I’m fixing to shed some demons. That’s what you have to do as you grow older. You wrestle with them through the years thinking they’re harmless and they’ll eventually just go away, that they don’t really bother anyone and it’s okay. But when you get old enough you’ll know better. It’s different for everybody. Some…
Patricia Faye Collins of Monticello was arrested last weekend by the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office and charged with theft by taking, criminal damage to property in the second degree, and on an outstanding Jasper County Magistrate Court Bench Warrant. According to reports in the Magistrate Court office, Ms. Collins was evicted from a furnished rental…
Nineteen cases of the Jasper County Board of Tax Assessors (BOA) versus property owners came before Judge Hugh V. Wingfield, III, on Tuesday, April 22, and he ruled the following cases would be granted a non-jury trial on May 29: BOA versus Conway D. Thomas, Timothy W. and Marlo K. Slaughter, Charles T. and Pamela…
Robins is challenging incumbent Congressman Jim Marshall for the Eighth Congressional District Seat. Mr. Goddard qualified Monday in Atlanta, and visited Monticello Tuesday morning. He called his visit a “listening tour,” and was escorted around town by Sam Goolsby.Mr. Goddard said he had been in Monticello previously—visiting at Team Jasper and also shopping at the…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an import alert regarding entry of cantaloupes from Agropecuaria Montelibano, a Honduran grower and packer, because, based on current information, fruit from this company appears to be associated with a Salmonella Litchfield outbreak in the United States and Canada. The import alert advises FDA field offices…
Jasper County Clerk of Superior Court Dan Jordan has announced that he is seeking a sixth term as Clerk. Mr. Jordan was elected in 1988 and served as deputy clerk for almost three years prior to his election. He also served as magistrate judge in 1987, was a parole officer prior to that and served…
The Jasper County Commissioners, at their regular monthly meeting Monday, named two people to the Board of Assessors (BOA) and spent considerable time discussing the logistics of resurfacing Jackson Lake Road.Five people had expressed an interest in serving on the BOA, and Michelle Jackam and Larry Smith received votes from the majority of the board…
The Jasper County Board of Tax Assessors, during their regular monthly meeting Tuesday, after going into executive session with their attorney, granted exempt status to Providence Baptist Church retroactive to 2007, for 180 acres on Wyatt Road. The church has paid all back taxes and the BOA has recommended to the county commission and the…
Lydia Morgan, the STAR student for Piedmont Academy was named STAR student for Jasper County during a luncheon held last Thursday, Feb. 28, at Monticello First United Methodist Church.The Monticello Kiwanis Club hosted the luncheon to recognize the local STAR students and STAR teachers.Tu-Tran “Shey” Nguyen, the daughter of Huyen Le of Monticello, was the…