Category: Community News

Photo By Lisa Roddy, June 11, 2019 Jefferson County Sheriff Mac McNeill (right) congratulated Robert T. Roddy, Jr. (left) of Monticello, on Tuesday, June 11, for his graduation from the Pat Thomas…

Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Before the school year ended, Sally Beshears, the grandmother of a soon-to-be graduating high school senior, became nervous about her grand-daughter going off to college; it would…

Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Stewart Dalzell, IV, owner of the local Stewart’s Heating & Cooling, Inc., was the winner of an AR-10 rifle, custom-built by Mike Robinson, owner of the local…

Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. The fifth annual Monticello Bike Fest is in the books according to Monticello Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Katrina Richardson. There were 99 cyclists registered…

Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. American Legion Post 49, Sons of the American Legion and Auxiliary Unit 49 served a breakfast for area veterans on Memorial Day Monday, May 27 at the…

Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. It started with a young girl’s hope of making the Monticello Recreational Park just a little more beautiful. Since she is a homeschool student, Gretchen Brown and…

Ashley Hunter, ECB Publishing, Inc. On Saturday, April 27, several local cycling enthusiasts, community partners and bicycle shops turned out at the Jefferson Somerset campus. Multiple rows of bikes, shiny and ready…

Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. A local seventh-grader, as part of a school project, recently organized and oversaw the detailed clean up of one of Monticello’s beautiful, environmentally precious parks. Known as…

Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Youngsters and teens who participate in the Jefferson County 4-H programs were able to develop their research skills before standing before a panel of judges and their…

Building youth relationships with law enforcement through sports Story Courtesy of Merry Ann Frisby “Where is my wand’ring boy tonight? The boy of my tend’rest care, The boy that was once my…

Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. The Monticello-Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Junior Leadership is a program for high school juniors that encourages and enables potential young leaders to develop their leadership skills…

Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Law enforcement officers from the three Jefferson County-based agencies gathered at the courthouse in Monticello on Monday, April 15. Dressed in matching special Olympics t-shirts, the deputies,…

Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Victoria’s Classy Attitude Boutique, one of Monticello’s downtown businesses which provides a shopping outlet for women’s and children’s clothing, home decor and fashionable accessories, recently hosted the…

Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc.   On Thursday, April 18 through Saturday, April 20, Transitions Estate Sales & Services will be tenderly handling the liquidation of the personal property of Jefferson County’s…

Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. It’s that time of the year again – the Jefferson County Farm Bureau is partnering with Johnston’s Old Fashion Meat Market to put together an especially tantalizing…

Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Florida’s longest yard sale, which runs from coast to coast through North Florida, has been scheduled for this Spring on April 12 and 13. For eight years…