Friday, Jan. 25, is the last day to submit a color photo of your baby who was born in 2018 to be featured in the Babies of 2018 next week. For just $30, a photo of the baby runs, along with its name, its parents’ names, grandparents names and siblings. The News typically runs a…
Terry McMichael, who created Monticello Kart Racing (MKR) is this year’s recipient of the Monticello-Jasper County Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year award. The announcement was made at the COC’s annual dinner meeting held Tuesday at Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center. Also at the meeting, Monticello Drugs was named business of the year. Valorie Mitchell…
Tommy James Glover, age 68, died Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at the Navicent Medical Center in Macon. Funeral services were held January 12 at Springfield Missionary Baptist Church with interment in South View Cemetery. Bishop Nolan Tolbert officiated. Mr. Glover was born January 5, 1951 in Jasper County to the late James and Mattie Moreland…
The Piedmont Academy varsity boys basketball team continued its recent success with a 52-49 road win against John Milledge Academy. The victory was the third of the week for coach Will Johnson’s team which had also defeated Gatewood and Brandon Hall. The quality win was not lost on the Piedmont coach. “The win was huge…
Only three people in the history of the United States have been honored with a national holiday named after them. This coming Monday, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is honored as one of these people. Georgia native, King, did not survive to see total fruits from his life-long labors, the Civil Rights Bill signed into…
Get your blue house address sign! There are still many homes we respond to that do not have the blue public safety address sign at their driveway. When you’re in the middle of any emergency; fire related, EMS related, or needing a sheriff’s deputy, that is NOT the time to remember that your home is…
With the calendar reading mid-January we can’t be surprised that our familiar nemesis known as Old Man Winter has settled in once again. For Georgia the cold seemed to arrive early this year, too early in fact. In reality we really never had much of a fall season. We pretty much went from summer into…
The Jasper County Mentor Program (JCMP) introduced its newest mentor, Stevie Michael, to Jasper County Middle School students this week. Mr. Michael is a quadriplegic with a very compelling story he hopes to share with the children of Jasper County. He moved to Jasper County in 1998, is a member of The Church at Monticello,…
The Jasper County Friends of the Library & the Jasper County Charter System are jointly sponsoring a Technology Night on Thursday, Jan. 31 at 6 p.m. at the Jasper County Library. Parents and community members will receive information concerning the free internet service provided by the library system. Representatives from the school will share how…
The Jasper County School Board narrowed its superintendent candidate pool from 36 applicants to just over 10 that receive interviews in the next few weeks. Board chairman, William Schilling said, “We are very pleased with the number and quality of applicants.” The board heard from representatives from King-Cooper and Associates during their work session last…