The Monticello Middle School Hurricanes ended their season with a loss to Carver Middle School Oct. 9. While the Hurricane offense was able to put 32 points on the scoreboard, the defense was not able to stop the Carver offense, allowing them to score 46 points.The first half offensive attack was led by Ashton Bonner…
Few teams have faced a non-region schedule as tough as the one endured by the Piedmont Academy football team this fall. The Cougars are hoping those games have helped prepare them for the start of the 4-AA slate, which begins Friday on the road against Dominion Christian at 7:30 p.m. “You hope to play your…
Virginia Ivalee Ledford Mason, 95, died Friday, October 11, 2013, at The Retreat Nursing Home. Mrs. Mason was born in Franklin, N.C. to the late Fred Herschel Ledford and Dora Elsie Poindexter Ledford. She and her late husband, Loyal Thomas Mason, moved to Jasper County in 1948 from Burningtown, N.C. She was a member of…
Cecil Eugene Davis, 71, of Monticello, died Sunday, October 13, 2013, at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. Mr. Davis was born in Ashville, N.C. to the late James Walter Davis, Jr. and Faye Lee Davis. He lived in Gwinnett County for a number of years before moving to Monticello in 2001. Before retirement, he worked as…
Danny Herring, 55, of Newborn, died October 13, 2013. Mr. Herring enjoyed watching horse races, riding his Harley, and was always ready to smoke meats to serve a crowd. He was an exceptional pool player, but above all, he cherished his time with his children. Mr. Herring was a man of faith, and loved serving…
NEIL, ROBERT AND LINDA JORDAN A lovers’ triangle. Murder. Flight from the law. Is this a plotline from Days of Our Lives? No, it all happened in Monticello in 1833. Recently, Robert (my husband) and I took Linda and Neil Jordan (his parents) on a weekend trip to Arkansas to see if we could learn…
The Monticello Police Department (MPD) has charged Mark David Ray, 30, and James Timothy Traylor, 28, both of Monticello, and Wayne David Barr, 60, of Franklin, with contributing to a minor by furnishing/purchase/possession of alcohol by persons under 21. An officer with the MPD reported that on October 9, during an investigation to determine the…
JAN GASTON ACCEPTS PRIZE FROM ALLEN SCHROCK Just two weeks ago, veteran football contest player Joel Gaston won the contest, by correctly guessing the winner of 14 of the 15 games listed. Well, his wife, Jan, was not to be outdone. This week she is the winner of The Monticello News football contest, and she…
Shady Dale city officials opened their October 2013 council meeting with a full house in attendance. In addition to regular attendees of council and staff, volunteers from Fire Stations 2 (Shady Dale), 3 (Monticello), and 7 (Farrar) were present to show their support for retiring Fire Chief Sabrina Westbrook and the installation of new Fire…
The Jasper County Commission and Monticello City Council held emergency called meetings Monday evening to vote on the Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) proceeds. In addition, Shady Dale Mayor Gary Heaton talked with his council members, receiving verbal permission to sign the sales tax agreement. The entities had reached a decision on the sales tax…