This past Friday, a Pennsylvania jury convicted Jerry Sandusky of over 40 counts of various forms of child sexual abuse. Sandusky was the former defensive coordinator of the Penn State University football team. The convictions covered incidents involving Sandusky’s conduct over many years.The evidence presented in court showed that Sandusky preyed upon many young boys…
“The British are coming, the British are coming!” Today, it could be the Queen or maybe that cute couple, William and Kate, followed by an army of paparazzi, but 236 years ago, it was the army of the most powerful nation in the world, the Kingdom of Great Britain. So, just why do we celebrate…
The Monticello City Council, with all members present, met in a called meeting Tuesday evening and passed the city’s annual budget on a 3-2 vote, with Mayor Pro Tem Bobby Jacobs and Councilperson Katherine Alexander dissenting. As soon as Mayor Bryan Standifer opened the meeting Mr. Jacobs made a motion to add a resolution to…
Jasper County Superior Court convened Tuesday with Judge James L. Cline, Jr., presiding, and only four criminal cases on the calendar. The results are as follows: • The court found sufficient evidence that Robert Standifer had violated his parole by the new charges of testing positive for cocaine and failure to pay court ordered fines…
Dantreze Onveckio Nelson of Monticello was arrested last Thursday, June 21, by the Monticello Police Department (MPD) and charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. According to an official report an officer of the MPD was dispatched to Frobel Street to investigate a report of a man trying to sell marijuana. After patrolling…
Controversy has erupted once again over animal control and the local animal shelter after an incident Sunday at the shelter. The sheriff’s department is investigating the incident where a resident, a member of the county’s animal control committee, visited the shelter Sunday morning. (The County Commission established an Animal Control committee earlier this year to…
According to recent weather reports, temperatures hereabouts have been quite mild, not having reached 90 degrees before this week. Likewise, during the period of June 12 through 19, crime and arrests were down. The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) only reported the two following incidents: •On June 15 a resident on Church Street in Shady…
I remember when I first got married and my husband would try to convince me to patronize the “all you can eat” restaurants. It only took a few miserable stomach aches and some unwanted pounds to realize this was not a good idea. When is it a good idea to eat all you can? You…
I recently saw an interview with former President Bill Clinton. During the course of the interview he addressed the subject of texting. The former President cited some recent statistics which showed that on average a young person in this country sends out around 80 text messages a day. One would assume that for each message…
(Editor’s Note: Ted Dunagan is taking a break from writing his column. For the next few weeks, The Monticello News will feature some columns that ran previously.) I’m fixing to go crawling back. Not too long after I got my first job there was an incident, after which I was told they didn’t want me…