Already committed to your health and fitness but still not satisfied with your appearance? Maybe your goal is to firm up and you’re not sure what type resistance exercise is best for you. If you have reached a weight loss plateau—it could be you need to shake things up with a new cardio routine.If you…
A Jasper County Grand Jury indicted Emmanuel Togba on the charge of rape, aggravated sodomy and three counts of incest, when it convened this week. According to evidence presented to the Grand Jury the incidents took place during August, 2011. An indictment by the Grand Jury is not an indication of guilt, but rather that…
Kerry Lydell Jackson was sentenced to serve five years in the state penal system in Superior Court Tuesday, with Judge Hulane E. George, presiding. Mr. Jackson, who was on probation for the charges of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute in November of 2010, was found…
I’m fixing to play dead. Mind you that I place emphasis on the word “play,” which meant that I intended to disappear from the clutches of the government Office of Circumlocution, by leaving the distinct impression that I was deceased, that being the only solution I could come up with to triumph over them. The…
Friday, June 6 I will celebrate my fifty-first birthday. I would like to think that I don’t look my age, however I certainly feel older than my age. It seems as though each day I have a new pain. I try not to complain about the aches and pains. The last thing I want to…
Mary Verlene Tillman Cullum, age 79, of Hillsboro, died Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at Jasper Memorial Hospital. Verlene Cullum was a lifelong resident of Jasper County. Her parents were the late Elmer Tillman and Mary Jackson Tillman. She was a member of Hillsboro Baptist Church. Before retirement, she was an office clerk for the Jasper…
Elsie Grace Hannum Griffith, age 85, of Jackson, Ga., died Saturday, May 31, 2014, at The Retreat Nursing Home in Monticello. Elsie Grace Hannum Griffith was born in McKeesport, Pa. to the late Charles and Elizabeth Hannum. She was a devoted wife and mother. Elsie married Ed, her forever love, in 1946 and they have…
Do you have a business? Do you advertise in The Monticello News? I wish you would. For those who don’t know, I purchased the old Tillman House and am remodeling in preparation of moving The News office over there. Naturally, I have referred to the Ready Reference and other ads in my newspaper for experts…
When Trinity Christian School’s Andy Coleman grounded out to Zach Beggs to end the state championship series between the Crusaders and the Cougars, the celebration was on for Piedmont Academy. What else would one expect when a state championship season is completed by winning the ultimate prize? For the Cougars, the 2014 season ended with…
IF, the biggest two-letter word in the English language and always proceeds doubtful events in a sentence, “If only…,” “If I had bought that corner lot in town,” “If, If, If.” Seventy-years ago tomorrow, June 6, 1944, the United States military started the invasion of Europe and thankfully, got on the road to end World…