Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Most of the Nov. 13 meeting of the Jefferson County School Board was set aside for a presentation from Jackie Pons, principal at Jefferson County K-12 School…
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Emerald Greene ECB Publishing, Inc. Local news plays a vital role in American civic life as a trusted source of critical information. It is a fact that local newspapers serve a vital…
Collins argues against state’s request for disqualification
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Attorney David Collins, who is representing former Clerk of Court Kirk Reams against charges of grand theft and organized scheme to defraud, is asking the court to…
School board selects leadership for 2023-24
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. At the annual Reorganizational Meeting on Monday, Nov. 13, the Jefferson County School Board chose its leadership for the 2023-24 fiscal year. The board has a practice…
Part of road may be named after military hero
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Nearly three years after county officials first proposed the idea of naming a section of State Road 59 after Major John Leroy Haynes, a military hero who…
Is Florida’s iconic orange license plate about to change?
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Florida’s standard license plate showing two oranges and a white blossom may become a historical curiosity in the not-too-distant future. The News Service of Florida, at least,…
Neighbors call marijuana facility noisy and smelly
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The alleged noise and stench coming from the Trulieve medical marijuana growing facility in Waukeenah is causing an outcry from some neighboring property owners. On Thursday evening,…
Traffic fatality involves driver from Lamont
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. On Tuesday, Nov. 28, at 5:25 p.m., the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) responded to a crash at the intersection of U.S. Hwy. 98 and Dice Road in…
Major John Haynes passes away
Mickey Starling ECB Publishing, Inc. Madison County native and Jefferson County resident Major John Haynes passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at the age of 93. His elite career in the United…
Hearing on Dollar General rescheduled
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The large turnout that was expected for the recent site plan review of the new Dollar General Store by the Monticello Local Planning Agency (LPA) failed to…
State seeks to disqualify Collins Law Firm from representing Reams
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. In the criminal case of suspended Clerk of Court Kirk Reams and his co-defendants, Warren Charles Culp and Justin Tyler McNeill, the state is seeking to bar…
Councilman Jones recognized for continued education in public service
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Monticello Councilman John Jones was recently awarded the Gold Level Certificate of Excellence by the Florida League of Cities (FLC) in recognition of his commitment and dedication…
Monticello Christmas is happening this Friday!
Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. This Friday, Dec. 1, downtown Monticello will come alive with holiday cheer, as the city gears up for one of the most anticipated and festive nights of…
Another alarm raised about possible truck stop at Nash Road
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. If a planned truck fueling station comes to the corner of U.S. 19 and Nash Road, as area residents expect it will, Jefferson County may well lose…
County at last gets solar farm ordinance
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. County officials last week finally adopted the long-debated and much revised solar photovoltaic collector systems ordinance, but just barely, and only after a last-minute compromise that saw…
More lighting coming to U.S. 19 interchange and at Waukeenah Highway
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Better roadway lighting may soon be coming to the intersection of U.S. 19 and Waukeenah Highway, as well as to the section of road between Thompson Valley…
Late commissioner Walker to be memorialized
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A nascent movement is afoot to rename the Wacissa River Park after the late Commissioner Stephen Walker, who was killed in an automobile accident in Wakulla County…
Phillip Strickland enters community supervision
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Phillip Strickland of Monticello, Fla., born March 27, 1985, was charged in Jefferson County with Possession of Controlled Substance (methamphetamine) (filed Nov. 7, 2022). On Oct. 23,…
Trayrion Brown gets four years of prison
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Trayrion Joshua Brown, born Feb. 4, 2004, had been found guilty in October of 2022 of Written Threats to Conduct a Mass Shooting or Act of Terrorism…
Interim clerk appointees reflect on past and future of office
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Outgoing Interim Clerk of Court J. C. O’Steen and newly appointed Interim Clerk of Court Jason Welty spoke recently to the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners…
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