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Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc.  During the summer months, anywhere from three to five lucky winners will earn free Wild Adventure tickets, as part of a promotion the park runs regularly with…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc.  Kurt Mackiewicz is now officially Monticello city manager, per the employment agreement the council approved recently. The agreement, which the city council okayed on Tuesday, May 6,…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc.  Memorial Day is Monday, May 26, and the entire community is invited to join together to remember and honor those who died while serving in the United…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc.  County officials recently approved two ordinances, one addressing public camping, and the second amending the floodplain ordinance and map, each in keeping with a state or federal…

Laura Young  ECB Publishing, Inc.  The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) reports that on Tuesday, May 6, Troopers stopped a vehicle on U.S. 19 South near I-10 in Lamont, Fla., which had been…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc.  County officials recently voted to approve an ordinance extending the imposition of four cents of the six-cent local option fuel tax through Dec. 31, 2036. Budget Officer…

Photo Courtesy The Jefferson County Tigers 4 x 100 Meter Relay team competed at the 2025 FHSAA Class 1A State Track and Field Championship on May 10 in Jacksonville, Fla. They came…

Laura Young  ECB Publishing, Inc.  George Pittman Sr. has been selected to serve as the grand marshal of the 2025 Watermelon Festival Parade. This honor is presented to a resident of Jefferson…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc.  Florida may soon become the second state to ban fluoride in the drinking water, joining Utah, whose ban was set to take effect May 7. On Tuesday,…

Laura Young  ECB Publishing, Inc.  A four-vehicle crash in Perry, Fla., at approximately 2 a.m. on May 7 left a Greenville man and a Perry man seriously injured, while two others sustained…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc.  A plea hearing has been scheduled later this month in the case of the man charged with causing the death of Commissioner Stephen Walker in 2023. Taylor…

Laura Young  ECB Publishing, Inc.  The Jefferson Tigers Track Team did well at regionals on May 3 at Pine Forest High School in Pensacola, Fla., and are advancing to the state championship…

Heather Ainsley  ECB Publishing, Inc.  On Sunday, April 27, Jefferson County Fire Rescue (JCFR) responded to a call about a reported brush fire located at an address off of West Capps Hwy.,…

Emerald Greene   ECB Publishing, Inc.  With great pleasure, we announce the arrival of The Front Porch magazine’s May/June 2025 issue. The new issue has been mailed out and subscribers should have…

Danny Federico ECB Publishing, Inc.  Each year, on the second Saturday in May, letter carriers across America take to their routes for a generous mission – the National Association of Letter Carriers’…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc.  The Jefferson County Commission recently renewed its contract with Nabors, Giblin & Nickerson (NGN) for the legal services of a county attorney, which agreement was set to…

Laura Young  ECB Publishing, Inc. Corey Martice Hatchett of Monticello, Fla., born Oct. 20, 1985, was charged in Jefferson County with two counts of Felony Battery (filed May 28, 2024 and July…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc.  Attorney Chuck Collins last week filed a lengthy brief with the District Court of Appeal, First District of Florida (DCA), contesting the conviction, sentence and restitution order…

Lazaro Aleman and Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc.  Judge Dawn Caloca-Johnson, who long served as a circuit judge in Jefferson County for the Second Judicial Circuit, died on Sunday, May 4, following…

Lazaro Aleman  ECB Publishing, Inc.  Tax Collector Shanna Boutwell is informing the public that her office is implementing a new system for titles and tags, as required by the Florida Department of…