The Monticello Hurrricanes varsity baseball squad split action over the past week winning two and losing two. The squad fell 8-0 to the Social Circle Redskins Tuesday. Braden Lynch pitched six innings earning six strikeouts. Matthew Lawson had two hits and Hunter Duke had three quality at bats (QABs). Last Thursday, the Canes fell 4-3…
Piedmont Academy’s varsity baseball team cruised to a 10-0 home victory against Thomas Jefferson last week as Brock Carter turned in another quality pitching performance. The Cougars scored three runs in both the second and third innings and two more in the fourth. Piedmont then pushed runs across in the fifth and sixth innings to…
Jessica Moore, a junior at Jasper County High School, has been awarded a paid research internship through the National Institute of Health (NIH). The NIH/NIDDK Short-Term Research Experience for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP) National Coordinating Committee awarded the internship to Jessica and assigned her to the Coordinating Center at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).…
Judge William A. Prior, Jr. presided over the Jasper Superior Court activities on Tuesday including the arraignment calendar for criminal cases and the motion day calendar for civil and criminal cases. Though the court dockets were heavy with cases many were continued until future court dates. Criminal cases that were reviewed and sentences given include…
By LYNN BENTLEY Chief Appraiser For 2017, we are continuing to see an improving market. The total number of sales is up again as well. From 2015 to 2016, the number of sales used increased 10 percent. For 2016 to 2017, it has increased 15 percent. There continues to be a decrease in bank sales…
CHRIS HANSEN (L) INTERVIEWS SHERIFF DONNIE POPE Cops and television. That’s what a couple of evenings last week consisted of for me. Yes, both at the same time, and no I wasn’t watching a crime drama. Turns out Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen and the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) were working hand in…
Sarah Swarn Walker was born on September 22, 1944 in Monticello, to the late Grover Jackson and Evelyn Swarn. She died March 15, 2017. The celebration of life service will be Thursday, March 23rd at 11 a.m. at Cascade United Methodist Church, 3144 Cascade Rd., SW, Atlanta, GA 30311. Her early childhood parentage consisted of…
Last Friday, the Monticello Kiwanis Club held its annual art and talent showcase, and I volunteered to help. I was assigned to corralling the children waiting to perform. (No small feat for the young ones.) But, as happens every time I visit any of the schools, I was simply amazed at what I saw. Not…
What are you doing to stop child abuse against children? An epidemic is sweeping an ugly tide across the United States; domestic violence and child abuse against our children. How large is the problem? Studies show that up to five million children in the United States experience and/or witness domestic violence each year. Whether it’s…
I’m Fixin’ To present part 81 of The Second Doublewide on the Right: After it became apparent to Lt. Kelly of the Ocmulgee Sheriff’s Department that Jimmy Ray Hurd had clammed up he said, “Okay, Jimmy Ray, have it your way. We’ll go ahead and introduce you to our accommodations and you can sit in…