Piedmont Academy began fielding varsity girls basketball teams in the early 1970s.More than five decades later, the 2022-23 team has now made program history with the first state championship.Friday’s 82-65 win in the GIAA Class AA finals against Citizens Christian was the culmination of years of building for coach Michael Wilson. The Lady Cougars finished…
The Monticello Hurricane baseball program had another busy week, with four varsity games and a junior varsity (JV) game, magnified by the fact that the Hurricane program was without two of their coaches for two of the varsity games. The team finished the week with a 1-3 slate, pushing their overall record to 2-8 through…
Some 90 people had voted as of mid-morning Wednesday, and nine absentee ballots had been cast. Voters in Monticello and Jasper County go to the polls from now until March 21 for a special election to name a Mayor of Monticello and to approve or disapprove extending the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST).…
James Brian Jenkins, age 50, of Monticello, passed away Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. Brian Jenkins was born in Decatur, on July 2, 1972, to David and Barbara Jenkins of Stockbridge. Mr. Jenkins worked as a pipe fitter for Local Union 72 in Atlanta. He enjoyed fishing, riding motorcycles, watching his girls play softball, spending time…
Linda Nicholson Zmistowski, age 71, of Monticello, died peacefully on February 22, 2023, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. She was born on December 27, 1951, in Fitzgerald; daughter of H. F. & Phyllis Nicholson of Lake Worth, FL. In 1970, Linda married her high school sweetheart Jerry Zmistowski, a loving marriage that lasted 52 years.…
James Jenkins, 50, of Monticello was found dead Monday in his truck in rural Jasper County apparently of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Mr. Jenkins was identified as the driver of a Ford vehicle that fatally struck 44-year-old Covington resident Deanna Mattheus on January 30. The hit-and-run crash occurred amid foggy conditions. Officials determined that Ms.…
Some 90 people had voted as of mid-morning Wednesday, and nine absentee ballots had been cast. Voters in Monticello and Jasper County go to the polls from now until March 21 for a special election to name a Mayor of Monticello and to approve or disapprove extending the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST).…
The Jasper County Commission, at a work session Monday evening, agreed to adopt a resolution for the establishment of a Jasper County Long Term Recovery Committee. Jasper County’s volunteer assistant director of the Emergency Management Agency here Ed Westbrook presented a sample resolution establishing the committee and commissioners said they could not take any action…
His name was not well known, at least his last name, one Victor Hugo Green, named after the famous French writer, Victor Hugo. Mr. Green was a black New York City postal employee and wrote travel books on the side. In the 1930s he began to compile a book filled with the names of hotels,…