Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County Lions Club (JCLC) usually meets every Monday evening at 6:30 p.m. at the Health Department annex to discuss upcoming events, fundraising ventures and service…
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Lions celebrate Christmas at Cross Landings
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County Lions Club collected and delivered gifts to Cross Landings Health & Rehabilitation Center on Friday, December 21, with help from Sheriff Mac McNeill and…
Hurricane Heroes: Georgia-Florida Aviation Search Team
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. In 2016, Monticello native Richard Connell created a search and rescue nonprofit organization that would become the Georgia-Florida Aviation Search Team (or G-Fast for short). The organization…
Where can you dispose of your Christmas trees?
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Once Christmas is over, the lights have come down from the outside of the house, the blown up Santa and Rudolph have been stored away for next…
Chamber Junior Leadership enjoys a day of touring
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. The Monticello-Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Junior Leadership Class of 2019 enjoyed a morning tour of the Old Jail Museum and the Aucilla Research Institute before dining…
Adoptable: Lola
The Wolf Creek Pet Adoption Center is a no-kill humane society that gives a place for the animals of Jefferson County to live until they find their forever homes. The center is…
Lighthouse Girls to sing at Senior Center
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. On Friday, December 21, the Jefferson Senior Citizen’s Center will host a very special Christmas concert. At 10 a.m., guests at the center will be able to…
Boy Scouts receive earned awards
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Boy Scout Troop 803 gathered their family and friends together for their annual awards ceremony at The Eagles Nest on a recent Saturday evening. The recognition ceremony…
Christmas cheer at the Chamber
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. The Monticello-Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Christmas Party was held on Tuesday evening, Dec. 4, at its location on W. Washington Street, with more than 100 members…
My View
Something fishy is going on The Jefferson County School Board will meet on January 14, 2019. At that meeting they will most likely vote to lease the Jefferson Elementary School to Sandra…
RECALL: Children’s Ibruprofen sold at CVS, Walmart and Family Dollar
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. The pharmaceutical company that produces Equate, CVS Health and Family Wellness brand of infant’s ibuprofen has issued a recall for all three brands of children’s pain reliever…
Hurricane Heroes
Bringing coats to the children of Jackson County Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. On Saturday, December 8, the Monticello Altrusians traveled to Marianna (Jackson County), FL. to bring a load of winter…
JCSO holds bike drive for kids
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. This year at Christmas, some of Jefferson County’s children will awake to a shiny, bright new bike underneath the tree, thanks to the community and to the…
J.O.Y. donations needed now
Submitted by Merry Ann Frisby This year we had the misfortune of damaging storms raking our area, although Jefferson County was largely spared. For that we are thankful. This county has generously…
Fish Fry fundraiser December 13 at VFW Post
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. The Veteran’s of Foreign Wars (VFW) Auxiliary Unit 251 will hold a Fish Fry fund raising lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, December 13…
Downtown Monticello Christmas
Ashley Hunter, ECB Publishing, Inc. Santa Claus, dressed in red and sitting beneath the boughs of a large Christmas tree; vendors selling gifts of wooden toys, sweet-smelling soaps, and handmade Christmas cards;…
School Board meeting tonight, Dec. 10
Tonight (Monday, Dec. 10): The Jefferson County School Board will be meeting at 6 p.m. to discuss the lease agreement between the school district and the Eleventh Episcopal District of the African…
Be cautious of puss caterpillars
John Willoughby ECB Publishing, Inc. As the temperatures drop and the year begins to dwindle, it’s time to keep an eye on your surroundings as the Florida-native venomous puss caterpillar is making…
November Court Felony Docket
William Alex Branthoover III, 31, admitted to violation of one of the conditions of his probation. The original charges, filed on Oct. 1, 2016, were for driving while license revoked (habitual offender),…
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