Lawrence Salvatore “Larry” Adornato, age 82, passed away Monday, April 24, 2017, at the Medical Center of Central Georgia.Larry Adornato was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to the late Salvatore Adornato and Concettina Raciti Adornato. He received his BA degree in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis. He served in…
Judge Brenda Trammell spent little time in Jasper Superior Court Tuesday morning presiding over the motion day calendar. Nicholas Standifer was sentenced to five years of probation following 180 days in a state probation detention center for an obstruction of an officer charge obtained in February 2017. In addition to a $1,000 fine and the…
The Monticello Community Band will focus on classical works in its “Bach to the Future” concert on Friday, May 5. Featuring the works of Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Berlioz and Strauss, the concert will start at 7 p.m. in the Jasper County High School auditorium, 14477 Hwy. 11, just north of Monticello. Advanced tickets are $5/person…
Deputies with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office responded to numerous reports of theft in the last week, with many items including jewelry and drugs missing from an address on Harvey Street in Monticello. Drugs and money were taken from an address on Mallard Drive in Turtle Cove. Also on Crane Court, pills were taken from…
CAST OF LOCAL PRODUCTION OF SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN Under the leadership of Superintendent Dr. Mike Newton, Jasper County High School is resurrecting a tradition which was once a mainstay of Jasper County’s spring activities: its musical. For the past few months, several high school and middle school students have been working diligently to bring…
I’m Fixin’ To present part 86 of The Second Doublewide on the Right: Once Quantavious had returned from his session with J. Walter Waddell (Slick), Ricky Lee watched as he proceeded to shake Jimmy Ray awake and tell him, “Hey, Jimmy Ray, my lawyer said you on the court calendar too. I got him to…
Paraphrasing what Edmund Burke once said, “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.” The numbers that follow may not be as accurate as you may think. Statistics vary depending on which resource you use. The point, or emphasis, I am making is that millions of lives have…
The good ole days, remember, when flying somewhere was such an exciting, pleasurable adventure? Why you even dressed up for the event. On my first flight, back when airplanes had propellers and you had to climb a flight of stairs to even get on the plane, well, someone, probably a crew member, took my picture…
The recent news in this publication concerning Rose Bowl Field has created some lively—and important—discussion on Facebook as well as other places I’m sure. Some believe it would be a good idea to at least begin looking at the possibility of building a new football stadium for Monticello High School while others believe the long,…
The Piedmont Academy Lady Cougars soccer team faced two quality opponents recently in Gatewood and Eastside. The Lady Cougars fell to the Gatewood Lady Gators 7-0 and to the Eastside High School Lady Eagles 4-0. “The girls played the two games short handed as we were missing seven players because of injury or school trips,…