Saturday night, two weeks ago, I found myself engulfed in the Miss Georgia USA Pageant cheering on the face of a pretty young lady that I took home after we cheered for Monticello Hurricanes Basketball teams many years ago.Tiana Griggs was a member of the cheerleading squad with me that went to basketball games, and…
CHRIS POPE Many Monticelloans may recognize Chris Pope as that nice, quiet but statuesque young man that hangs out at his mom and grandparents’ home when on break from college. Oh but he so much more and he’s going places. Chris, a senior linebacker for the Valdosta State University Blazers football team, was awarded first…
Gregory Lorosco Thurman, who was on probation for a conviction on the charge of possession of cocaine in June of 2012, was back in Jasper Superior Court Tuesday, Dec. 3, with Judge Hugh V. Wingfield, III, presiding, where the Court found sufficient evidence that Mr. Thurman had violated his probation on the new charges of…
And then there was one…that’s right, there’s just one more week to qualify for the grand prize honor roll that will have one lucky player ending up with a four ticket package to the Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta on New Year’s Eve. But this week, the next-to-the-last week, some 16 people qualified for the honor…
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) reported the following two burglaries during the past week: On December 2 a resident on Ersking Drive reported a forced entry into the home and the theft of two items of Harley Davidson attire, a Snap On tool box on wheels and various other hand tools, wrenches and sockets.…
Sergeant Major of the Army (Retired), William Arthur Connelly of Monticello, was inducted into the Georgia Military Veterans’ Hall of Fame in Columbus on November 22. Sergeant Major Connelly was cited for his outstanding leadership and service to soldiers and their families during his more than 33-year military career. He was the sixth of only…
On Tuesday, Dec. 3, a Grand Jury indicted Chelsey Guthrie on six counts including homicide by vehicle in the second degree (a misdemeanor charge), motor vehicle keeping safe distance from bicycle, duty to avoid distractions (two counts), improper passing of vehicle proceeding in the same direction and following too close. The indictment came after the…
By MICHAEL DAVIS Jackson Progress-Argus mdavis@myjpa Reprinted with Permission A pair of Monticello teens shot by a Butts County resident during an attempted burglary in March have been sentenced in the case. Franklin Milligan, 19, and Cornelius Williams, 18, were each sentenced November 14 to 10 years with five to serve in prison on attempted…
Rochelee “Judy” Richardson died Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013, surrounded by her family and friends. She was born May 25, 1940 in Toccoa. She graduated from Toccoa Falls Institute in 1958. Mrs. Richardson was a proud mother and grandmother and doted on her two sons and grandsons. She was a humble and kind person with a…