“Green light – GO!!” I’ll never forget those words. On a Fall day in 1998, at Fort Benning, GA, an U.S. Army Airborne Jumpmaster screamed those words in my ear. Here I was, 800 feet above ground level, standing in the doorway of a “perfectly fine” C-130 Hercules airplane, and expected to jump out on…
Time to dash off your letter to Santa before it’s too late. Children all over the county are excited about Christmas, gifts, getting a lengthy vacation and writing a letter to Santa asking about his well-being and mentioning that they have been good also. Whoever came up with this Elf on a Shelf has made…
The four teams have been selected and fans of each are eagerly awaiting the semifinal matchups in this season’s college football playoffs for Division I-A. Clemson, the defending national champion, joins Oklahoma, Georgia and Alabama as the four teams selected behind closed doors to take part. Conference champs Ohio State and Southern Cal were both…
So we’re past the generally agreed upon line in the sand of Thanksgiving Day when we can all officially start decorating our homes. The lights and decorations have started appearing now that the sun goes down earlier and we’re coming to terms with the time change. Many of us have visions of being our own…
The Monticello Hurricane boys varsity basketball squad earned two road wins over the weekend by downing Spartanburg Christian Academy and Jackson as they now gear up for the first region competition of the season against the 2017 8AA region champions. On Friday, the varsity boys were the only varsity squad to compete as the junior…
Both Piedmont Academy Middle School basketball teams were involved in close games against John Milledge Academy last Friday but both fell just shy of victory. The MS boys fell 53-49 on the road despite Ryan Holder pouring in 25 points. Holder had seven baskets along with two 3-pointersand was 5-of-6 from the free throw line.…
Ten points by Madison McCart helped the Piedmont Academy varsity girls basketball team defeat visiting St. George 26-23 last week in a home contest, the fourth win of the young season for the Lady Cougars. Lucy Tuggle added six points and Alexis Dodson and Haley Ann Frank both finished with four points. Gracie Hunt finished…
TAMMY HARVEY (L), JASON EDWARDS Like many families, the Harvey family considers The Monticello News football contest a family affair, as the whole family plays faithfully each week. Well their perseverence paid off this week as Kenny Harvey won the football contest with 13 correct picks. And, Tammy and Kaitlyn Harvey each had 13 correct…
F. SMITH, J. THOMPSON, H. SMITH, R. STANDIFER, O. SIMMONS (L-R) The pews of the St. John C.M.E. Church on Blue Ruin were filled on Saturday with former students, parents and children of former students and family members of seven former teachers who were recognized for their years of service to the Monticello/Jasper County community.…
The Jasper County Commissioners spent considerable time at their regular meeting Monday night discussing three separate issues for the fire/rescue/EMS budget. The first item was EMS billing. Chief Chris Finch recommended the county change from in-house billing to allowing a service to do it. He sought bids, and recommended a company by the name of…