Category: Community News

Emerald Greene Parsons ECB Publishing, Inc. In 2001, Tonja Benfield took her love and passion for cutting hair and hit the ground running. Now, 20 years later, Tonja finds herself the owner…

It takes a community to support the community! FL Cares, Inc. Submitted Saturday, May 8, 2021. Lamont, Fla. Though it was not the dawn’s early light, rather the comfortable hour of 9…

  Alyssa Ridenour ECB Publishing, Inc. On Wednesday, April 21, at approximately 10 a.m., a “roar of thunder” could be heard and the courthouse circle blocked off, as over 30 bikers passed…

John Lilly Jefferson County 4-H The Annual 4-H District III Public Speaking contest is the final step in the public speaking education program. The program was conducted by Aucilla Christian Academy and…

Story Submitted Ability 1st and local churches Mt. Pleasant AME., Union Branch MB., Shiloh AME., Union Bethel MB., Sweetfield MB., San Pedro Baptist (Perry) and Olive Baptist Church are working together to…

Deidre Myers ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson Arts Gallery will be hosting the Artful Doll show from Saturday, May 8, through Saturday, June 5 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The exhibit…

Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. Greenville native and former Madison County High School (MCHS) Cowboy Geno Hayes, 33, has passed away, apparently from complications due to chronic liver disease. Hayes, who played…

Story Submitted Jefferson County is “Moving Forward Together” in supporting survivors of sexual violence. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and during this month, many community members and agencies have publicly stood…

Deidre Myers ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the Watermelon Festival Pageants will be held on June 5, at the Monticello Opera House, located…

Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. The local Boy Scouts are currently seeing a change in leadership. The current Scout Master, Steven “Bear” Register, is retiring after his six years of service to…

Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. This year’s Build-A-Bucket event, hosted by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Division of Emergency Management, was well attended with the line of vehicles stretching from 169 Industrial…

Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Monticello Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce held its monthly Chamber Luncheon on Tuesday, April 6. The luncheon was catered by Rancho Grande, and many chamber members…

Amber Albritton ECB Publishing, Inc. The 40th Annual Down Home Days celebration is only three days away and despite the exasperating effects of COVID, this year promises to be bigger and better…

Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. 4-H is an amazing organization that produces a lot of events and opportunities for the youth here in Jefferson County, as well as other communities. Some of…

Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. “Who knows what Romance, what Adventure, what Love, is lurking around the next turn of the road, ready to leap out on us if we’ll only travel that…

Submitted by Angela Gray “You have been flushed.” That is the greeting that will be given to some Jefferson County locals this month along with a special porcelain decorative piece for their…

Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. Reunion stories are something that many people don’t get to experience themselves. For most, we’ll see a video or touching story about how two people who had…

Emerald Greene Parsons ECB Publishing, Inc.   The March 18 Monticello-Jefferson Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Five event was held recently at the Monticello News, located at 180 W. Washington St., in…

  Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc.   “Who knows what Romance, what Adventure, what Love, is lurking around the next turn of the road, ready to leap out on us if we’ll only…

Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc.   Maj. John Haynes, a U.S. Marine Corps vet and one of Florida’s most decorated veterans, was honored by the Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA) varsity baseball team…