‘CANES CLEAR THE WAY FOR SADARIUS ROOKS (24) The Jackson Red Devils came to town last Friday, and even though the ‘Canes led 14-7 at one point and held the game to a 14-14 tie at half time, they went on to lose 34-21 to a higher classification (AAA) team. Head Football Coach Eddie Roberts…
Dr. Randy Peters Commissioner Ron Jackson has announced that Dr. Randall “Randy” Peters, the current president of Heart of Georgia Technical College in Dublin, will be the next president of Southern Crescent Technical College in Griffin.Mr. Jackson made the announcement after his selection of Dr. Peters was unanimously approved by the state board that oversees…
Wendy Helms (l), O’Neil Sealy “Summertime and the pickin’ is easy.” That might be a lyric for The Monticello News Football Contest first week—many colleges picked easy opponents for their opening games, making it easy for contest players who turned out in record numbers. And, the pros had not yet begun.A whopping 138 contest entrants…
TOWN OF SHADY DALE, CIRCA 1949 Shady Dale, Machen, Kelly, Maxwell, Farrar…all these communities had one thing in common many years ago—a general mercantile which today would be the local hardware, gas station, Wal-Mart, feed and seed, and grocery store, all rolled into one. All these towns were within a five mile radius, but the…
Truck Pulling Trailer With Jeep This accident occurred Saturday afternoon when the Kia and a Dodge truck pulling a Jeep collided at the intersection of Hwys. 212 and 380. The Kia was traveling west on Hwy. 380 and stopped at the stop sign where it failed to yield right of way to the oncoming truck…
Kathy Mudd, The Monticello News; Ed Westbrook, Providence Baptist Church; Shine Norton, Sunrise Ministries; Otis Clark, Family Connection; Linda Simmons, Southern Crescent Technical College; Joan Bell, adult education; Glenn Newsome, Team Jasper; Bob Schwartz, City of Monticello; Tracy Trovillo Norton, Family Connection; and Jeff Greeson with the Chamber of Commerce (left to right) were recognized…
The Labor Day weekend traffic on Jackson Lake was keeping with the yearly trend of being down from previous years, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The DNR did report two Boating Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs arrests, but also reported no accidents or injuries on the lake. Their spokesman…
The Jasper County Commissioners voted unanimously to hire Gregory S. Wood as the new County Manager, during their regular monthly meeting Tuesday. Mr. Wood’s latest position was as the County Administrator of Holmes County, Fla. for 2007 through 2009, where he was responsible for the day-to-day operation of county government with an approximate budget of…
The city of Monticello has been awarded $500,000 for sewer improvements through a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG).Gov. Sonny Perdue made the announcement Tuesday when he announced that Georgia was awarded over $43 million in federal grants from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to fund the CDBG grants.Monticello Mayor Glenn…
I’m fixing to attend an inaugural football game. It hadn’t happened since 1892 when the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech launched their first football teams, but last Thursday evening it happened again when Georgia State University (GSU) played its first game as a Division I team and defeated Shorter University 41-7. GSU, with more…