Whew. October and November have been full of activities on the Square. I am truly hoping that you enjoyed the events in Monticello.We closed the month of October with the final day of Market on the Square on the 29th and it was a grand finale. Our entertainment was the Honey Creek Boys, one of…
Whew. October and November have been full of activities on the Square. I am truly hoping that you enjoyed the events in Monticello.We closed the month of October with the final day of Market on the Square on the 29th and it was a grand finale. Our entertainment was the Honey Creek Boys, one of…
With 1:18 left on the clock last Friday night the Morgan County Bulldogs stopped a desperate attempt to tie the game by the Greater Atlanta Christian Spartans when they intercepted a pass on their own 5 yard line.GAC needed a touchdown to tie the game and started the drive from their own 20 yard line.…
With half of his first NFL season wrapped up and heading into the bye week with Cincinnati Bengals, the performance of rookie Odell Thurman has shaped up to be everything fans anticipated and maybe more. Starting in nine regular season games and three preseason competitions, Thurman is the defensive leader with 50 tackles including 40…
Jasper County voters, with fewer than a third having a say-so, gave a ringing endorsement Tuesday to Linda Mock as probate judge and decisively decided to keep the local sales tax rate at 7 percent.Judge Mock handily carried all seven county precincts to defeat Justin Owens 1,317 to 408, a 76-24 percent margin, and hold…
The Piedmont Academy football team learned two old lessons last week.The first lesson was that nothing is ever guaranteed in the playoffs. The second lesson was that injuries can be a devastating part of the sport and cost you at the worst possible time.When the game was over last Friday night at Cougar Field, Piedmont…
Funeral services for Melvin Thomas, Sr., 79, were held October 30 at Kings Chapel Community Church with burial in the Church Cemetery. Pastor Gayle Middlebrooks officiated.He died October 26 at Oconee Regional Medical Center in Milledgeville. Mr. Thomas was born January 30, 1926 to the late Bradley Thomas, Sr. and Mattie Estell Glover Thomas. He…
The Piedmont Academy Cougars will begin their quest for a state championship this week as they host Edmund Burke in a first-round GISA Class AA matchup.Coach Danny Camp’s football team enters the postseason at 6-4 overall and as the No. 2 seed from Region 4-AA. The top two teams in each region earn the right…