Have you ever said to someone, “He’s a real piece of work?” If you did, you were probably making a derogatory comment about the person.In our lives we encounter people who are real pieces of works. Perhaps it’s the person who will say or do anything to get to the top, be it at work…
I’m Fixin’ To present part 18 of The Second Doublewide on the Right: It took Marthalene almost a year to figure out she was being used, so she stopped going to hair shows, but she didn’t stop taking speed. In fact, she began using it every day and it wasn’t long before she began to…
Here we are again at the beginning of a new year…2016. I am again writing a column for the first newspaper of the year as I thought that I do each year, and after a little research at themonticellonews.com realized that I did not actually write a column in January last year. I also noticed…
Dear friends, About a year ago, I stood next to my wife Bonnie, put my hand on my Father’s Bible, and swore to uphold the Constitution and represent the people of Georgia in the United States Senate. This is a role I never imagined, but one I take very seriously. To emphasize the magnitude of…
Did you have a baby in 2015? Or maybe you became a grandparent in 2015? Show off your special loved one! Babies born in 2015 will be featured in a special section to be published on Thursday, Jan. 21. Color photos will be featured. For complete information, turn to the ad on page 10 of…
The Monticello-Jasper County Chamber of Commerce is again this year volunteering to help the Jasper County Community Food Bank (JCCFB), and needs everyone to j oin in the promotion. The idea is to fill the window with foodstuffs to be donated to the food bank. The entirely volunteer run food bank serves many families and…
Three new faces join the Monticello City Council for its first meeting next Tuesday, and they were each sworn in individually this week so they are prepared to serve if they are needed before that time. Otherwise, they will be at the meeting, ready to serve. Stone Workman was elected Mayor Pro-Tem, and Cynthia Miller…
John Jordan of Loganville was traveling west on Old Hillsboro Road Saturday morning in a 2014 Ram 2500. Meanwhile, Ronald Hurt of Milledgeville was traveling north on Hwy. 212 east in a 2002 Dodge Intrepid. Mr. Jordan said he was not familiar with the road, according to the report from the Georgia State Patrol, and…
CAR RIDES DOWN HWY. 16 NEAR SAC-O-SUDS It would be remiss to not celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fictitious robbery of our infamous Sac-o-Suds as portrayed in the movie that put Monticello on the map, “My Cousin Vinny.” The robbery according to the movie took place on January 4, 1991, 25 years ago. Filming…
Judge William A. Prior, Jr. had a light docket on the motion day calendar to begin the new year in Jasper Superior Court Tuesday, Jan. 5. The majority of the cases reviewed were probation revocations or modifications, a bond hearing, and a few civil cases. Joseph Fay Massey, II was granted a bond of 50,000…