WOODY RAE ON PODIUM WITH MEDALS Woody Rae of Monticello won his class in Coliseum’s 2018 Rock N Rollman Olympic Duathlon held at Lake Tobesofklee in Macon last weekend.Mr. Rae ran 3.1 miles then biked 56 miles and ran another 13.1 miles (a half marathon) for a total of 70.3 miles. He did all this…
A long-standing and beloved member of the Covington and Newton County community, Dr. Goodwin G. Tuck, peacefully left this earth to touch the face of God on September 22, 2018. He was 95 years old. Known as Tuck, he was born in Greene County, on May 1, 1923 to Louise Littleton Gheesling and Reuben McDaniel…
Audrey Marie Hodge Lewis, age 82, passed away Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018, at her residence. Marie Lewis was a lifelong resident of Jasper County. Her parents were the late Carroll Longfellow Hodge and Evelyn Essie Moore Hodge. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Edwin Lewis and sister,…
Herbert McKinney Hickey, age 85, died Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, at Baptist Village in Waycross following an extended illness. “Herb” Hickey was born and raised in Spruce Pine, N.C., to the late Scott and Dora Hickey. He moved to Jasper County in 1959. Herb Hickey was an Army veteran, serving in Italy just after World…
TONY LEWIS (L), CHRISTOPHER RAE, GEORGE RAE No games ended in a tie this week, but two players of The Monticello News football contest correctly guessed the winners of 13 games listed in the contest, and both hit the tie-breaker dead-on to tie for the win. Madison Rae and Nelson Cullum each had 13 right,…
The Jasper County Charter System is proud to announce that the Class of 2018 attained a record high graduation rate of 84.9 percent. The Georgia Department of Education released the statewide 2018, four year graduation rate which was 81.6 percent. Deputy State School Superintendent, Dr. Allison Timberlake, shared, “This (graduation rate) continues Georgia’s trend of…
CONFISCATED ITEMS FROM ARREST Tuesday night the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) Sheriff’s Tactical Squad (STS) team executed a search warrant in the Hillsboro area. This warrant was the result of an approximately two month long narcotics investigation conducted by the Jasper County Crime Suppression Unit, and continued efforts by Sheriff Donnie Pope to combat…
When Joe Pesci stepped out of his car on the Monticello Square 26 years ago for the filming of My Cousin Vinny, it ignited a fire in Matt Chastain that was going to smolder for many years before the Monticello native followed his dream of being in the movie business. But, follow that dream he…
It’s a funny thing about sports memories. The older we get the more vivid they seem. Years turn into decades but those memories can still be recalled as if they happened last week. This past Friday I had a chance to watch the Pinewood Christian Patriots play when they visited Bethlehem Christian Academy. When I…
The Jasper County High School chapter of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) installed six new officers for the 2018-2019 school year at a meeting held last Friday at the school. Officers installed were (seated, left to right) Keri Roach, vice president; Ciara Christopher, president; Christopher Blakeley, treasurer; (standing) Savannah Mosley, web master; Connor Keesee,…