Hello District 129 and welcome to another update of all that is happening under the Gold Dome! The Capitol is always extremely fast paced during session and last week was no exception. As appropriation hearings to review the budget continued, other committee meetings began, wasting no time in looking at proposed legislation drawn up by…
I’m Fixin’ To Play Dead (Part 36): Here I was in a broken down truck that wasn’t mine, with no ID on me and in possession of a pistol with no license to carry, sitting on the side of the street in a place that was strange to me and with the law probably looking…
Who might be one or more of the people you would like to meet when you get to heaven, provided they are there? I’ve thought about this a lot lately. I think I would like to have a conversation with Adam and Eve. I would have four words for them: What were you thinking? Do…
If Mr. Groundhog did indeed see his shadow on Groundhog Day, we are to expect six more weeks of winter. Say it ain’t so. According to a more reliable source, The Almanac, we are scheduled to get rain and snow this week, then sunny and warm. Yeh! Last year about this time, we were still…
JIM MERRELL, BENNY BOSTICK, JACKIE QUIG (L-R) If any of you have been into the Family Foods on Short Street in Monticello recently, you may have noticed a small change or two – or you may not have. If you have heard rumor of the local grocery store “being sold,” “changing owners,” or “is just…
One of the first items on the agenda for Monday’s regular county commission meeting was the closure of a portion of New Hope Church Road, and much of the standing-room-only crowd was there to speak to that issue. Commission Chair Gene Trammell opened the public hearing inviting those in favor of the road closure to…
Bethel Church Road at Hwy. 212 west of Monticello was again the site of an automobile accident Saturday. This time, Mark Stone of Mansfield was driving a 2006 Nissan Sentra north on Bethel Church Road, approaching Hwy. 212. Meanwhile, Felicia Hall of Sparta was driving a 1997 Nissan Pathfinder west on Hwy. 212. Mr. Stone…
From January 28 to the 30, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office executed multiple search warrants at three different locations around the county as the result of an ongoing investigation into thefts and drug activity, according to an announcement from the JCSO. Multiple stolen items were recovered during the investigation to include a Coachman camper, a…
It was a long day in Jasper County Superior Court Tuesday as new Circuit Court Judge Brenda Trammell presided over the motion day calendar action. The calendar wasn’t unusually long and nearly a fourth of the cases presented were continued but a few of the cases were intricate requiring some extra attention such as the…
Evelyn Ruth Hibberts Cooper, age 72, of Monticello, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, at her residence. Evelyn Cooper was born in Cartersville, Ga., to the late John Franklin Hibberts and Delahan Delizza Hite Hibberts. She lived in Columbiana, Ala., before moving to Monticello in 2010. She loved working her crossword puzzles, and she loved animals.…