The Monticello News is looking to show off your deer harvest.Send photos of you with your deer to news@themonticellonews.com, post them on The Monticello News Facebook page or drop them off with your name, age, and weight and points of your harvest to 247 W. Washington Street.We will feature photos in this week’s Deer Festival…
Jannie Mae Battle was born on October 23, 1927 in Jasper County, Hillsboro, Ga. to the late Annie Kate Satcher and the late James Ridley. Jannie was educated in the Jasper County public school system. She was employed for several years at Georgia Pacific Corporation, the Sewing Room and the Tillman House until her health…
A homegoing celebration in memory of TSgt. Roosevelt Whiting, who died October 15, 2015, was held Monday Oct. 19 at Springfield Missionary Baptist Church. Rev. Leroy Grant officiated; Rev. Jimmy Horton is pastor. Burial with military honors was in Crutchfield Cemetery. Mr. Whiting was born October 7, 1939, the first sibling born to the late…
Deputies with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office responded to several calls about thefts in the last week. In one incident, a rubber mower tire, and CD containing pictures, county property, were taken from a location on Hwy. 83 south at Georgia-Pacific Road. In another incident, on Apt-To-Miss Road in eastern Jasper County, a Kawasaki dirt…
The Deer Festival’s Venison Cook Off, is produced by the Monticello Kiwanis Club and is open to anyone who enjoys cooking, it is sponsored by our home town pharmacy, Monticello Drugs. Plates are sold for a donation of $10, and festival goers can sample any and all of the entries. The cook off is celebrating…
I’m Fixin’ To present part seven of: The Second Doublewide on the Right: Quantavious could hear the chatter of the TV from back in the bedroom where the twins had retired to watch TV until their departure time to Atlanta. The first thing he did was flush the contents of the ashtrays down the toilet.…
Here is the context…Jesus just served the Last Supper to His disciples. He further explains that He will be leaving them soon, but they will be unable to follow. Peter replies that he will follow Jesus, even to the point of death. Jesus informs Peter that before the rooster crows, Peter would disown Him three…
Do you know your vegetables from your fruits and berries? Well, think again. Those orange pumpkins that are in the grocery and being sold at churches and road stands are technically fruits, but according to reliable sources, the pumpkin is actually a berry. You just learn new things everyday. Don’t you? Pumpkins are everywhere this…
In 1992, Georgia voters made their voices heard on one of the defining policy issues of our time by ratifying our constitution to create the Georgia Lottery. This decision, which allowed ticket sales to begin in June of 1993, forever changed the education landscape of our great state for the people who are blessed to…
Members of the Jasper County Middle School and Jasper County High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) recently participated in the annual Fall Motivational Rally at the Perry Fair Arena. Local high school members joined more than 8,500 other FBLA members from around the state to meet the Georgia State Officer Team and to…