The Second Doublewide on the Right, part 59
I’m Fixin’ To present part 59 of The Second Doublewide on the Right: Jimmy Ray Hurd was thinking he might have to go ahead and slice Elroy’s neck after all, but then he didn’t know how to operate the controls of the garbage truck. So, he took a deep breath to calm himself before he…
Read MoreEmojis…Another Form of Communication
You probably use them every day. In fact, you probably used one just a few minutes ago. Emojis. Those cute little pictures that you send when you are texting a friend or family member. After all, they are cute, they are fun to use, and they are fast to send. Who doesn’t send them? Well,…
Read MoreCanes Post Homecoming Win
Last Friday night, the Monticello Hurricanes played The Putnam County War Eagles in the Canes’ homecoming game. The game was close, but the Canes came away with a win to improve to 2-1 in their region. The captains for the game for Monticello were Colton Clay #25, Braden Lynch #7, Jay Johnson #3, and Glendon…
Read MoreCougars Fall on the Road
Piedmont Academy’s road trip to face Bethlehem Temple in region play went well for a half last Friday, but by the time the game was over the Cougars were on the wrong end of a 55-28 score. The Cougars led 21-14 at halftime but strong third and fourth quarters by the Bethlehem Temple Wildcats led…
Read MoreLady Canes Continue in Playoffs
The Monticello Lady Hurricanes varsity softball squad are easily into the second round of state competition this week following 16-0 and 17-2 defeats of Coretta Scott King High School last Wednesday. The squad was to face off with Harlem High School, near Augusta, Wednesday, Oct. 19 for a spot in the third round. Unfortunately they…
Read MoreFirefighters Study Fire
FIREFIGHTERS LEARN FIRST HAND ABOUT BEHAVIOR OF FIRE At around 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6, 13 firefighters attending Fire Academy at Jasper County Fire Station 3 in Monticello, experienced what the average person would normally run from. They sat within a sealed shipping container in full protective equipment and self-contained breathing apparatus while a…
Read MoreContest Winner Gets A Dozen Right
TURKEY HOLLAND (L), KEITH ESTES There wasn’t one game that threw everyone off in the weekly Monticello News football contest…or possibly it was. Few people picked Vanderbilt to beat Georgia, including football contest winner Gus Whitlock. He missed that one, but managed to get 12 right to pick up this week’s prize—$25 from Keith Estes…
Read MoreThefts Are Reported; Arrests Are Made
Jasper County deputies investigated several thefts in the last week, including a theft by deception on West Greene Street, and several thefts by taking. A dirt bike was taken from DD’s Taxidermy on Hwy. 11 north last week, and on the same day a trailer was reported taken from another address on Hwy. 11 north.…
Read MoreHurricane Matthew
Unfortunately, Hurricane Matthew did not send us any much needed rain, but it did send quite a few people our way who were evacuating from HIM. Plans for our biennial Girl’s Trip to Tybee Island were cancelled as the manager of the house we rented notified us. He had been told that Tybee had no…
Read MoreJohn Wesley Bassett, Jr.
John Wesley Bassett, Jr., age 92, passed away Wednesday, October 5, 2016, at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. John Bassett was born in Jacksonville, Fla. to the late John Wesley Bassett, Sr. and Helen Ambrose Bassett. He lived in Decatur until moving to Monticello in 1994. Before retirement, he worked as a…
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