Hurricanes Defeated By Rabun
Competing against the highest ranked team in the region, it was a challenging night for the Monticello Hurricanes as they lost 45-16 to the Rabun County Wildcats. The Canes now move to 1-4 overall and 0-2 in the region. To begin play, the Wildcats drove down the field for three consecutive touchdowns to start the…
Read MoreLady Canes Will Play Tuesday
The Monticello Lady Hurricanes varsity softball squad finished the 2018 regular season 15-5 overall and 7-0 in 8 AA region competition with the region tournament starting this week with the first two rounds of competition played Wednesday and today in Social Circle. The Lady Canes won’t see action until Tuesday and Thursday, Oct. 2 &…
Read MoreVarsity Cougars Fall at Southwest
The Piedmont Academy football team faced another quality opponent last Friday falling to traditionally powerful Southwest Georgia 44-7 on the road. The setback was the second in as many weeks for the Cougars who reach a much-needed bye week from competition. Coach Mike Parris’ team is now 2-2-1 halfway through the regular season. “We are…
Read More11 Is Enough for Win in Tough Contest Week
Ties have been a pain this year. This is the first time since 1971 there has been a tie in each of the first two weeks of the NFL season. They both wound up on the contest. And in the previous week, Piedmont Academy’s game ended in a tie. So three weeks of football contest…three…
Read MoreSeveral Are Sentenced in Superior Court Here
Jonas Nigel Smith was sentenced to serve the balance of his previous probation terms which will have him in the state penal system until December 2020, as adjudicated by Judge Brenda Trammell during the September 11 session of Jasper Superior Court. Already on probation, Mr. Smith was charged with failure to register as a sex…
Read MoreBall Game Is Site of Three Thefts
Deputies with the Jasper County Sheriff’s office are investigating several reports of entering auto after the Hurricanes ball game last Friday night at Rose Bowl Field. Apparently, at least three cars were broken into. in the area of Thomas Persons Hall. Designer purses containing all that purses contain were taken in two of the cases.…
Read MoreThe Early Sights & Sounds For a Friday Night
With Friday Night Lights having been a tradition for me well before the phrase Friday Night Lights had ever been heard of, I have found myself at a local high school football field somewhere in this state each week this time of the year since the 1970s. While I have covered high school football for…
Read MoreCar Seat Safety Week! Fire Prevention Week! CPR for Kids!
Goodness! So much going on in the coming month to keep you and your family educated and safe! Mark your calendars!! September 23-29, 2018……………………..Child Passenger Safety Week September 29th, 2018……………………….National Seat Check Saturday October 7-13, 2018…………………………………….Fire Prevention Week October 12th/15th/18th 2018……………….CPR class for kids (ages 10-15) If you have a child or grandchild under the…
Read MoreSouthern Justice, Part 63
I’m Fixin’ To present part 63 of Southern Justice: Albert Reeves had retired from the corporate world and had been living on the lake for the past six years. His lake house was next door to B. Wendell’s in the opposite direction from Jones’ house. He and his wife played golf and went on trips,…
Read More‘Pray, Trust and Serve’ An Appeal for Hurricane Florence Relief Support
Proverbs 3:5 This month’s Fresh Word of the Day is very personal. As you know, I Pastor here in Fayetteville, N.C. At the time of this article, we are experiencing devastation because of a storm named Florence. Now, Florence started as a major Hurricane in the Atlantic and eventually downgraded all the way to a…
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