The Jasper County Commissioners met in a work session Monday evening to interview the last two candidates for the Public Facilities Authority (PFA), and hear from Herschel Arant with Central Georgia Electric Membership Corporation (CGEMC).The commissioners have been interviewing people for the PFA for some time now, and the last two candidates were at Monday’s…
St. John 3:3 says Jesus answered all of our questions and said, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. To the Monticello News staff, To God be the glory. I can always find a season to give thanks and honor. Just this morning…
Aren’t we the lucky ducks? Mother Nature liked us for a change. If you watched the weather broadcasts for the past week, the weatherman kept showing a drawing of the way the Polar Vortex swooped down very close to us, but rained, sleeted, and snowed on most states out West and North. One scientist described…
Pitcher and catchers have reported for preseason training. The sun has allowed a few warm days here and there between the rain and the cold snaps. The birds can be heard singing in the trees (and demanding more sunflower seeds to be placed in the feeder in my backyard.) High school baseball teams have returned…
Daniel Jeffries and Nanette Manning were selected as the recommended replacement members to fill two vacant seats on the Downtown Development Authority. During a called meeting Monday, DDA board members Wendell Yoder, Towonder Dennis, Gail Harrell, and Virginia Spalter convened to discuss, among other items, the vacancies on the development board. Former vice president Amanda…
The Jasper County-Monticello High School varsity boys basketball team was set to begin play in the GHSA Class AA state tournament on Wednesday of this week against Toombs County High School in Lyons. Toombs County entered its region tournament as the number six seed but advanced all the way to the championship game after defeating…
The Jasper County-Monticello High School baseball team got the 2021 season started on the right foot with a 7-4 home win last week against visiting Newton High School. The early-season success then continued with wins against Mount de Sales last Saturday and Lake Oconee Academy on Monday. “It is a pretty good feeling starting the…
The Piedmont Academy varsity boys basketball team proved to be the Class of GISA Region 1-AA capping a tournament championship with a victory against Windsor Academy on Saturday. The Cougars (17-7 overall) were undefeated in region play in the regular season and then earned a hard-fought win in the tournament championship on Saturday. Piedmont defeated…
Just as they dominated region foes on the court in the regular season, the Piedmont Academy Lady Cougars cruised through the region tournament last week. The Lady Cougars (20-3 overall) defeated LaGrange Academy 49-28 Saturday afternoon for the 1-AA championship. While the Piedmont girls have bigger goals in front of them, coach Michael Wilson said…
The Monticello City Council convened for a work session Monday evening on three main topics. The first was how to go about streaming council meetings on Facebook Live, followed by the procedures, rules and regulations of conduct, and lastly, Mine Lake property. Jasper County Commissioners have been using Facebook Live much of the last year,…