The county Board of Elections and Registration met Tuesday and agreed to change its regular meeting to the third Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. Member Mark Logan brought up the topic of election facilities, expressing concern about the Martin and Burney precinct and the Courthouse precinct. He mentioned the gravel voters have to…

Deputies had their hands full last week with varying accidents, at least two of which involved a chase. The News does not have photos of one chase, but the photo above is from an incident November 8 on Hwy. 212 west near Frank’s Restaurant. In that incident, Charles Pickett, 35, of Conyers, was driving the…

One week recently Jared McCullough only missed winning the football contest by his tie-breaker. This week, he had the highest tie-breaker of anyone with 12 or more right, so he won! For his efforts, he won a $25 prize from Georgia Energy, sponsor of the week. He was unable to pick up the prize in…

The Monticello City Council covered a lot of topics in their called meeting last Thursday evening, including re-instating the Municipal Court, and agreed to initiate a “perk” test on property at Mine Lake for possible land use application of wastewater. Council also heard from Brett Hanes with Falcon Design, a full service engineering firm, who…