Ashley Hunter, ECB Publishing, Inc. On Thursday, June 7, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office’s (JCSO) Cpl. Boland and Investigator Matthews spearheaded a search at the home of Raymond T. Smith, of Wacissa. Through…
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Former locals place in Georgia Olympics; move on to Nationals
Ashley Hunter, ECB Publishing, Inc. Cleveland “CC” and Woods Collins, the sons of Clee and Heather Collins, both placed in the USA Shooting Georgia Junior Olympic Championships during the May 5-6 tournament….
Georgia’s hands-free law effective as of July 1
Savannah Reams, ECB Publishing, Inc. Mark your calendars! Georgia’s newly-mandated hands-free law will go into effect beginning July 1. This law restricts the driver of any vehicle from holding a cell phone…
Watch Out for SR 20 lane closures
Ashley Hunter, ECB Publishing, Inc. The Florida Department of Transportation has issued a traffic alert for drivers who may be traveling on US 27 (SR 20) at the Aucilla River Bridge. The westbound…
Know before you vote: Amendment Four
Rick Patrick, ECB Publishing, Inc. This is the fourth in a series of articles that appeared in the Jefferson County Journal. Each article examines one of the 13 proposed constitutional amendments that…
Local/State crime rates
Lazaro Aleman, ECB Publishing, Inc. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) last week released its Uniform Crime Report for 2017, an annual compilation of arrest and offense data from the countless…
Cybersecurity is issue in coming elections
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County Elections Supervisor Marty Bishop was unable to attend the recent four-day convention of the Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections in South Florida, where…
Shooting: One dead; one injured
Lazaro Aleman, ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) was still investigating, as of Monday, a weekend shooting that left one man dead and another injured. The incident occurred at…
Man killed in shooting
Lazaro Aleman, ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) is investigating a weekend shooting that left one man dead and another injured. The incident occurred at approximately 1:46 a.m. Sunday,…
Hurricane season is here
Lazaro Aleman, ECB Publishing, Inc. If this week’s pre-season Tropical Storm Alberto and the daily deluges aren’t enough of an indicator that the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season may prove a doozy, NOAA’s…
School Resource Officers – How much are we willing to pay?
Rick Patrick, ECB Publishing, Inc. In the wake of the tragic shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February in Parkland, FL, much discussion has taken place about School Resource…
Disaster preparedness tax free holiday
Rick Patrick, ECB Publishing, Inc. In an effort to help Floridians prepare for the upcoming hurricane season, which officially begins on Friday, June 1, Gov. Rick Scott has announced a sales tax…
Watermelon Pageants Are This Saturday
Baby To Junior Miss Pageant at 10 a.m. – Miss and Teen Miss Pageant at 4 p.m. Emerald G. Parsons, ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County’s children and sophisticated young ladies will take…
Lady Warriors 2018 State Runner-Up
Rick Patrick, ECB Publishing, Inc. Considering the fact that the Lady Warriors of Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA) have been in the state championship game in each of the past five seasons, one…
Donations Being Accepted for Robert Paulk’s children
Emerald Greene Parsons, ECB Publishing, Inc. Robert Paulk, of Monticello, died after a tragic fall on Friday, May 18. He leaves behind his wife, Jessica, and his two children: Corbyn, 5, and Annabelle,…
Memorial Day weekend Tropical storm possible
Lazaro Aleman, ECB Publishing, Inc. At the least, north Florida can expect a wet Memorial Day weekend. At worst, the area could be in for a tropical or subtropical storm, a befitting…
JCSO EXPANDS FLEET – Taxpayers saved thousands of dollars
Ashley Hunter, ECB Publishing, Inc. Any law enforcement agency in a small, mainly rural area will usually have the problematic scope when it comes to bolstering their equipment and vehicle inventories while…
Monticello man killed
Lazaro Aleman, ECB Publishing, Inc. (Photo Courtesy of WTXL ABC27) A Jefferson County man died in a head-on collision with another Jefferson County resident in Leon County on Monday morning, May 21….
Monday Night’s School Board Meeting
5 HOT TOPICS Ashley Hunter, ECB Publishing, Inc. 1 Citizen raises accusations against Jefferson Somerset “What good is having a school board here when they have no say-so in the school?” was…
Two car wreck; driver injured
Ashley Hunter, ECB Publishing, Inc. Two vehicles were involved in a traffic collision on Thursday, May 10 while both were traveling northbound on N. Jefferson St. Allison Parker, of Monticello, driver of…