Jerry Glen Crow
Jerry Glen Crow, age 80, of Monticello, passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at his residence. Jerry Crow was born and raised in Dalton, Ga., to the late Jerry Cleveland Crow and Elizabeth Randolph Crow. He moved to East Atlanta in 1954; and later, to Lithonia; where he owned and operated C&C Truck Equipment Company…
Read MoreSeveral Are Sentenced in Court
Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit Court Judge Brenda Trammell presided over the Jasper Superior Court motion day calendar May 24. Patricia Ann Mize was sentenced to six years with the first 90-120 days to be served in the state probation detention center and the balance on probation for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and crossing…
Read MoreNo One Attends City Budget Hearing
No taxpayers from the City of Monticello, with the exception of this reporter were present at Monday’s called meeting and public hearing of the FY17 budget. Council members had a regular meeting beginning at 6 p.m. and immediately went into executive session to discuss land acquisition with David Dyer, Director of the Development Authority of…
Read MoreThankful for All the Children
Like most prospective fathers, I was beyond excited when my wife first told me she was pregnant. I had dreams of being a loving and playful father to my first child, and prayed each night over my wife’s pregnant body for a healthy child. When this first daughter of ours died at birth from Anencephaly,…
Read MoreThe Second Doublewide on the Right, part 40
I’m Fixin’ To Present Part 40 of The Second Doublewide on the Right: Judge Thurston J. Garfield, III, turned the class action law suit by the property owners’s association versus Rawlston Developments over and over in his mind during the remainder of his drive home, but no matter how he spun it, the evidence presented…
Read MoreStars and Stripes
Being a sewist, sewer, seamstress myself, I cherish the thought that in the very beginning of what would become the United States of America a person with that talent of stitching cloth together was an important part of history. Of course, almost everyone of us has studied or read of Betsy Ross, the Philadelphian seamstress…
Read MorePrimary School Plans S.T.E.A.M. Camp
Jasper County Primary School is excited to announce a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (S.T.E.A.M.) camp lottery for students this summer. The camp will be offered for one week beginning Monday, July 11 through Friday, July 15 beginning each day at 8:30 a.m. and concluding at 12:30 p.m. This camp does not offer transportation.…
Read MoreMusical Theater Camp Is Planned
The people heading up the Jasper County Historical Foundation picture Thomas Persons Hall as the epitome of community. They want the old building to be used…and used it will be this summer when it comes alive for children’s musical theatre camp July 25-29. For children ages seven to 14, it will give them an introduction,…
Read MoreChris Bridges Wins Several Awards
The Georgia Press Association recently recognized Monticello native Chris Bridges for his work as editor of the Barrow Journal for the group’s Better Newspaper Contest for the calendar year 2015. Bridges won first place in Division for Serious Column, which focused on the state of Georgia’s execution of Andrew Brannan, a decorated Vietnam veteran who…
Read MorePrisoner Escapes, Is Caught
A man in custody at the Jasper County Detention Center Tuesday walked off a grass cutting work detail, stole an individual's vehicle from the county's Public Works Department (PWD), and left the area. A witness told law officers that William Lee Clifton, 52, had changed clothes at a home on Blue Heron Drive in Monticello,…
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