It can sometimes be challenging to eat healthy when eating out. It is especially difficult in a small town to find nutritious alternatives on restaurant menus especially when Monticello, until recently, has had only a scarce selection of eateries for its residents. Lately, however, our quaint small town, seemingly years behind rural communities like Madison,…
Piedmont Academy’s Middle School football team closed out its 2012 season with the Cougars accomplishing many of their goal this fall. “I wanted to commend each one of these young men on how hard-nosed and how tough they each played all year long,” said coach Wes Tanner. “We constantly played teams with more players and…
The ’Canes fell to Bleckley County last Friday dropping their region record to 1-5 and overall to 2-7. The ‘Canes were just plain outclassed, and came away with the very short end of the stick. But, they continue to learn and improve. Tomorrow night, Friday, Nov. 9, they will host the Putnam County War Eagles…
The Piedmont Academy football team has won some exciting games throughout its history. {{more}} However, Friday night’s victory against Flint River for the Region 4-AA title will likely be talked about for years to come. The Cougars, who trailed by three touchdowns at halftime, capped a furious rally for a 30-27 overtime win on the…
CHRIS CASTELLANA RECEIVES PRIZE FROM SANDRA BORN Chris Castellana was this week’s football contest winner, picking up a $25 prize from Sandra Born at Monticello Pawn Shop. Mr. Castellana correctly guessed 13 right and only missed on Texas A&M’s victory over Mississippi State and the Redskins loss to Carolina, which was a miss for a…
More than 75 percent of Jasper County’s registered voters exercised their right to vote Tuesday, or before, and in doing so elected Donnie Pope sheriff. Mr. Pope ended the night with nearly 4,100 votes to Gregory Sands 1,739. There were 100 write-in votes for sheriff. Charles Ledford was an official write-in candidate for Jasper County…
Faye Stone McMichael Smith, 63, of Gray, died Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, at the Coliseum Medical Center in Macon. Mrs. Smith was born in Eatonton to the late James Harvey Stone and Corrie Goodman Stone. She lived in Monticello most of her life until moving to Gray four years ago. She was a 1967 graduate…
ROBYN MULLIS (L), RITA GOODMAN Robyn Mullis, new principal of Jasper County High School was the only player to correctly guess the winners in 12 football contest match-ups last week in what was a hard week for contest players. When Mrs. Mullis got the call from The News staff that she won, she responded ecstatically,…
Haley Noelle Blackmon, pled guilty in criminal court Tuesday to a reduced charge of robbery. Miss Blackmon allegedly drove the get-a-way car in the January 1, 2011 armed robbery of Susie Q’s Convenience Store on Hwy 11 North, Monticello. Ms. Blackmon was originally charged with armed robbery, possession of a weapon during the attempt of…