Dreamers, Welcome! Why do some lose the ability to dream, to sit and ponder, lie in the grass and see shapes in the clouds? Life becomes real busy and crowded. As comedian, George Carlin once said when he was young he could carry everything he owned in his pockets, then later he needed a suitcase,…
Several Piedmont Academy track team members competed in Albany last week at the annual GISA state meet. J.T. Webb finished fifth in the shotput (41-10) for the Piedmont boys while Trent Coots was 11th in the 3,200-meter run (13:34.63). Madison McCart helped pace the Lady Cougars with a fifth place showing in the high jump…
With the regular season now complete, the Piedmont Academy baseball team is set for the state playoffs. The Diamond Cougars enter the postseason on a quest for an unprecedented fourth state championship in as many seasons. Piedmont coach Wes Tanner knows it will not be an easy task, however, for his team. The Cougars enter…
The Monticello – Jasper County Chamber of Commerce announces that the Market on the Square opens this Saturday, May 6. The weekly Saturday market is open from 8 am- noon. The season will kick-off with a “Shop Small,” “Shop Local.” theme. Shop from over 30 market vendors both on the Square, around the Square, and…
Deputies with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office responded to several reports of theft in the last week, including two in Turtle Cove. A permaport personal watercraft lift was stolen from an address on Parrot Court. A day later, a resident of Turtle Cove Trailway reported the theft of a silver bracelet. Deputies also responded to…
Crystal Elaine Hill of Jackson was killed when the 2002 Jeep Liberty she was driving crossed the yellow line and collided with a 2009 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Jimmy Dean Copeland of Mansfield, according to a report from the Georgia State Patrol (GSP). The accident occurred last Saturday afternoon on Jackson Lake Road. According to…
Raymond “Ray” Andrew Suddeth, 69, of Monticello, passed April 13, 2017 surrounded by family. Ray was born in 1947 in DeKalb County, where he was also raised. After graduating from Avondale High School, Ray served his country by joining the National Guard and served the communities and people of the city of Atlanta and DeKalb…
Clara Mae Moultrie Jackson, age 89, of Monticello, passed away Thursday, April 20, 2017, at Eternal Hope Hospice in Griffin. Clara Mae Jackson was born in Greenville, Ga., to the late Clyde Calvert Moultrie and Mettie Watts Moultrie. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Japeth Harvey Jackson; babies, J.…
Funeral services for Brenda Nell Miller, who died April 19, 2017, were held Sunday, April 23, at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Monticello. Mrs. Miller was born on August 30, 1951 to the late Rubin Brown and Mrs. Roberta Bland Brown of Monticello. She received her formal education from the Jasper County Public…
Hattie Geneva Bellamy McElheney, age 95, passed away Friday, April 21, 2017, at The Retreat Nursing Home. Geneva McElheney was born in Homer, Ga., to the late Groze Marion Bellamy and Alma Belle Strange Bellamy. She graduated from high school at Palmer Stone in Newton County. Her family moved from Oxford, Ga., to Monticello in…