrant. “The conditions were cold and windy. Anyone that wasn’t playing was wrapped up in…
Read MoreDiamond Cougars Earn More Wins
The Piedmont Academy baseball team earned a 6-3 victory against John Milledge Academy in a home game last week. Coach Colt Spivey’s team jumped out to a 5-0 lead before closing the deal with another run in the bottom of the fifth. The visiting Trojans scored two runs in the top of the fifth inning…
Read MoreCity Names Interim Manager
The Monticello City Council members voted unanimously to accept the resignation of City Manager Roger Harrison and name Peggy Billerman interim manager/clerk at its regular meeting Tuesday evening. The action came at the end of the meeting, after a closed session. Mrs. Billlerman was named interim city clerk after a called meeting February 26. Lathaydra…
Read MoreLady Canes’ Trio Signs Scholarships
SIGNEES MCKENZIE TRIPP, LACEY RUTLEDGE, MIA JENKINS Ink Scholarships To Play Collegiate Softball As Coaches Watch Three Jasper County High School (JCHS) Lady Hurricane softball players have signed to play college on scholarship. The Jasper County High School (JCHS) Lady Hurricanes softball team that played for the Georgia High School Association’s 2017 State Championship and…
Read MoreStores Are Burglarized
Investigators with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office are investigating two burglaries that occurred at Monticello Food Mart convenience store, also known as John’s Store, and at the Hide-A-Way package store. The burglaries occurred early Thursday morning March 7. Each store had a cash register taken. Items of evidence have since been recovered and have been…
Read MoreElection Is Tuesday
Only 60 people had early voted for the District 4 commission seat as of Tuesday afternoon. Some 2,000 are eligible to vote in that district, and the election is set for next Tuesday, March 19. Willie Lee Simmons and Gerald Stunkel both have qualified for the seat. Tomorrow, March 15, is the last day for…
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