Piedmont Academy’s football team lived to play another day last Friday.The Cougars earned a 38-0 win against Trinity Christian School-Dublin in a play-in game of the GIAA Class AA state playoffs.It was the second win of the season for Piedmont against the Crusaders as the two teams faced off way back in the 2023 season…
The Hurricane football program and its fans set their compass northeast with a goal of making landfall in Commerce and raining on the hopes of the Tigers in the first round of the GHSA playoffs last Friday. After a fast start and a quick strike from the Hurricanes, the Tigers gathered strength and defeated the…
Monticello City Council members reviewed a number of business items Tuesday night while approving the council retirement compensation from $25 to $75 and increasing employee Christmas bonuses by 50 percent. The council retirement increase didn’t come without a bit of verbal banter between council member Cynthia Miller, who introduced the measure via Zoom, and the…
Deputies and members of the Jasper County Crime Suppression Unit executed a search warrant at 151 Georgia Pacific Road in Monticello on November 2, according to a press release from the sheriff’s office. . During the execution of the search warrant an amount of suspected methamphetamine was found alongside packaging material and digital scales. Upon…
The Jasper County School Board, at its regular meeting Tuesday evening, agreed to purchase 97.37 acres of land adjacent to and north of Jasper County High School which is located at 14477 Hwy. 11 north. Supt. Kenny Garland said the system became aware of the sale of the land, and after negotiations, the board agreed…
The results for today’s City of Monticello election have been determined. Doug Currie, Gail Harrell and Jenny Murphy as winners of the Mayor Pro-Tem, District 1, Post 2 and District 2, Post 2 posts respectively. Incumbent Doug Currie defeated Terri Saunders 262-197. One unresolved write in made the total voter turnout to be 460 voters.…
Today is election day for the City of Monticello. Three posts are up for grabs. Running for Mayor Pro-Tem are incumbent Doug Currie and Terri Saunders. Running for the council seat of District 1, Post 2 are incumbent Cynthia Miller and former mayor Gail Harrell. Running for the council seat of District 2, Post 2…
Take a ride around Jasper County and look for those trees that are starting to put on a brilliant show of colors, red, orange, maroon, mingled in with the still green leaves, the late bloomers, hanging on. Leaf peeping in North Georgia has begun. Thousands will be heading there to ooh and aah as each…
