Members and guests at the Monticello Kiwanis Club regular meeting Monday heard from several individuals in regards to the upcoming Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) vote coming up in November.The Jasper County Commission is asking voters to approve an extension of the current SPLOST—sales tax will remain at seven percent—to fund several projects.…
Piedmont Academy’s varsity football team has reached its bye week and will use the time to begin preparing for its 2017 region schedule. The Cougars completed their non-region slate of games last Friday falling 41-7 to Brentwood during homecoming. After an off night this Friday, Piedmont will begin region play at Windsor Academy on Friday,…
It was another close one Friday night as the Canes fell short and lost to the Banks County Leopards 35-21. It was a hard fought battle all the way to the end, but sadly the Leopards pulled away with a surprising victory. The Leopards kicked the ball off to the Canes which led to a…
The Lady Hurricanes softball team has played a stretch of region opponents headed into the start of the AA region tournament tomorrow, Sept. 29. The ladies defeated the Putnam County Lady War Eagles Tuesday evening at home. It was Senior Night for the varsity squad making the 10-2 victory momentous. The game ended at the…
Last Thursday, Sept. 21, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) Crime Suppression Unit and the Georgia Governor’s Task Force conducted a joint operation in Jasper County. The operation consisted of the Governor’s Task Force helicopter flying over Jasper County looking for marijuana cultivation sites. The helicopter pilot and co-pilot spotted marijuana plants from the air…
TONY LEWIS (L) PRESENTS PRIZE TO BELLE PERRY It was only her second time playing, and she took advice from her husband, Ben, but however she did it, Belle Perry correctly guessed the winner of 13 of the 15 games listed in last week’s Monticello News football contest, and she hit the tie-breaker on the…
LADY COUGARS POSE WITH SIGN SHOWING THEIR THREE-PEAT Piedmont Academy’s varsity softball team dominated region competition this season and officially clinchéd the GISA 1-AA title last week after sweeping Flint River Academy in consecutive days. In four region games, the Lady Cougars outscored their opponents 46-0 including 8-0 and 12-0 victories against the Lady Wildcats…
Superintendent Mike Newton will remain superintendent until at least June 2019, after he received an evaluation Tuesday evening and a contract extension until June 2019. The action came after a more than two hour closed session where board members worked on the evaluation and considered other personnel issues as well. Personnel who were hired include:…
Only three of the five Jasper County Commissioners attended Monday’s meeting, so many items on the agenda were tabled until a full board was available. The commissioners normally meet the first Monday in the month, but it was postponed this month because of the Labor Day holiday. They were to meet last week, and Tropical…
The National Archives at Atlanta held its sixth annual scholarly symposium on September 16 at the headquarters in Morrow. The primary purpose of this symposium was to promote research into the 200,000 cubic feet of historic records created by the federal government and federal agencies in the eight southeastern states. This year’s topic focused on…