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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…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc.  In a belated observance of Women’s History Month in March, the Jefferson County Commission recently recognized Shawn Greenwood, a branch manager at The First Bank in Monticello….

Jason Futch  ECB Publishing, Inc.  Today, the Brush Away Car Wash at the corner of Millinor Street and State Road 53, in Madison, is covered in weeds, a shell of itself compared…

Lazaro Aleman  ECB Publishing, Inc.  Students may no longer be required to pass algebra or English exams to graduate from high school if a bill recently approved by the Florida Senate is…

Lazaro Aleman  ECB Publishing, Inc.  Urged by a citizen, county officials recently sent a message to the Florida Legislature expressing their opposition to three bills that they believe stand to impact agriculture…

Laura Young  ECB Publishing, Inc. Navares Dawontae Boyd of Brandon, Fla., born April 15, 1996, was charged in Jefferson County with Possession of Controlled Substance (filed Jan. 25, 2024). On March 10,…

Lazaro Aleman  ECB Publishing, Inc.  The signs of local population growth are everywhere evident in building permits reports, increased traffic around the town and other indicators. Now comes more evidence in the…

Laura Young  ECB Publishing, Inc.  On Saturday, April 26, at approximately 10:45 p.m., a two-car crash on I-10 near Hwy. 59 in Jefferson County resulted in a 32-year-old Monticello man being seriously…

Laura Young  ECB Publishing, Inc.  Support from the community continues to flow toward the Handley family of Monticello, following Hunter Handley’s cancer diagnosis in January of this year. One effort is the…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc.  The Jefferson County Commission’s denial of an application by a California-based company to build a major truck stop at the intersection of U.S 19 and Nash Road…

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc.  Recent events have left us adjusting to plenty of changes here at your friendly neighborhood newspaper office, and like the saying goes, when it rains, it pours….