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Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) has reported that during a traffic stop on U.S. Hwy. 90 on Monday afternoon, April 10, the subject fled the scene, heading…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A proposal to make the city clerk an appointed rather than an elected office died quickly in the council recently. After much back and forth on the…

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. At approximately 2:30 a.m. on April 9, a Monticello household was alerted by smoke detectors to a fire that had started in the kitchen area of their…

Two elected officials won’t seek re-election Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Monticello city government is set for changes ahead. At least two of its long-serving members have indicated that they do…

Cuntrell Barnhart guilty of aggravated battery Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Cuntrell Julius Barnhart of Monticello, Fla., born June 24, 1984, was arrested on July 1, 2022, on a second-degree felony charge…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Members of the American Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 251 gathered last week at their headquarters in one of the buildings of the former elementary school…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A Monticello man is being held without bond in the Leon County Detention Center on suspicion of a possible act of mass violence, after deputies found what…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. On July 1, 2022, the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) the Jefferson County School District (JCS) to local control after five years of state-mandated charter school operation…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County School Board held a workshop meeting on Monday, March 13, on the topic of monthly budget reporting. Acting Chief Financial Officer Carol MacLeod presented…

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. When the Florida Sheriffs Association (FSA) reached out to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO), asking if they knew anyone who worked at the agency who would…

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or is in a mental health crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat…

Christian Peterson ECB Publishing, Inc. Scams continue to crop up throughout everyday life. Fake emails or phone calls from companies, claiming you are late on a bill or bought a product that…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. City officials appearac to be of a mindset that if recreational marijuana were to be legalized and medical marijuana dispensaries were to dispense it in the town,…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Fleet Reserve Association (FRA) Branch 34 has announced the winners in this year’s Americanism Essay Contest. Anna Dollar, a tenth-grade home-schooled student from Monticello, won first place…

By: Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. It has been reported by authorities that on Wednesday morning, just before 12 noon, a 2012 gray Toyota Camry, driven by an 18 year old boy…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Approval of school calendars for the next three years was the first action item on the agenda for the regular meeting of the Jefferson County School Board…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The 75-year-old building on South Water Street that formerly served as the old high school’s gymnasium may yet get a facelift and a new lease on life,…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The proposed Dollar General (DG) store on West Washington Street brought out a large crowd of opponents to the Monticello City Council on Tuesday evening, March 7,…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Otto M. Walker American Legion Post 49 has selected Gannett Fulford to attend Florida’s American Legion Boys State this summer. Fulford, a junior at Aucilla Christian Academy…