Monticello News

Early-morning storms caused some damage in Middle Georgia. In Taylor County near Butler, the National Weather Service reports a tree down on Highway 137.

The owner and two employees of Universal Septic Tank Management face felony criminal charges following a two-month investigation of illegal sewage dumping in Jasper County.

A high school gym might not have the same ambience as an outdoor wood-fired kiln, but it does have its advantages.

Country singer. Born Patricia Lynn Yearwood, on September 19, 1964, in Monticello, Georgia, to Gwen, a teacher, and Jack, a banker.

Submitted by the Alzheimer's Association Georgia Chapter The first annual For Get Me? Not! motorcycle ride benefiting the Alzheimer's Association Georgia Chapter was held Aug.

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.