Steven Douglas Currie, age 44, passed away on Monday, October 5, 2015, at The Retreat Nursing Home.Steve Currie was born in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on July 16, 1971. He is the son of Douglas and Lura Johns Currie. After graduating from high school in 1990, Steve enlisted in the U. S. Army. He served in…
I’ll continue, and complete, my ramblings about The Monticello News, your hometown newspaper, this week. I realized last week that I never got around to explaining why a particular news item is in the paper or why something submitted is left out of the newspaper. This is how it works. If you have an ad—that…
Jasper Superior Court Judge William Prior, Jr. sentenced Lucious Marcus Odom, Jr. to two years in confinement for a negotiated guilty plea on the charge of possession of firearm by a convicted felon. He was nolle prossed on four other charges and given credit for time served since June 2014. Other cases reviewed and sentenced…
Age is relative. Relative to how old you are or how old you think you are. When we are eight years old, we think our 23 year old teacher is old. Then when we are around 30 years old, we begin to see 50 year old as the ones who would receive the Over the…
This past Sunday, we talked about missions at our church. The interesting thing about missions is that we think it is something we go and do somewhere else. Instead, we need to learn that it is something we do wherever we are. We do not have to load a bus or take a plane or…
Yeah, Quantavious knew Deputy Murphy’s schedule backwards and forward, and most of his habits. He had an uncle who was a detention officer at the Ocmulgee County Jail, who kept him well informed. Just before he reached his trailer Quantavious noticed one of his neighbors, the one who resided next door to him. It was…
The Piedmont Academy Clay Crushing Cougars competed Saturday, Sept. 26, in Atlanta at the Tom Lowe Shooting Grounds. Thirteen schools and 126 shooters took part in Saturday’s events. The shooting conditions were tough as it poured down rain all day. “Shooting is a lot like football,” Piedmont coaches said. “The competition must go on unless…
Constant rain didn’t dampen the spirits of Jasper County’s harriers, as the Hurricane Crosss Country team, led by sophomore Kevin Kitchens, defeated Putnam 35-20 in Eatonton. Kitchens’ time of 18:47 was strong enough to secure the individual first place win in the varsity boys 5000m race. It was his first overall win of the season…
Jasper County Middle School Cross Country teams raced against middle schools from Putnam County, Morgan County, Oak Hill, and Georgia Military College Prep in a meet hosted by Putnam September 24 at the Uncle Remus Golf Course. Both the girls and boys teams finished last but the participants were excited about the steady lowering of…
Piedmont Academy’s competition cheerleaders showed a marked improvement from their first meet to their second event this season. The Competition Cheer Cougars took the floor at Putnam County High School last Saturday in Eatonton at the Spirit Spectacular Cheerleading Competition. When all was said and done, Piedmont had finished first in its division and improved…