Alyssa Ridenour ECB Publishing, Inc. The United States Postal Service (USPS) has implemented a price increase on postage that began on Sunday, Jan. 24. The new rates of USPS shipping are yet to…
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Tax filing season delayed
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Typically, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) begins accepting and processing individual income tax returns in late January. This year, however, the agency has pushed back the day…
Pedestrian bulb-outs will stay as is
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Monticello officials came together last week prepared to adopt a resolution asking the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to reconfigure the pedestrian bulb-outs on U.S. 90 because…
Homeschoolers’ group finds new home
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The homeschoolers’ group that was recently evicted from a school district building may have found a new home with the county. Tammy Brookins, founder and head of…
Health Department stops accepting vaccination applications
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Effective Friday, Jan. 22, the Jefferson County Health Department (FDOH-Jefferson) stopped accepting COVID-19 vaccine application consent forms, at least until it can process and vaccinate the 1,100-plus…
County commissioners wrestle with how to use NextEra money
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A recent workshop that county officials held to decide what to accomplish with the $1 million contribution that NextEra has earmarked for recreational improvements was all over…
Three troopers recognized for heroic efforts
Deidre Myers ECB Publishing, Inc. The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) works in troops throughout the State of Florida. In the areas of Madison and Jefferson Counties are troopers from Troop H. Most…
VANDALISM – Recent outbreak exasperating county officals
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Vandalism at the county’s recreational facilities appears to be a growing problem or at least one that is exasperating some officials. District 5 Commissioner Stephen Walker raised…
Homeschoolers told, “Get Out”
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A homeschoolers’ association that appeared before the Jefferson County School Board last week expecting to seal the deal on a lease agreement for the use of a…
Illegal dumping costing taxpayers THOUSANDS
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. With the problem of illegal dumping persisting and contributing in large part to the escalating annual costs of garbage disposal, the Jefferson County Solid Waste Department finds…
District may get schools back next year
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. School Superintendent Eydie Tricquet and the Jefferson County School Board are seeing possible light at the end of the tunnel, in terms of the district taking back…
City to demolish two buildings
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Monticello officials last week took the next step in the condemnation process, declaring two derelict structures within the city a public nuisance and setting a deadline for…
Business that dumped illegal tires made to clean site
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The law enforcement arm of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) last week issued its report on the incident involving the illegal dumping of hundreds of…
FDLE releases semi-annual crime report
Overall crime rate increased in Jefferson County Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. While overall crime decreased across the state during the first six months of 2020, compared with the same period in…
Jefferson County’s canopy road featured in statewide calendar
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A picturesque photo of rural Jefferson County adorns the 2021 calendar of a statewide organization. The organization is the Florida Association of Counties (FAC), and the photo…
Know what’s happening in your community…
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. With the start of a new year, government bodies are resuming their regular activities, if under the continuing constraints imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. Following are a…
Pursuit ends in wreck, arrest
Deidre Myers ECB Publishing, Inc. Deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) and troopers from the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) pursued a vehicle around 3:50 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 4, according…
High School Football “War of the Border” Friday, Jan. 15
Ramsey Sullivan ECB Publishing, Inc. The best senior high school football players in north Florida and south Georgia are set to face each other in the annual War of the Border -…
COVID vaccines are here
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Florida Department of Health in Jefferson County (FDOH-Jefferson) now has the Moderna vaccine and has begun vaccinating frontline healthcare workers and individuals ages 65 and older….
Stimulus checks are a-coming
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Millions of Americans can expect to receive a $600 stimulus check as early as next week, and some may have already received them, according to Treasury Secretary…
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