City to Charge County for Utilities
The Monticello City Council Tuesday agreed to begin charging Jasper County for electricity and gas used at Fire Station #3 in Monticello. The local cities and county recently completed negotiations and agreed upon Service Delivery Strategy, and the county agreed that fire was its responsibility. Therefore, Mayor Pro-tem Stone Workman, who opposed the SDS agreement…
Read MoreTime To Reconnect
I don’t know about you, but I nearly cried last week when I read Ted’s farewell. I have read all his books—his young adult fiction like A Yellow Watermelon and three others in the series…actually I’ve read five in the series, I think. And, I’ve read his novels that had not previously been published until…
Read MoreDreams
Dreams. One of those mysterious things that happens to all of us including our pets. When my pup dreams, she does low, little yelps and wiggles her legs as if running somewhere, probably to Kansas. Our cat rarely dreams, but when he does he wiggles his paws and gives out low growls, probably imagining he…
Read MoreHelen Millen Stone
Helen Millen Stone, age 93, passed away Sunday, Dec.2, 2018, at Jasper Memorial Hospital. Helen Stone was born in Monticello, to the late Reuben Lee Millen and Martha Mabel Edwards Millen. She attended GSCW, now known as Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville. She was married to John Marion Stone for 63 years, until…
Read MoreDaniel ‘Danny’ Craig Brooks
Daniel (Danny) Craig Brooks, age 68, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018 at Pine Pointe Hospice in Macon. Danny was born Thursday, April 6, 1950, in Griffin, the son of the late Louie Arthur Brooks and the late Mary Josephine Craig Brooks. He was very proud of his 1963 Corvette and loved going…
Read MoreRuth Maynard Funderburke
Ruth Maynard Funderburke, age 80, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, at Piedmont Newton Hospital. Ruth Funderburke was born in Jones County to the late John Wesley Maynard and Susie Coulter Maynard. She was a lifelong resident of Jasper County. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Mary Maynard…
Read MoreMonticello Drugs Opens in New Location
Monticello Drugs, with David K. Leach, Pharm. D. at the helm, will celebrate a Grand Opening at its new location, 679 West Washington Street, next Thursday, Dec. 13. Approaching 50 years in business, Monticello Drugs started in 1972 when Pharmacist Don Parrott returned to his hometown and bought Smith Drugs. At that time, the proprietor…
Read MoreThree Lady Cougars To Compete At Collegiate Level Next Year
The Piedmont Academy softball trio of Hailey Hooper, Madison Morton and Neely Bradford helped the Lady Cougars dominate the competition during their varsity careers. Now each will continue their athletic and academic careers at the collegiate level as Piedmont hosted official signings for each in recent days. Hooper, a Monticello resident, will compete for Gordon…
Read MoreWinner Is Closest on Tie=Breaker
Donna Massey, at the urging of her husband, began playing The Monticello News football contest some time ago, and some weeks he helps her pick the winners. However, last week she picked the winners of each game listed in the football contest all by herself, and she did a pretty good job. She correctly guessed…
Read MoreLong Days in Court, Long Jail Sentences
There were long days in the courtroom last week as Jasper Superior Court criminal trial week convened with six scheduled jury trials and numerous other non-jury cases reviewed by Judge Brenda Trammell. Timothy Mark Rogers, a non-jury trial, had the harshest sentence as he was given 20 years in confinement with 10 years to serve…
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