Piedmont Academy’s varsity football schedule will present some challenges in 2023.The Cougars, who were 4-8 in 2022, open the new season Friday, August 18 against Trinity Christian School-Dublin at home.Piedmont players are involved in summer workouts this month. Those workouts will also include a 7-on-7 passing camp at the University of Georgia.Home games for the…
Success has been the norm for the Piedmont Academy fast-pitch softball team in recent years. The Lady Cougars captured another state title in 2022 and will look to keep that streak going during the upcoming 2023 campaign. Once again, Piedmont will be a favorite to win it all. The Lady Cougars have several quality players…
Stephanie Puckett (third from left) celebrated her 50th birthday with friends at Sapelo Island, a remote island only accessible for ferry provided by the Depatment of Natural Resources. They took a copy of The Monticello News with them, because they know the newspaper likes to go everywhere. Others pictured include Suzannah Rogers, Kathy McCowan, Mrs.…
The Monticello City Council failed to adopt a budget Tuesday evening putting the organization close to a June 30 deadline which ends the fiscal year 2023 budget year. Without a newly adopted 2024 budget for the coming fiscal year, the city cannot legally function financially. Council members Larry Thurman, David Wease, Cynthia Miller, Jenny Murphy,…
UPDATE (06/16/2023): Judge H. Gibbs Flanders has ruled in favor of Commission Chairman Don Jernigan. Judge Flanders cites “insufficient probable cause to support the recall application,” effectively ending the chances of a recall for Mr. Jernigan. A full story will be released in the June 22 edition. ***ORIGINAL STORY*** Jasper Superior Court was in session…
Star basketball player Tyrin Lawrence has announced he will be returning to Vanderbilt to continue his collegiate career this spring. The decorated student athlete took to social media on June 1 announcing his decision to return to Vanderbilt by posting a graphic with the words “I’m back.” The decision comes in the wake of his…
Star basketball player Tyrin Lawrence has announced he will be returning to Vanderbilt to continue his collegiate career this spring. The decorated student athlete took to social media on June 1 announcing his decision to return to Vanderbilt by posting a graphic with the words “I’m back.” The decision comes in the wake of his…
Traci Dunn Mitchell, born March 24, 1965, passed the morning of May 12, 2023, surrounded by her children and the rest of her family after fighting cancer for nine years. You knew her as Traci, we knew her as mom, sister, daughter, and wife. She wore each of those hats proud, but her greatest joy…
During the month of June, one of the most popular months for weddings, those words, “I Do”, will be spoken 1,000’s of times. Sometime the “I Do” was the beginning of a long marriage and sometimes that marriage was over in days. When the couple say those two words to each other they are agreeing…
In a few weeks we will be celebrating the birthday of our nation. I would have to say that this holiday is one of my favorites. When I was a kid…it was because I got to blow stuff up! This was back before fireworks were illegal in most parts of the south, and a self…