Piedmont Academy’s Middle School basketball teams returned to action Tuesday at home against John Milledge Academy.The Middle School Lady Cougars fell 18-9 while the boys lost a close, down-to-the-wire contest 40-39.Fleming Sealy led the Piedmont girls with four points while Maddie Waddleton scored three and Marrisa Holder added two points.Ryan Holder led the Piedmont boys…
The Lady Hurricanes of Jasper County High School earned a 42-23 win over region opponent Oglethorpe County Tuesday evening. The region victory takes the girls’ overall record to 8-5 and region record to 1-2 for the season. In the win, Madison Abbott scored 26 points, Alicia Tripp and Mackenzie Abbott each scored six points. For…
Beverly Ann McElheney Whitehurst was born November 5, 1937, in Monticello, Ga., and died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, at Abbey Hospice, after a brief illness. She was the daughter of William Howard and Annabel Waits McElheney. She joined Monticello Methodist Church at an early age. She was a graduate of Monticello High School and Georgia…
Jasper Superior Court had a very brief court session Tuesday under the jurisdiction of Judge William Prior, Jr. The judge presided over one civil case and three criminal cases. Sentences included: Christian Amos Webb, 12 months of probation for giving false information to a law enforcement officer. A charge of possession of methamphetamine was nolle…
Authorities are still looking for Joseph Lawrence Parr in connection with burglaries in the county. The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) last week announced it was looking for the man wanted in connection with several crimes in the Shady Dale area. This week, more charges are being added to the list he was already sought…
Anna Grace Parker and Clay Evans both represent Monticello and Jasper County in the Marching Redcoat Band of the University of Georgia, and I caught up with them last week as they were preparing to go to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. Literally caught up with them is correct…they were out walking in preparation…
As the last few days are checked off the 2017 calendar, it is interesting to look back at the events of the past year…some very memorable, others not so much. Most are worthwhile to some of the readers, and just a passing story to others. We looked back through the pages of The Monticello News…
Officers with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office are seeking the public’s help in locating Joseph Lawrence Parr who is wanted in connection with a burglary that occurred last week on Post Road in Shady Dale. Officers responded to the location, from which Mr. Parr fled, and found evidence of a burglary. They subsequently acquired a…
A celebration of life for Taj Dalanquez “Tahj” Ammons, who died December 15, 2017, was held December 21 at Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church in Shady Dale. Rev. Annette Gude Howard officiated; Rev. Michelle Rizer-Pool, pastor, was eulogist. Tahj was born May 2, 1997 to Tameka Pennamon and Ellis Ammons of Monticello. His life was committed…
I’m Fixin’ To present part 25 of Southern Justice: Ray McKinley, the short and overweight stooge of B. Wendell Hormel was struggling with a dilemma: Whether to sit down and shut up, or to get his face smashed in by the athletic appearing young man who was towering over him. His brain finally won out…