Mrs. Sarah Mae Bell
A celebration of life for Mrs. Sarah Mae Bell was held on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017 at St. James A.M.E. Church, 514 Funderburg Drive in Monticello. Rev Donna Marie Calix, Pastor. Rev. Jimmy Horton delivered the eulogy. Burial was at Kings Chapel Church Cemetery in Hillsboro. Sarah Mae Bell was born July 4, 1927 to…
Read MoreSouthern Justice, Part 21
I’m Fixin’ To present part 21 of Southern Justice. Friday morning, the day scheduled for the reading of Rick Senior’s will arrived, and the boys were huddled in another meeting prior to their departure to B. Wendell Hormel’s office. Since Wednesday’s meeting Jones had continued his attitude of pessimism to the point where Rick Junior…
Read MoreShopping Craze
Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving. Leftovers from the dinner are a challenge. What you can’t get your guests to take home or freeze ends up in the refrigerator. That poor sad bird. Just the other day the star of the show. Fame is fleeting indeed. We have had Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Giving…
Read MoreThe Delete Key
Possibly my favorite key on the keyboard is the delete key. I use it often. Even now, as I look at my keyboard, the word “Delete” is almost completely worn off of the key. When I type, I make lots of mistakes. Wrong letters, inverted letters, misspelled words with the dreaded red line under them.…
Read MoreKiwanis Honors Students, Teachers
The Monticello Kiwanis Club, Les Steele, president, (left), honored the students and teachers of the month for Jasper County High School and Piedmont Academy at the regular Kiwanis meeting Monday. Eli Ewing is Jasper County High School’s Student of the Month, and he chose Michael Cooper as his teacher. A senior at Jasper County High…
Read MoreLady Cane Reaches A Milestone
The Jasper County High School Lady Hurricanes defeated the Greene County Tigers 47-31 for the second time this season Tuesday while on the road. Junior Madison Abbott had a big game beyond the victory by reaching the 1,000th point scoring milestone in her high school career. En route to victory, Madison was the high point…
Read MoreCounterfeit Bills Show Up in County
Deputies were called to the Dollar General store in Monticello this week as someone tried to pass a $100 counterfeit bill. When questioned, the person denied knowledge of it. She was subsequently charged with trying to pass the bill and false statements. Counterfeit $20 bills were discovered at the Bank of Monticello. It is not…
Read MoreWinner Gets 14 Right
Hattie McMurry beat out her parents, her grandparents, and her brother to win The Monticello News football contest this week, missing only on Jefferson’s loss to Mary Persons in the high school football playoffs. Other than that she was perfect, correctly guessing the winner of 14 of the 15 games listed in last week’s Monticello…
Read MorePersons Are Sentenced in Court
Robert Allen Pope was sentenced to spend 12 months in a long term substance abuse treatment facility on a negotiated plea to burglary in the first degree and burglary in the second degree during a busy criminal trial session that began last week in Jasper Superior Court under the jurisdiction of Judge Trenton Brown, III.…
Read MoreCommunity Band Concert Is Friday
The Monticello Community Band invites everyone to celebrate Christmas Traditions this Friday, Dec. 1, a concert featuring Christmas on the Town Square, Joy to the World, Auld Lang Syne and other holiday favorites. The concert starts at 7 p.m. in the Jasper County Courthouse main courtroom. “We are so excited about returning to the courthouse,…
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