Coach Danny Camp’s Lady Cougars began play in a tournament hosted by Gatewood last weekend. Piedmont finished as the tournament runner-up after falling to host Gatewood 2-1 in nine innings in the championship game. In addition to the Lady Cougars and the host Gatewood Lady Gators, Nathanael Greene and Briarwood also competed in the event.…
Scrimmaging against the most storied program in the GISA, the Piedmont Academy football team was able to learn a good deal about itself last Friday afternoon. The Tattnall Square Trojans, king of the hill in Class AAA for more than two decades, ventured to Monticello for a preseason scrimmage and left first-year Cougar head coach…
During the citizens input portion of the Monticello City Council’s regular meeting Tuesday, Dale Roberts reported that her electric bill was double what it was last month and covered a 38 day period. She told the Council they needed to get someone to read the meters on time, and that they couldn’t play with people’s…
Students returned to classes at Piedmont Academy last Thursday, and saw five new faces at the private school in Monticello.Mrs. Betty Jean Jordan joins the administration at Piedmont taking over the responsibilities of chief financial officer. She holds a bachelor of civil engineering and masters of science in civil engineering from Georgia Tech. In addition…
Twenty-one counts of sexual exploitation of children have been filed against Jasper County resident Cody Sanford Campbell. These charges were filed after suspected child pornography videos, more than 350 child pornography pictures and more than 8,000 pictures of what would be considered child erotica type pictures were recovered from Mr. Campbell’s two computers and external…
Five people, including three children, were injured in an accident last Friday on Jackson Lake Road, two of whom required airlifting to a large hospital. Coy Tyler Davis Bailey of Monticello was driving a 1996 Ford Mustang east on Jackson Lake Road when he attempted to make a left turn onto Long Piney Drive. He…
I would like to begin my column this week by thanking all of you who responded to me about “Shut That Thing Off!” I could tell that I struck a nerve with some of you concerning your televisions. The comments I got ranged from, “You’re right, I have got to stop watching so much television”…
Running a local newspaper as I do, I tend to know a little of everything that is going on. Mind you, I don’t keep up with school events as well as I did when my children were in school, but I still have an interest and read my local paper to be in the know.Someone…
Commissioners Mary Patrick and Ronnie Payne conducted a Town Hall meeting with a question and answer format last Thursday even-ing, with approximately 50 citizens in attendance. The first question was concerning the status of the County Manager, who was on medical leave. Mrs. Patrick said they do not expect him to be back, that his…
The Jasper County Commission has voted to award the bid for Pitts Chapel Road improvements to Dekalb Pipeline. Anyone who uses the road will send up a round of applause. School buses, emergency vehicles and property owners have suffered with Pitts Chapel’s poor condition for decades.That said, did the commissioners make the best decision by…