All but a few of the football contest players this week made the honor roll, as the contest apparently was quite easy. Nearly 100 names were added to the Honor Roll this week, with a dozen getting 14 right, and another 70 or so getting 12 or more right. Lyle Weber was the lucky winner,…
The Jasper County Board of Commissioners met for a called meeting last Friday, and spent much of the time reviewing proposed changes to the county’s zoning ordinance, particularly the subdivision ordinance. The county has had a moratorium on new subdivisions since January, and it is slated to be lifted November 7 after the commissioners meet…
Halloween is next Monday, Oct. 31, and no one can say this community doesn’t know how to celebrate…there is a lot happening for the occasion. The house above is on Eatonton Street, and will welcome many trick-or-treaters Monday evening after Haunticello ends and before the movie begins. Haunticello is Monticello’s annual celebration which this year…
The Middle School Hurricanes football team is into the Piedmont Athletic Conference league championship game that was scheduled for Wednesday. The Canes (record 4-2), were to take on top seeded Carver (6-0) after defeating Morgan (5-1) last week. This week’s winner will be crowned the 2022 PAC Champions. In last week’s win over Morgan, assistant…
On Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, Cheryle Phillips Thompson, loving wife and mother of three children, passed away at age 78. Cheryle was born on January 1, 1944 in Jamaica Queens, NY to Adele and Eugene Phillips. She received her bachelor of science degree from Georgia College in Milledgeville in 1982 and subsequent masters and specialists…
Mary Sandra Coker James, age 59, of Hillsboro, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, at Jasper Memorial Hospital. Sandra James was a lifelong resident of Jasper County. She was born on March 28, 1963 to Horace Coker, Jr. and the late Minnie Mae Leggett Hicks. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death…
It was another tough week for the annual Monticello News football contest, with the tie-breaker being the determining factor. And it wasn’t just the tie-breaker! Both Mike Arnold and David Wease correctly guessed the winners of 12 games listed in the contest, and they picked the exact same number of points to be scored—64. That…
Hilda Jane Hughes Benton, age 90, of Gray, formerly of Monticello, passed away Friday, October 7, 2022, at Lynn Haven Nursing Home. Hilda Benton was born on November 13, 1931 in Milledgeville, Georgia to the late William Bunyan Hughes and Bertha Jane Martin Hughes. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by…