Several Are Arrested during Week
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office only reported four incidents this week, and two of them—a burglary and a theft by taking—occurred the same address on Liberty Church Road some three days apart. In another incident from earlier in the month, a complainant on Hwy. 142 in Newborn said she bought mattresses that were sold as…
Read MoreCounty Gets Grant for Senior Center
Jasper County learned late last week that it will receive a $750,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to fund an expansion and renovation of the Jasper County Senior Center. Sen. Burt Jones (R – Jackson) announced that Senate District 25 will be receiving four awards through the CDBG program. The CDBG program is funded by…
Read MoreEd Hall Wins First Contest
Veteran football contest player Ed Hall claims the honor of being the first football contest winner for 2017. He collected a $25 prize from Ben Perry at the Bank of Monticello Tuesday for his effort. He also gets his name on the grand prize honor roll for four tickets to the Chick-Fil-A/Peach Bowl. Mr. Hall…
Read MoreLeadership Class Graduates
The 2017 Leadership Jasper class graduated at the Monticello-Jasper County Chamber of Commerce’s First Friday Breakfast on Friday, September 1. The quarterly breakfast was sponsored by AT&T. Paul Chambers, Regional Director, External Affairs spoke to a room filled with community guests. Mr. Chambers talked about the new broadband services available in the county. Leadership Jasper…
Read MoreSeptember Happenings
There’s nothing like good people getting together to enjoy each other’s company, especially in our older years. In September the Jasper County Senior Center has already gone to Conyers to see the new movie “All Saints,” had ice cream and visited a member in the hospital on the first; will travel to Indian Springs for…
Read MoreMonticello Church Collects for Houston
Monticello First United Methodist Church is joining the north Georgia Conference in collecting for victims of Hurricane Harvey. Monticello First UMC will receive donations of muck-out materials, Relief kits and financial donations until September 10. After that time, they can still process financial gifts, and other donations as they arrive. Some items that are needed…
Read MoreHurricane Evacuees
Let us know if you’ve opened your home or property to evacuees. We’ll post it on our website and our Facebook for those looking. Also, we’d love to do a story on whatever your role is. Let us know!
Read MoreSouthern Justice, Part Nine
I’m Fixin’ To present part nine of Southern Justice: B. Wendell was correct about the timing. It took an hour and 10 minutes to drive to the lake, during which time he related every detail about Rick to Jackie. He had committed it all to memory and she had done the same by the time…
Read MoreRemember
I can be quite forgetful. Most of the time it is merely a nuisance. It is frustrating. I forget verses I thought I had memorized. I forget to bring something home from the office. I forget names of people I have not seen in a while. I forget household items needed when I refuse to…
Read MoreHouse Wine of the South
Whew! Did Hurricane Harvey take a turn towards Monticello? From the traffic downtown on Saturday, it looked like an evacuation had been ordered. Car after car circled the square heading north, but all the drivers and passengers looked so happy and then it was apparent from those red and black flags flying in the wind.…
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