The Alcovy Shores Water & Sewerage Authority (ASWSA) now has bylaws as approved by board members Juanita Gazaway, Gail Meyers, and Gerald Bramblett during a called meeting last Thursday.The water entity, which serves households in the Alcovy Shores area along Hwy. 212, previously had no bylaws in place since its origination in 1979.The push to…
(Note: Chris Bridges, who covers Piedmont Academy athletics for The Monticello News, recorded these observations as the countdown to the first pitch Friday between the Cougars and Trinity Christian School continued at Russell Gilbert Memorial Field.) •11:55 a.m.: Piedmont Academy headmaster Tony Tanner and coaches Rhett Farmer and Alvin Hawkes are stationed at the admission…
Piedmont Academy’s Mac Brittain and Malcom Tyler have been chosen for the 2014 GISA All-Star baseball game. The nine-inning contest will be at Mercer University this Saturday at 2 p.m. One team comprised of players from Class A and Class AA schools will compete against a team of players from Class AAA programs. Tyler and…
An officer with the Department Of Natural Resources (DNR) arrested three underage males on Jackson Lake Road Saturday. Arrested were Blake Everett Aucoin, 19, of Locust Grove, Matthew Richard Soss, 19, of Savannah, and Zachery Chandler Stansell, 19, of Locust Grove. All three were charged with littering and possession of alcohol by a person under…
The Monticello City Council heard from several people asking them to continue to fund the Monticello Police Department during a public hearing Monday. Another hot topic discussed was the Get Ahead House budget cuts. The standing-room-only crowd overflowed into the hall outside council chambers with each speaker asking if there was anywhere in the budget…
BULL RIDING IS RODEO HIGHLIGHT Mark your calendar for Friday and Saturday, June 6 and 7 at 8 p.m. for you will not want to miss the #1 outdoor rodeo in the southeast occurring in Shady Dale. The award winning Shady Dale Rodeo is sanctioned by the International Professional Rodeo Association and is produced by…
GISA CLASS AA STATE CHAMPION PIEDMONT COUGAR BASEBALL TEAM The Piedmont Academy baseball team overcame weather delays as well as the Trinity Christian School Crusaders Friday and Saturday to capture the GISA Class AA state baseball championship. Coach Danny Camp’s team ended the season on an 18-game winning streak, but there are no more opponents…
Many of us love people’s names, last names in particular since there is usually a lot of history behind them. Just check out our local phone book from Ashley Adams to Paul Zygler and you will be amazed to find such a diverse collection of last names right here in Jasper County. Some Jasperites have…
I’m fixing to deliver the news. Well, not really the news as in “news,” but rather some news as relates to the results of the poll that was posted in my column last week outlining the three choices I was fixing to be faced with concerning the future of, I’m Fixin’ To, the very column…
Jeff Foxworthy says it best with his “you might be a redneck” narratives that allow the southerner in all of us to acknowledge our idiosyncrasies. It made me consider anecdotal “fat signs” that may, somewhat brutally, expose characteristics of overweight people. My list of 10 telltale signs that you might be fat may lack humor;…