Local Man and Friend Save Stranger’s Life
DANIEL BENTON, KELE HOWERTON In a world that could use some positive stories….Jasper County has a young person that recently has made a positive difference in the world. Daniel Benton (left) and Kele Howerton, a fellow study abroad student, helped saved a stranger’s life while in Paris, France for a summer study abroad program. The…
Read MoreDeputies Repond to Reports of Theft
Deputies with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office investigated numerous reports of theft in the last week, including that of a truck and trailer holding a race car being taken from an address on Hwy. 11 north in Monticello. In addition they are looking into a camper being stolen from an address on Bobby Mattison Road,…
Read MoreHearings Are Held on Proposed Sales Tax
The Jasper County Commission has had two public hearings on its proposed Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST), and a third is scheduled for today, July 27, at 6 p.m. in the commissioner’s meeting room in the Courthouse. The commission proposes to borrow some $8.2 million for several projects, then the SPLOST proceeds would…
Read MoreThe Public Safety Cup Goes to the..Jasper County Sheriff’s Office
The team representing the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office handily defeated the fire/rescue team in the first ever Public Safety Cup softball game held last Thursday at Jasper County Recreation Department. The fire/rescue team scored first, and played good defense in the first inning, looking like it was going to be a battle. However, in the…
Read MoreDCA Visits Monticello
Representatives of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, comprising the community assistant team, visited Monticello and Jasper County last Wednesday and Thursday, July 19 and 20. The DCA group was given a walking tour of downtown Monticello, and a driving tour of the county by the Monticello team. The downtown walking tour focused on the…
Read MoreFIVE INJURED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION
Five people were injured Sunday afternoon, when two trucks collided on Hwy. 212 west at Conley Ditch Road. The first vehicle was a 2001 Ford Ranger driven by Lane Morehead of Covington. It was traveling north on Conley Ditch Road. Meanwhile, the second vehicle, a 2001 Dodge Ram driven by Earl Bell of Monticello was…
Read MoreJeanette Wyatt White Hunter
Jeanette Wyatt White Hunter, age 90, of Hillsboro passed away Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at Covenant of Golden Age in Jackson, Ga. Jeanette White Hunter was born in Farrar, Ga. on October 11, 1926. Her parents were the late Walker Wyatt and Clutie Kelly Wyatt. She was also preceded in death by her husbands, Virgil…
Read MoreSchool Board Adopts Budget, Millage Rate
The Jasper County School Board last Wednesday, July 12, adopted the Fiscal Year 2018 budget, and millage rate of 18.140 to receive the funds to make the budget work. No members of the public attended the budget hearing to speak on the budget. After the hearing, the school board went right into its meeting, discussing…
Read MoreHealth Fair Set
A senior expo health fair will be held Saturday, July 29, from 9 to 11 a.m. at Jasper County High School, 14477 Hwy. 11 North in Monticello in conjunction with the Back to School rally. The expo is a partnership with Jasper County Family Connection’s Back-to-School Rally, Jasper Memorial Hospital’s Health Fair, and Jasper County…
Read MoreSouthern Justice, Part Two
I’m Fixin’ to present part two of Southern Justice: Attorney B. Wendell Hormel and Jackie Payne’s sexual harassment scam went on for several years until Jackie’s reputation finally caught up with her and she couldn’t land a job in Atlanta with any company with the means to pay off lawsuits, so she left town and…
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