The Monticello News is a weekly published newspaper based in Monticello, Georgia. Since 1903, we have been committed to informing the citizens of Monticello and Jasper County the top stories throughout the county.
Jasper Health Services, Inc. (JHS) held the employee Christmas luncheon for the staff on Friday, Dec. 16. At the luncheon, Board Members Alison Hildebrant and Walker Jordan honored Jan Gaston, Administrator, for 42 years of service and retirement December 31. The Mammography Center is now named The Jan Gaston Women’s Imaging Center. The Mammography program,…
I’ve spent the better part of the last two days looking at the 2022 newspapers in order to create that book that starts on the front page of today’s paper, and jumps to page 5, then page 6. I hate to double jump, but I had no choice really. That’s one thing about the newspaper…we…
So, it’s cold outside—really cold. I just came back in the house after being called out to a friend’s house who has a broken water pipe, and whose husband is on the road driving a truck. The city has just recently replaced her water meter, and in doing so, completely buried the shut off valve…
About a week ago all around Jasper County houses were lit up with strings of colored lights, Christmas trees filled windows, families and friends gathered to enjoy trays of classic dishes and desserts. Warm, smiling, laughter described the groups. Little did we know, really, what a blizzard bomb was. We know now. These things happened…
Gwinnett County Senior Corrections Officer Scott Ozburn Riner, age 59, of Winder, tragically passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Funeral services for Officer Riner were held on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, at North Metro Baptist Church in Lawrenceville with Dr. Frank Cox officiating. Burial followed at West View Cemetery in Monticello. Scott was born…
Profile® Products, a global agriscience technology manufacturer, celebrated the grand opening of its new manufacturing plant in Monticello, on December 14. The investment will expand the company’s wood fiber production capacity by 50 percent while initially creating 80 new local jobs. This comes less than two years after a plant expansion in Conover, N.C., which…
Monticello Mayor Gail Harrell attended the Jasper County Board of Commissioners called meeting last Friday morning, and informed the commissioners that the city of Monticello had agreed to accept 28 percent of the Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) revenues so that the tax can continue to be collected. She asked that the county consider working…
Psalm 27:4 says “One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in his temple.” The Gift for a King! As Christmas fast approaches…