Greetings and Salutations
Greetings my people! I am back. As you may have noticed, I haven’t “sassed” with you guys in quite awhile, at least not in writing. But now with the literary absence of our beloved Ted Dunagan, who has literally moved onto greener pastures and calmer days in his second retirement, Kathy and I decided to…
Read MorePiedmont Shotgun Team Competes in Savannah
Piedmont Academy’s shotgun team competed at the Forest City Gun Club in Savannah recently and finished seventh overall among the 20 schools competing. Team members fired 300 total rounds including 100 each of skeet, trap and sporting clays. The top varsity shooters included Drew Maddox (262), Eli Waits (252) and Owen Brady (246). Maddox was…
Read MoreCorrection
The local branch of Ameris Bank will be open 9 a.m. to noon on Christmas eve, Monday, Dec. 24. In the print edition of The Monticello News, we announced it would be closed. We sincerely apologize for the error.
Read MoreLight Up Monticello Parade Is Success
The Monticello-Jasper County Chamber of Commerce would like to say thank you to the community for its support “as we work together to create a new and exciting tradition for Monticello and Jasper County. “We are excited to announce the winners of the First Light Up Monticello Christmas Parade.” Best of Show (top photo)—Jasper County…
Read MoreTed Colvard Wins Grand Prize
TED COLVARD AND KATHY MUDD Ted Colvard, a veteran player was the grand prize winner of The Monticello News football contest, scoring four premium tickets to the Chick-Fil-A/Peach Bowl in Atlanta on December 29. The drawing was held last Friday, and Mr. Colvard was contacted and was able to respond almost immediately. He has the…
Read MoreLocal Man Gets Wright Brothers Award
JONEEN AND CLIFF PADGETT Family members and friends gathered at a hangar at the Monticello Sky Ranch last Saturday morning to witness Clifford A. Padgett of Monticello receiving his Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award. The award was presented by Michael Mullaney with the Federal Aviation Administration ((FAA) who drove down from College Park to make…
Read MoreBrooke Tillman Shelton
Brooke Tillman Shelton, age 29, passed away Saturday, December 8, 2018, surrounded by family and friends, at Navicent Health Medical Center in Macon. Brooke Shelton was a lifelong resident of Jasper County. She was a graduate of Jasper County High School, and worked for the United States Postal Service as a city carrier in Macon,…
Read MorePair Is Arrested for Fraud
ITEMS USED IN CREDIT CARD/OTHER FRAUD On December 5, Jasper County Sheriff’s Office Investigators, along with Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, executed a search warrant in Douglas County. The search warrant stemmed from the fraudulent activity of numerous Jasper County citizens’ personal banking information. During the execution of the search warrant items such as credit card…
Read MoreKeeping Christ in Christmas?
It has become almost a habitual thing that every year as Christmas approaches for Christians to constantly speak, shout, and rant: “Keep Christ in Christmas!” As I have been pondering this and wonder just how Christian it is, I did a little investigating. And what I found is we need to “Put Christ in Christmas”…
Read MoreA Wish List For Our New Statewide Elected Officials
The 2018 statewide election for Georgia is now officially over (thank goodness). As expected Republicans continue to hold every statewide office although each race was technically close as Democrats try to inch closer to breaking the red stranglehold on state politics. Georgia, like our country as a whole, remains politically divided and it seems that…
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