On Sunday, Dec. 22, Monticello Baptist Church hosted its annual Children’s Christmas Pageant. The Children’s Ministry uses the annual pageant to tell the story of the birth of Jesus and the reason for the Christmas holiday. The children began practicing in October for their performance. This year, 33 children and youth participated in the pageant…
Jasper County Farm Bureau was recognized for its outstanding member programs and agricultural advocacy activities at the 87th Annual Georgia Farm Bureau (GFB) Convention held Dec. 8-10 on Jekyll Island. Scotty Dumas is the JCFB president. Loretha Gage is the JCFB office manager. JCFB received the GFB Rewarding Excellence in Ag Program (REAP) Cultivator Award…
Piedmont Academy’s varsity boys basketball team earned its second win of the season defeating Trinity 53-45 on Saturday. The game was part of the Larry Prestridge Classic hosted by John Milledge Academy Friday and Saturday. “John Milledge does a great job hosting this event and brought some really good teams,” said Piedmont Coach Christian Palmer.…
The Monticello Hurricanes were back in action last weekend, first in a road matchup against the Mary Persons Bulldogs, and on Saturday at home against the Putnam County War Eagles. Prior to those games, both varsity teams traveled up to Roswell to take on the Centennial Knights, with the girls picking up win number three…
Piedmont Academy’s varsity girls basketball team went .500 in a tournament hosted by John Milledge Academy this past weekend. The Lady Cougars fell to Central Fellowship 51-44 on Friday before defeating Trinity Christian 78-67 on Saturday. Piedmont is now 7-2 overall for the season. “I thought we had a pretty good weekend overall,” said coach…
Piedmont Academy’s wrestling team continues to earn trophies this season. The Mat Cougars have now placed in the top five in three consecutive tournaments. Piedmont finished fourth at East Metro Saturday in Monroe with six individual wrestlers earning medals including Jamus Wingate, first, 165; Scott Swann, second, 132; Colt Leddon, second, 150; Caleb Benton, third,…
Merry Christmas everyone! Yes, with the Christmas holiday falling on Wednesday, The News is out two days early this week which means you could be reading this on Christmas eve. We are publishing the paper as if everyone will see it before Christmas, but we know lots of people won’t read it before Christmas. But,…
The number one most family tradition involves food. My favorite was the ham that had been basted many times with brown sugar and pineapple juice. To accompany the ham was sweet, sweet, sweet potatoes covered in pineapple slices and marshmallows. My mother made a coconut cake with thick vanilla icing. My father made a fruit…
St. Luke 1:46-47 Mary responded “Oh how my soul praises the Lord. 47 How my spirit rejoices in God my savior! To: The Monticello news staff–I hope you’ll have Merry Christmas this year. Do you hear what I hear? Do you know what I know? I once was lost in sin, but Jesus took me…
The Jasper County Board of Elections and Registration met Tuesday, Dec. 17, and all three board members, Chairman Guy Tucker, Vice-Chair Mark Logan, and member David McGuire were present. Newly appointed Elections Supervisor Kerri Moseley was also present. Mr. Tucker provided an update on an inventory underway of all of the equipment currently housed for…