Monticello News

Deaths reported to The Moultrie Observer on Monday, June 22, 2009, include John Clifford Underwood, 60, of Monticello, Ga., formerly of Hartsfield; Evelyn Sirmans Phelps, 92, of Moultrie; Alton Joseph Kersey Sr., 73, of Moultrie; Jimmy Dean Harrell, 59, of Norman Park; Mac Pyles Jr., 49, of Berlin; and the Rev.

The father of a just-graduated NYU student who was electrocuted while setting up lights for a film school project in Georgia said his son died while living his dream.

A student filmmaker from New York University has been electrocuted and another seriously injured while working on a movie set in Monticello, Georgia.

In the days leading up to Mother's Day, 175 construction crews of women volunteers across the country will be pounding nails and raising walls at Habitat construction sites across the country in recognition of National Women Build Week, May 2 - 10.

In the days leading up to Mother's Day, 175 construction crews of women volunteers across the country will be pounding nails and raising walls at Habitat construction sites across the country in recognition of National Women Build Week, May 2-10. In Cleveland County, local women volunteers will be manning tools and building materials, working on ...

More than 60 people representing 20+ churches gathered for the Jasper County Minister's Association leadership dinner last Thursday evening in an effort to revamp the vital group that has not been active ...

Ted Dunagan 05.MAR.09 Charles Benjamin Leggett, Jr., of a Mansfield address has been arrested by an investigator with the Jasper County Sheriff's Office and charged with aggravated child molestation, a felony, ...

Ted Dunagan 26.FEB.09 In a called meeting Tuesday evening the Monticello City Council reviewed 34 applications for the position of City Manager, currently being filled by Interim City Manager Frank Sherrill.

Ted Dunagan 26.FEB.09 In a called meeting Tuesday evening the Monticello City Council reviewed 34 applications for the position of City Manager, currently being filled by Interim City Manager Frank Sherrill.

J.S. "Chick" Wilson 26.FEB.09 When Franklin Roosevelt came into office he introduced the 'New Deal' which was a sort of pump-priming program that came immediately after the Great Depression.

Ted Dunagan 26.FEB.09 Officers with the Monticello Police Department arrested Raymond H. Carter on February 13, and charged him with aggravated assault, a felony.

On January 25th, 2009 C David Rutherford Jr. of Monticello Georgia was presented with the keys to two spectacular Corvettes valued at a quarter-of-a million dollars.

Bennie Calvin Wade, 84, of Monticello, died Thursday, Feb. 19, at his residence.

Cecil Hollis Marsh, 75, of Monticello, died Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at Macon Northside Hospital.

Kathy Mudd 19.FEB.09 Gov. Sonny Perdue has declared a state of emergency in Jasper and three other Georgia counties.

Ted Dunagan 19.FEB.09 The Jasper County Sheriff's Office has obtained arrest warrants in two separate drug cases.

Kelly King of Piedmont Academy and Cody Batchelor of Jasper County High School have been named 2009 Jasper County STAR students.

'Be a part of History,' says Sage Edwards, Monticello's Better Hometown Director.

Monticello's newest business, the Swap Shop, operated by the Jasper County Future Business Leaders of America will have its grand opening this Saturday, Feb.

J.S. "Chick" Wilson 12.FEB.09 The Jasper County Museum collection is now housed in the old cotton gin building on Southern Avenue.