I’m fixing to go down to the Black Belt.The Black Belt is an 18 county region that sweeps across South Central Alabama from Georgia to Mississippi, where the soil is black and rich and where you can almost see all the good things to eat growing. It’s also a region of Southern storytellers, told through…
Tom showed up at the house about a month ago with his John Deere tractor (I have found myself wanting one), complete with one heck of a 4 foot wide garden tiller; his focus was to break up the ground, in the designated area, in preparation for a winter garden. You might remember my first…
I remember going to the mall with my family when I was young and winding our car in and around aisles and aisles of parked cars. We were determined that our arrival would be impeccably timed with another’s departure and we would have the best parking spot in the lot. I remember vividly that on…
CLAY KIRKPATRICK BREAKS UP PASS The Piedmont Academy Middle School football team passed a big test last week with a 40-16 victory against visiting John Milledge Academy. “We played well,” said coach Josh Daher. “They blitzed a lot and we did a good job of picking it up. They had a very talented running back…
Piedmont Academy entered last Friday’s game with Westminster with four wins under its belt, but the 44-6 victory earned in Augusta helped the Cougars begin the 2011 region schedule 1-0. That alone helped make last Friday’s win a big one. “It’s good to be 1-0 in the region,” Piedmont coach Rhett Farmer said. “It’s always…
A last of the season region game loss to Morgan County last Tuesday forced the Lady ‘Canes to travel to Lamar County last Thursday for a best-of-three game series in the first round of the region playoffs. After splitting the double header with a 4-2 loss and a 10-2 win, the series advanced on to…
A.J. THOMAS WRAPS UP PIKE COUNTY PLAYER By STONE WORKMAN The Pike County Pirates sailed into muggy Rose Bowl Field last Friday night and for three quarters the Monticello Hurricanes managed to repel all boarders before losing their captain (QB Brady McMicael) and first mate (co-captain A.J. Thomas) to injuries. The pirates won the battle…
Mrs. Gail Livingston Lazar died September 14, 2011 at Jasper Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Oct. 1, at 11:30 a.m. at Mary, Mother of God Catholic Church in Jackson. Mrs. Lazar was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on May 19, 1934. She worked as a real estate closing clerk at Prudential Bank…
An arrest warrant has been issued by the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) for Misty Vigreux of a Mansfield address charging her with a fraudulent insurance claim. According to a report by an investigator with the JCSO the claim was for hail damage to Ms. Vigreux’s 2000 Lexus SC 400 Coupe, and was made on…
The last day to register to vote in the upcoming city election and the special election in the county is Tuesday, Oct. 11. Absentee ballots for those elections are available at the registrar’s office in the Courthouse now. Monticello voters will decide who will be their leaders for the next two or four years, depending…