Early, real early snow in many areas in the South including us and California is plagued with fire. A very strange way to start 2025.In the meantime, we buried our hundred year old former president Jimmy with all the ceremonies afforded a president. The nightly news certainly didn’t lack for any content.Let’s hope for better…
Jasper County Commissioners convened in a work session Monday evening to discuss House Bill 581. Georgia lawmakers approved a package of legislation that is intended to limit property tax increases. The bill would limit increases in a home’s value, as assessed for property tax purposes, to the rate of inflation each year. County and city…
Fifth grade students at Washington Park Elementary School have the opportunity to become Safety Patrol at their school. The second session of Safety Patrol students were nominated by their previous fourth and current fifth grade teachers. The students were nominated by being responsible, role model students. Safety Patrol students will have special jobs throughout the…
By ZACH HOUSTON The Monticello Hurricane basketball teams traveled to Campbellton Road in Atlanta last Tuesday to take on the Southwest Atlanta Christian Warriors to open Region 4-A play. Always a tough opponent, the Hurricanes came out hot and held off a run by the Warriors at the end of the game to pull out…
Step by step, the Piedmont Academy varsity boys basketball team has been showing steady signs of improvement this season. The Cougars won two more times in a back-to-back series with St. George’s last Thursday and again on Monday. Piedmont took a 63-43 win at home Jan. 9 before winning 77-58 three days later on the…
Marissa Holder earns 2500 Points Marissa Holder continues to break records and post mind-boggling stats for the Piedmont Academy Lady Cougars basketball team. The senior has now surpassed 2,500 points for her career and could likely be near the 3,000 mar before her high school career is over. Holder is the all-time leading scorer for…
On December 20, 2024, Jasper County High School hosted its seventh annual Social Studies Fair. Students learned about civil liberties and civil rights according to standards designed by the state of Georgia. Specifically, they learned about the history of voting. Students worked in peer groups of one to three, according to state contest requirements. They…
Alice Faye Nunley Rakes, age 86, of Monticello, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2025 at Abbey Hospice in Social Circle. Alice Rakes was born in Catlettsburg, Ky., on July 1, 1938, to Wilson Fredrick (1908-1991) and Maude Rice Nunley (1911-1994). She graduated from Ceredo-Kenova High School in 1956. On October 15th of that same…
Sue Collier Gorman, age 81, of Monticello, passed away Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, at her residence. Sue Gorman was born on April 6, 1943, in Golconda, Ill. to the late Gerald Nelson Collier and Vivian Bernice Weekly Collier. Sue Gorman married J.D. Gorman on February 2, 1985. They lived in Illinois until moving to Georgia…
Monticello City Council members conducted a special called meeting during the afternoon of New Year’s Eve to review five action items. Though the meeting only lasted 40 minutes, most of that time was spent discussing and making several motions regarding the Blaque Butterfly’s renewal request for an alcohol license at 421 East Street. During December’s…