The Piedmont Academy Middle School softball team concluded its 2016 season Saturday earning a runner-up trophy at the GISA End-Of-Season Tournament.The all-day event was held at the Baldwin County Recreation Fields in Milledgeville. The Lady Cougars fell in the final game by a run in extra innings.Piedmont defeated Robert Toombs 10-4 in one matchup Saturday…
Jasper County High School (JCHS) boys and girls varsity Cross Country teams traveled to the Georgia Industrial Children’s Home in Macon on September 21 to race in the FPD Invitational, hosted by First Presbyterian Day School. Despite coming home with two top 10 individual medals, both teams found themselves struggling against the broader overall team…
The Piedmont Academy Clay Crushing Cougar Shotgun team had its third shoot of the season this past Saturday at Ocmulgee River Gun Club in Macon. A total of 10 schools competed during the action-packed day. Throughout the competition, 90 shooters fired 50 rounds of skeet and 100 rounds of sporting clays. Piedmont had nine team…
A candidate forum for District 3 County Commission candidates J. Ross Hays and Gene Trammell (incumbent)will be held today, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m. at the Piedmont Fire Station on Smithboro Road. Another forum will be held Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. at the Ben Hill Schoolhouse in Hillsbor
DAVID LEACH, JEAN WORKMAN Jean Workman doesn’t take The Monticello News football contest as seriously as her husband, Stone, or son, Phillips, do, but she knows how to pick winners. Mrs. Workman beat out both her husband and son, along with more than 125 other players last week in an upset-ridden week, to win the…
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) had a relatively light week, investigating only one report of theft during the past week. In that, antique mule-drawn plows and an antique planter were reportedly taken. Deputies also responded to a report of identity theft, and to a report of counterfeit money. Persons booked into the Jasper County…
The Jasper County Commission again denied a pouring license for Haystack Wings and Thangz at its meeting Monday evening. The commission last month turned down the applicant, Toyoir West, for her request to have a beer, wine and distilled spirits pouring license. This month Ms. West dropped the request for distilled spirits. She said that…
The Jasper County High School Marching Hurricanes competed in the 10th annual Valhalla Classic Marching Competition held at Northgate High School in Newnan Saturday. The overall band scored a Superior, which placed them in the top four of 10 bands competing in the Silver Division. In addition to the overall band score, Drum Major Starr…
The Piedmont Academy softball team is now in the Final Four. The Lady Cougars rallied after falling to Briarwood Saturday in game one of a best-of-three series to defeat the Lady Buccaneers in back-to-back contests. Piedmont will play in the semifinals on Tuesday against at home against Windsor Academy. The best-of-three series will begin at…
Coyle Wilson, Jr. was born on May 16, 1922 in Monticello, and passed away peacefully on September 24, 2016. After graduation from high school he joined the Navy. He then used his G. I. Bill to attend the University of Georgia. He furthered his education by obtaining his Master’s Degree at Vanderbilt University. Coyle was…