MONTICELLOAN BOBBY NORRIS Bobby Norris has and will always be a neighbor to Jasper County…a necessary neighbor at that. The long time community and civil servant is locally born and bred. Mr. Norris was born in a brood of seven to Lottie Norris and the late Ulysses Norris, Sr. He and his wife, Brenda, are…
Alicia Tripp was crowned Homecoming Queen and Kalyn McMichael was crowned Miss Hurricane at the annual homecoming festivities Friday evening for Jasper County High School. Emily Cavender was named first runner-up. The queens were crowned by last year’s homecoming queen and Miss Hurricane Kerri Bonner and MacKenzie Tripp, respectively. Members of the court were (left…
Lois Robare Owings, age 95, formerly of Columbia, S.C., passed away on Friday, October 11, 2019, at The Retreat Nursing Home after a long illness. Lois Owings was born on March 13, 1924 in Carleton, Nebraska to the late David Hamilton and Alma Zimmerman Robare of Geneva, Nebraska. In addition to her parents, she was…
Fred Kirchner of Monticello passed away Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, at the age of 74. From 1964-1968, Mr. Kirchner proudly served his country, in the United States Navy, during the Vietnam War. He was a resident of Monticello since 1975, and was a member of Monticello First United Methodist Church. Mr. Kirchner was a dedicated…
The Jasper County School Board heard from the Middle School Governance Team (SGT) at its work session October 8, and learned that the high school graduation rate exceeded the state average, as well as how Georgia Lottery dollars work in Jasper County. Jasper County Preschool Director Camilla Moss shared information she received from the lottery…
The 53rd annual Jasper County Deer Festival is rapidly approaching. It will be held on Saturday, Nov. 2, and as usual The Monticello News will present a special section highlighting the events, and welcoming the deer hunters to Jasper County. Advertisers may want to seize the opportunity as it will be included in the regular…
A vehicle was reported stolen from an address on Jackson Lake Road between last Thursday and Friday. The 2012 black Toyota Camry was last seen on Thursday. Also, the same night, a complainant on Jackson Lake Road said items were stolen from her vehicle. Missing are a wallet and knife, and items from the wallet,…
Jasper Memorial Hospital (JMH) announces the introduction of 3D mammography and bone density services. JMH is now scheduling new 3D mammography exams and bone density exams. A 3D mammogram is the newest technology on the market and provides a series of detailed images of the breast, allowing doctors to better evaluate breast tissue. A clearer…
If you regularly watch the nightly news or read the newspaper, not this one of course, then you would think that human kindness may be a dying art. With all the selfishness, cruelty and violence we are bombarded with on a daily basis, it can be hard sometimes to believe in the plain ol’ goodness…
Paul said that if we want to be wise, if we want to Correctly handle the word of truth, we must be workmen (2 Timothy 2:15). Then we will no longer be infants. To: God our Father Christ Jesus our Lord and savior to the Monticello News staff I give thanks to all who enable…