Up until this year, summer meant baseball. “The national past time,” so named over a 150 years ago, is sorely missed. We all miss “the crack of the bat”.Who invented baseball? Some say, for years, that Abner Doubleday came up with the idea when he scratched a diamond shape into the dirt and declared that’s…
Freedom Riders originated during the 1960s when civil rights activists rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States and subsequent years to challenge the non-enforcement of the U.S. Supreme Court decisions Morgan v. Virginia (1946) and Boynton v. Virginia (1960), which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional. The original 13 Freedom Riders consisted…
Items from my political notebook as march toward the 2020 general election: We’ve provided plenty of coverage to the “jungle primary” for the United States Senate seat in Georgia which will determine who succeeds the retired Johnny Isakson. Now there will be another “jungle primary” for the 5th congressional district following the passing of civil…
Jasper County Pre-School, Jasper County Primary School and Washington Park Elementary School will have their own after school program for students this year. Registration will be on Monday, August 10 during open house. Parents/guardians will be able to register all children at the same time at one of the open houses, therefore you will not…
Despite the craziness it has endured this summer, the Piedmont Academy softball team is set for a new season. The Lady Cougars will open the 2020 campaign on Tuesday at home against Loganville Christian Academy at 5 p.m. The team, coached by Joe Johnson, returns the bulk of its roster and are looking to make…
It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of Martha Anne Preston Behling. Anne was born on September 4, 1943 to Banks and Mary Preston of Shady Dale. Anne Grew up in Shady Dale and spent her childhood and early school days there. Anne graduated from Jasper County High School in 1961. She…
A graveside service for Willie Harris Fears, who died July 19, 2020, was held Friday, July 24, at Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Shady Dale. Rev. Willie Frank Norwood, pastor of Shady Grove Baptist, officiated. Mr. Fears was born on August 9, 1944 in Jasper County to the late Hulon Fears and Lottie Shy-Fears.…
All members of the Jasper County Board of Commissioners and Monticello City Council, along with their managers and attorneys gathered Monday evening for the group’s initial meeting on code enforcement. Parts of the groups have been meeting, with attorneys for the city and the county drawing up intergovernmental agreements. However, Monday evening’s meeting was primarily…
You can be a part of the growing film industry in the Georgia. Monticello-Jasper County is part of the Camera Ready Program for Georgia Film and TV Production. We have a liaison between Jasper County and Georgia Film, and several locations that we have listed as “Camera Ready,” which means that these locations are ready…
The Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) has been notified that several Georgia residents have received unsolicited packages containing seeds that appear to have originated from China. Recipients are strongly advised not to open the packages or plant the seeds. “At this time, we are not sure what the seeds are and therefore are urging everyone…