Last weekend a total of 78 volunteers (39 youth and 39 adults) participated in Monticello Baptist Church’s Mission Mania. The theme for the weekend was “Serving with Love” with a focus on 1 Peter 4:10 – “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace…
As the saying goes, “Inside every Southerner there is a book.” And as we learned this past week, maybe there are two books. Harper Lee who has shunned publicity and publishing since the 1960 publication of her classic, To Kill a Mockingbird, agreed to release what some are calling, Mockingbird II. Lee grew up in…
Piedmont Academy softball players will return to the practice field Monday as they begin preparations for the upcoming season. The Lady Cougars will take part in a preseason tournament July 31 and Aug. 1 hosted by Windsor Academy before hosting their own event August 7-8. The first regular season contest will be August 11 at…
Denzel Sands, a rising senior at Jasper County High School (JCHS), has returned from Australia where he competed in two cross country races and earned two medals. Mr. Sands competed in the 5.7 meter Gold Coast Marathon against 5,000 other runners from all over the world. He placed in the top 100 and received a…
One aspect of summer is that it is the time when people take vacations. Although I am not big on vacations, I am not against them at all, particularly when it comes to my vacation. It was right after Christmas when the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage approached me and said, “What are we going…
HOSA: Future Health Professionals national competition was held recently in Anaheim, California. Students from all over the United States and their advisors gathered together to compete in their respective events. Four students from Jasper County High School attended the conference. Morgan Studdard earned her way to national competition by placing second at the state level…
Rev. Nathaniel Long and his family became Jasper County residents June 25 after accepting his new pastoral assignment at the Monticello First United Methodist Church. Here just under a month, it’s evident looking around his church office that Rev. Long is still getting settled in as more than a dozen unpacked boxes occupy floor space.…
By Debbie Lurie-Smith debbie@jcnews.com (Editor’s Note: This article is reprinted with permission from the Jones County News in Gray, where it was published last week.) The longest serving district attorney in the history of the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit announced his retirement last week following a distinguished career as a prosecutor that has spanned 34 years.…
The Monticello City Council begrudgingly approved the expenditure of more than $35,000 to run three-phase electrical lines to the new hospice on Eatonton Street. Mayor Pro-tem Bobby Jacobs talked about why spot zoning was such a bad idea. But, there was a lot of pressure on the council, back in 2000 or so when the…
Jasper County deputies Monday were called to a burglary in progress on Benton Street in Monticello. The complainant said he heard a breaking noise and looked out at the unoccupied house and saw Kenneth Darnell James, 49, pushing a refrigerator up the street. Deputies arrived, and located Mr. James, and the refrigerator was in his…