A celebration of life for Ms. Sandra Denise Sands Alarcon was on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 at Springfield Missionary Baptist Church, 837 Hillsboro Street in Monticello,.Rev. Jimmy Horton, pastor, delivered the eulogy.Mrs. Sandra Denise Sands-Alarcon was born on April 14, 1968 to the late Bennie Sands, Jr. and the late Annie Ruth Lloyd.Sandra graduated from…
Mr. Willie Paul Smith Jr., 74, of Monticello passed away October 13, 2016. Mr. Smith was born to Mother Alberta Goosby Smith and Mr. Willie Smith Sr. on October 13, 1942 in Jasper County. Mr. Smith loved sports and all of the Atlanta teams, he also loved the outdoors and spending time with his family.…
For once, GPS-guided semi-trailer trucks that use our little two-laned roads as the non-existent bypass from I-75 to I-20 were not to blame for the traffic jam on the square this past Friday. As we all know, at least the ones that frequent downtown, all roads do lead to Monticello especially when there is a…
I’m Fixin’ To present part 59 of The Second Doublewide on the Right: Jimmy Ray Hurd was thinking he might have to go ahead and slice Elroy’s neck after all, but then he didn’t know how to operate the controls of the garbage truck. So, he took a deep breath to calm himself before he…
You probably use them every day. In fact, you probably used one just a few minutes ago. Emojis. Those cute little pictures that you send when you are texting a friend or family member. After all, they are cute, they are fun to use, and they are fast to send. Who doesn’t send them? Well,…
Last Friday night, the Monticello Hurricanes played The Putnam County War Eagles in the Canes’ homecoming game. The game was close, but the Canes came away with a win to improve to 2-1 in their region. The captains for the game for Monticello were Colton Clay #25, Braden Lynch #7, Jay Johnson #3, and Glendon…
Piedmont Academy’s road trip to face Bethlehem Temple in region play went well for a half last Friday, but by the time the game was over the Cougars were on the wrong end of a 55-28 score. The Cougars led 21-14 at halftime but strong third and fourth quarters by the Bethlehem Temple Wildcats led…
The Monticello Lady Hurricanes varsity softball squad are easily into the second round of state competition this week following 16-0 and 17-2 defeats of Coretta Scott King High School last Wednesday. The squad was to face off with Harlem High School, near Augusta, Wednesday, Oct. 19 for a spot in the third round. Unfortunately they…
FIREFIGHTERS LEARN FIRST HAND ABOUT BEHAVIOR OF FIRE At around 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6, 13 firefighters attending Fire Academy at Jasper County Fire Station 3 in Monticello, experienced what the average person would normally run from. They sat within a sealed shipping container in full protective equipment and self-contained breathing apparatus while a…
TURKEY HOLLAND (L), KEITH ESTES There wasn’t one game that threw everyone off in the weekly Monticello News football contest…or possibly it was. Few people picked Vanderbilt to beat Georgia, including football contest winner Gus Whitlock. He missed that one, but managed to get 12 right to pick up this week’s prize—$25 from Keith Estes…