Lady ‘Canes Fall To Social Circle
The Lady Hurricanes varsity softball team fell to Social Circle 5-0 Tuesday on the road. The varsity squad saw a lot of action over the weekend playing a tournament in Madison that began Friday when the ladies losing 2-0 to Worth County but rebounding with a 5-1 win over Newton County. On Saturday, the Lady…
Read MoreClay Crushing Cougars Begin Season
Piedmont Academy’s Clay Crushing Cougar shotgun team began its new season Saturday, Sept. 9, at the Ocmulgee River Gun Club in Macon. Seven schools competed at the event. With Hurricane Irma moving closer to Georgia, the day made for challenging conditions. During the competition, 100 shooters fired 50 rounds of skeet and 100 rounds of…
Read MorePersonnel Battle Fire at Landfill
Jasper County Firefighters as well as public works employees have finally completed a busy week-plus, starting with the clean-up of Tropical Storm Irma last Monday, Sept. 11. Volunteers and paid personnel worked all day Monday and much of the day Tuesday removing trees and limbs from roads, and doing whatever they could to mitigate storm…
Read MoreTie-Breaker Determines Contest Winner
Whitney Delveau may live in Iowa, but that doesn’t stop her from playing The Monticello News football contest. She is the daughter of Ed Hall of Monticello, and he e-mails her the contest each week for her to make her picks. Then he sends it in, and the whole family is playing. And they’re good.…
Read MoreAnnie Pearl Benton
A celebration of life for Mrs. Annie Pearl Benton will be held Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017 at 1 p.m.at Shiloh Baptist Church, 236 Martin Lane in Shady Dale. Repast at Shiloh Baptist Church annex. On Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, it pleased The Almighty God to call Annie Pearl Benton to her resting home. Mrs. Annie…
Read MoreBetty Faye Rockwell Seale
Betty Faye Rockwell Seale, age 80, passed away Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, at Piedmont Newton Medical Center in Covington, Ga. Faye Seale was born in Whiteville, N.C. and her parents were the late Clyde Rockwell and Sana Jolly Rockwell. She and her late husband, Clarence Perry “Bubba” Seale moved from Whiteville to Monticello over 30…
Read MoreRoland V. ‘Pop’ Tribble
Mr. Roland V. Tribble “Pop,” age 87, a longtime resident of Newborn passed away September 9, 2017. He was born August 23, 1930 in Red Level, Ala., and grew up in Atlanta’s West End community. Mr. Tribble served in the National Guard for nine years. He retired from the Atlanta Gas Light Company and was…
Read MoreRobert Willard Lawrence
Robert Willard Lawrence, age 57, of North Miami, Fla. passed away August 11, 2017, in Florida. Robert Lawrence was born on May 12, 1960. He was a lifelong resident of North Miami, Fla. He loved to play golf and being on the water. He is survived by his parents, Willard A. Lawrence and Phyllis Littleford…
Read MoreSchool Rallies Around Child with Seizures
Faith Galloway is a student at Jasper County Primary School and she recently had a third brain surgery to stop her seizures. Our school wore purple for epilepsy awareness and I would LOVE if you could share Faith’s story! It is so inspiring. Faith Galloway and her identical twin sister Grace Galloway were born at…
Read MoreSouthern Justice, Part 10
I’m Fixin’ To present part 10 of Southern Justice: Earlier that Saturday afternoon as Jackie and B. Wendell were preparing to leave the lake house Jackie said, “I’ll tell you what I have in mind on the ride back to Atlanta. Let’s go.” After B. Wendell maneuvered his vehicle back to the main road he…
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