Spring sports are gearing up and some are in action already despite it not feeling very spring like outside.Jasper County High School tennis was scheduled to begin February 6 however inclement weather prevented a timely start with the teams playing their first match at Northeast Macon last Wednesday and first home match Tuesday versus Taylor.The…
Kindergarten registration is scheduled for Friday, March 14, from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Jasper County Primary School (JCPS). Kindergarten is for children who are five years old on or before September 1. Parents of children currently enrolled at JCPS Head Start or Pre-Kindergarten do not need to enroll their children in kindergarten. To…
Southern Manor Farm House General Store Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Color Purple, Alice Walker, was born and raised in neighboring Putnam County near Eatonton. Her family members were sharecroppers and maids. She was the eighth child in the Walker family. Growing up in the segregated South, she experienced racism and a culture of…
An arrest warrant, based on evidence provided by the Monticello Police Department (MPD), was issued Monday, Feb. 24, for Michael Drake Smith of a Hillsboro address, charging him with robbery. According to an incident report from the MPD the victim arrived at the MPD on December 13, 2013, and reported he had been robbed by…
Qualifying for elected offices will take place next week, Monday, March 3 through Friday, March 7. The office of Probate Court will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Thursday for those wanting to qualify for local races, and 8 a.m. to noon on Friday. (The office is open until 5 p.m., but qualifying…
Officers of the Jasper County High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) proudly hold the trophy they earned for being the Georgia FBLA Region 12 Sweepstakes Champion for the 2012-2013 school year. Each year, a chapter in the region is presented this trophy for having the most participation in all Georgia FBLA activities throughout…
Everyone is invited to join in the fun this Saturday, March 1, at Jasper County High School, 14477 Hwy. 11 north, for Seuss On The Loose, a literacy festival to benefit Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy. Tickets can be purchased for 50 cents each to visit any of the 18 activity booths for children to…
The Monticello City Council discussed the utilities credit policy, speed bumps and probation services at their meeting Thursday and it was clear that they were not one united body on any of the aforementioned issues. Mayor Pro tem Bobby Jacobs presided over the meeting and told the council that the Water Leak Credit Policy which…
I’m fixing to have to light a candle. Mother Nature has been showing off lately in ways that leaves no doubt in the minds of we mere mortals of who is in charge of the condition of the weather. Recently it has been her three daughters, Frigette, Dampi and Wendy, who have been sent to…
I hate my new truck. Some of you have seen me in the truck I bought at the end of the year—a beautiful 2013 Ford F-150, short bed pick-up. It’s pretty; it’s comfy, dependable, and rides very well. It even has more space, I think, than my husband’s long-bed truck. But, this week, I hate…