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Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. If nothing else, Clayton Tolbert is persistent. The Monticello resident has been conducting a one-man campaign for about five years to convince city officials to approve the…

    Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement Contributor The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) and the Monticello Police Department (MPD) arrested two sexual offenders and one…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A bill being considered in the current legislative session would expand the number of hours that 16- and 17-year-olds could work, and it would also allow minors…

Seth Lawless Monticello City Manager The City of Monticello was recently notified by Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Commerce that it has been awarded a significant grant to support…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Attorneys for the county and school district have been involved in discussions to have the district transfer ownership to the county of several old high school properties…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. After two days of arguments and testimony in Leon County on the state’s renewed motion to disqualify the Collins Law Firm from representing former Jefferson County Clerk…

Florida Highway Patrol On Tuesday, Feb. 27, a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) Trooper with the Criminal Interdiction Unit (CIU) spotted a silver Audi traveling below the minimum speed on Interstate 10 (I-10)…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. On Tuesday, Feb. 27, the Jefferson County Elections Office successfully conducted the public testing of voting machines for the upcoming Presidential Preference Primary election. For every machine…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. An effort is underway by county officials to secure $1.3 million in funding from the Florida Legislature during the current session to renovate and restore the 116-year-old…

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. For over 17 years, our readers have enjoyed the annual opportunity to get a professional photo of their children taken for publication in the Monticello News or…

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. On Wednesday, Feb. 28, local officials received a 911 call from a local man in distress. Jefferson County Fire Rescue (JCFR) and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Each year the Florida Legislature holds an Emergency Management Day at the Capitol. It’s a time for the people who lead disaster response efforts in Florida’s counties…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Opponents and proponents of two proposed multi-use trails in the county recently got a chance to offer their input on the issue. Not that their comments moved…

Emerald Greene ECB Publishing, Inc. It is with great pleasure that we announce the arrival of the March/April 2024 issue of The Front Porch Magazine. The new issue has been mailed out…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. On Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, members of the Monticello community gathered at the “Boots” Thomas Veterans Memorial Park on West Washington Street to mark the 79th anniversary…

Story Submitted On Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, detectives with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office were patrolling the City of Monticello when they observed suspicious activity in a public business parking lot during…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. On Monday, Feb. 19, a single-car crash on I-10 in Jefferson County near mile marker 235 eastbound resulted in the death of two people. According to the…

Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. Some may have speculated about some nefarious plot or solar flares to be the reason for the outage that affected thousands of AT&T customers on Thursday, Feb….

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A bill recently referred to the House’s State Affairs Committee seeks to eliminate property taxes in Florida, constituting a first in the nation if the measure were…

Florida School Boards Association The Jefferson County School Board Members and Superintendent were recognized for earning the Certified Master Board distinction by the Florida School Boards Association (FSBA) at the Jefferson County…