The Piedmont Academy varsity basketball teams will return to action today when they travel to Flint River Academy in Woodbury.Varsity games begin at 6 p.m. Middle School games will also be played beginning at 3 p.m.Both varsity teams return to action at 5-2. The boys have fallen in their past two games but will look…
The Jasper County Commission approved the 2011 budget of $7,831,200 at its well-attended mid-month meeting Monday.The budget itself garnered no discussion, however commissioners drilled the staff on how were they going to prevent department heads and constitutional officers from going over their budget.County Manager Greg Wood said with the staff that is in place he…
Several residences have been broken into during the past week, said Jasper County Sheriff Charles Roper, and investigators are following up on some strong leads.However, no arrests had been made as of Tuesday and no further information was available. Seven homes on the east side of Jasper County were burglarized. The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office…
NATIVITY SCENE ON TUCKER CIRCLE The staff of The Monticello News wishes each and everyone a very Merry Christmas, and a terrific new year. Our hope is that our readers and advertisers will take the opportunity this holiday season to relax and enjoy the beautiful decorations (seen at right and below), take part in church…
Addie Driskelll Brown of Monticello died December 16, 2010.Ms. Brown was born to the late Andrew Jackson and the late Anna Lee Barron, November 17, 1933.She joined Mount Carmel Baptist in Monticello and was also a member of the Bright and Morning Star Lodge. Ms. Brown was ordained as a minister July 14, 2001, by…
I’m fixing to get my Christmas gift list together.After I got started I realized time was getting short and my list was getting longer and longer. I also noticed that after just totaling up the immediate family down to grand children the number had escalated and then soared to 18, and I hadn’t even gotten…
Is it Christmas already? Man that happened fast! I feel like I just got to bed after staying up all night wrapping the gifts for the children; a family tradition in our home. I think the natives are sensing the energy of the holiday because they are going nuts! Man, if the house survives this…
Dear Santa,Well, I have certainly TRIED to be good this year! I hope you can overlook those few instances, though. I certainly didn’t mean to….My garden was rather neglected this past summer, as I was hard at work with my doctoral dissertation. I most certainly hope to do better this coming summer, and I just…