Piedmont Academy’s varsity basketball teams swept visiting Oak Mountain Saturday.The Lady Cougars used a 28-point performance from Amelia Dodson to record a 54-51 victory. Dodson scored eight points in both the first and second quarters and then added six more in the third quarter and six in the fourth quarter, including four free throws.Piedmont’s girls,…
Monticello Mayor Bryan Standifer (center) says good-bye to two departing City Council members after the December meeting. Mayor Pro-tem Bobby Jacobs (left) and Council person Katherine Alexander did not seek re-election and therefore have completed their terms on council, although they officially serve until December 31. It would also have been Cornell Williams’ last meeting,…
CHORISTERS JOIN TOGETHER IN SONG AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SUNDAY The Monticello Presbyterian Church hosted the 91st community Christmas Cantata, An Appalachian Winter, Sunday, Dec. 13 under the direction of Lisa Kelly. The Presbyterian bell choir and more than 60 musicians and choristers from local churches joined voices to present the hauntingly beautiful holiday songs characteristic…
Jasper County is all decked out in Christmas lights, and some of our readers have been good enough to share their photos, and we had a roving photographer also getting some shots this week. More lights will be featured next week as well. Another sign Christmas is right around the corner is that inside today’s…
Jasper County deputies are investigating several thefts that occurred over the last week. A burglary on Falcon Ridge resulted in a washer, dryer, water heater, and several rifles being taken, according to the report from the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO). Guns were also taken from an address in Monticello city limits, and from an…
Piedmont Academy’s FFA recently competed in three different Career Development Events at Ft. Valley State University. The first competition was Environmental and Natural Resources which involves GPS coordinates, tree identification, wildlife identification, and the high school team had a group problem to solve. At the same time, the Farm Business Management team was competing by…
Jasper County Middle School students will perform a winter performance of “McQuadle: A Dragon’s Tale” on Friday, Dec. 11. The middle school youth will travel to Jasper County Primary School (JCPS) and Washington Park Elementary School (WPES) to perform for kindergarten, first and third grades. This is an initiative of the school’s Science, Technology, Engineering,…
Piedmont Academy celebrated the Christmas season with an array of music and skits on December 1. Directed by the school music teacher, April Allen, students in grades three-year-old pre-kindergarten through fifth grade gave a performance. Three sections of this year’s program had specific themes related to the holiday season and Christmas time. Kicking off the…
There are books in the world that tell us how many parking spaces we should have for our churches. There are books that tell us how many inches of seating space are needed for each worshipper. There are books out there that tell us what I like to call gimmicks to get people into church…
Monticello’s Square is all dressed up for Christmas. We may not have a 78-foot spruce like the one in Rockefeller Center, but we have our own tree that lights up the corner of the square and welcomes all to Monticello. Local stores have been full of gifts for family and friends and decorations for your…