The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the help of anyone who may have seen something suspicious last Saturday night after dark in the area of Jasper County High School. A burglary of several thousand dollars worth of loss was reported, and a suspect’s vehicle has been identified. A photo of the suspect and his…
RICK RINGER (R) AT LARRY’S 4-WAY PRESENTS PRIZE TO STONE WORKMAN The Monticello News football contest is known to go far and wide…with people who have moved from here calling family and friends to still take part in the weekly contest. A common occurrence is among college students who played in high school and want…
Wake Up! Wake Up! The Yankees are coming! The Yankees are coming! That would have been the cries of Monticelloians 150 years ago this coming Monday and Tuesday as General Sherman came a callin’. Depending on which eye witness accounts and autobiography you may have read, Sherman actually stayed and slept near Monticello. One source…
Memorial services celebrating the life of Mr. Jarvis D. Ross, age 55, will be held on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014 at 1 p.m. at the South DeKalb Chapel of Gregory B. Levett & Sons Funeral Homes, Inc-4347 Flat Shoals Pkwy Decatur, GA. Interment will be private. He leaves behind a devoted wife, Jennifer, and a…
A celebration of life for Eddie Carl “Big” Davis, who died October 24, 2014, was held Friday, Oct. 31, at St. James A.M.E. Church in Monticello. Rev. Donna Marie Calix, pastor, officiated; burial was in South View Cemetery. Eddie Davis was born September 23, 1954 to Emma Davis and the late Eddie Davis. He accepted…
Just over half of the registered voters in Jasper County voted in the 2014 General Election. Jasper, along with Georgia, voted majority Republican making the most influential impact on the Senate race where the control will now go to the Republicans. Jasper County had 3,909 ballots cast with a number of those being early votes.…
This year, an artist in Britain has installed a unique art exhibit in memory of the 888,246 British soldiers, sailors and airmen killed in World War I. 8,000 volunteers have made and installed 888,246 handmade ceramic red poppies in the moat surrounding the Tower of London. Millions have made their way to the memorial with…
God loves you. You probably have heard that many times in your life. We sing it as children: “Jesus loves me, this I know. For the Bible tells me so.” You may embrace and thank God for His love. You may not believe it and reject His love. God still loves you. Have you ever…
I’m fixing to play dead (Part 23). Now that I had learned from Old Man Jenkins, the manager of the trailer park where that sorry, thieving, lowdown ex-con Leon lived, that his whereabouts was somewhere in Biloxi, supposedly staying with somebody named Bo, I had it in my mind to visit Leon’s girlfriend, Louise, and…
Jasper County deputies responded to eight reports of thefts during the last week, with the stolen goods ranging from a zero-turn mower to a cellular phone. The mower as reportedly taken from an address just north of Monticello, and a go-cart was taken from a home at the lake. Numerous tools were reported stolen from…