The extended Tumlin family might be considered a team of their own when it comes to The News Football Contest, and it appears they’ve found some winning ways—at least for a couple weeks.This week it was Mary Tumlin, a middle school teacher, who claimed the $25 weekly prize. Three weeks ago it was her father-in-law,…
The Lady ‘Canes Varsity Softball team hosted region opponent Hancock County last Thursday in the final game of the regular season. Monticello put together eight hits to defeat Hancock, 4-0. Amanda Peterson and Ty Whitening led the team with two hits each. The Lady Canes scored 3 runs in the second inning and added 1…
The Piedmont Academy fast-pitch softball team managed to hang around for a while at the Class AA state tournament, but eventually saw its season come to an end following back-to-back losses to Bulloch and Tiftarea.The Lady Cougars opened the Class AA state tournament with a victory against Tiftarea, but then fell to Bulloch in a…
The trip last Friday to face Trinity in Dublin turned out to be a rough outing for the Piedmont Academy football team.The host Crusaders proved to be the best team the Cougars have faced this season, just as Piedmont coach Danny Camp had predicted prior to the game. The end result was a 34-0 win…
Walk with GodDo you want to walk with God? Oh, how I hope you said yes. Oh, how God hopes you said yes. God’s word tells us that Adam and Eve walked with God in their garden paradise. Noah, Abraham and Isaac walked with God. I wish I had the space to tell you of…
I’m fixing to go pay my respects to the dearly departed.Nobody ever just dies in the South, but rather they become the dearly departed, they pass away, pass on, receive their heavenly reward, or depart this troubled old world when they take their final journey.Also, in the South there’s a proper way to do several…
Lee Roy Ellison, 66, of Monticello, died Sunday, Oct. 1 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Oct. 3 at 2 P.M. in the chapel of Jordan Funeral Home. Rev. Jim Turbyfield will officiate.The family will receive friends from 6:30-8:30 P.M. on Monday, Oct. 2 at Jordan Funeral Home.Mr. Ellison was born in…
Funeral services for Billy Marshall Pope, 63, of McDonough will be held Saturday, Sept. 30 at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Haisten Funeral Home. Interment will follow at 4 p.m. in the College Park Cemetery. The Rev. Gary Lewis will officiate. He died September 27 at Sacred Journey Hospice.Mr. Pope was born July 3,…
There are very few television shows today that capture my interest for any length of time, until recently. I was flipping through channels on Monday evening and came across a television show called, “Nanny 911.” The television show films parents and children as they interact with one another. Most of the interactions involve hitting, yelling,…
By LYDIA MORGAN and EMILY POPEJust as school officials are looking at ways to secure the premises of local school facilities in the wake of school shootings across the nation, a Jasper County Middle School student has been removed from the school after making terroristic threats.The unidentified student was searched upon arrival at school Wednesday…