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American Pickers Contributor The American Pickers are excited to return to Florida. They plan to film episodes of The History Channel hit series throughout the area in December 2022. American Pickers is…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The county’s relatively recent implementation of a program that provides a way for citizens of subdivisions to pay for the upgrades of their roads, as well as…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Under Florida Statute 985.04, the name, photograph and arrest report of a juvenile offender who commits a felony offense, is charged with a felony violation, or is…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. County officials recently refused to be hurried into a decision on a preliminary plat application that they had earlier denied and that a federal judge essentially ordered…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. One year ago, on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, at approximately 6 p.m., the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) responded to the East Clark Avenue area of Monticello…

ECB Publishing, Inc. Photo by Cody Cruver. September 2, 2022 Members of the community, as well as family and friends of the late Ken Fortune, attended a funeral Friday, Sept. 2, in…

Submitted by Florida Department of Health On Aug. 31, International Overdose Awareness Day, the Florida Department of Health (DOH) announced an initiative to ensure readily available access to naloxone, a lifesaving medication…

Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. A swimming pool construction company, Quality Pools and Patio, in Valdosta has been accused of scamming customers in South Georgia and North Florida. It has been said…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County native Deldrick Brown has received the 2022 Patients First! Culture Award from his employer, Abiomed, for whom he currently works as a senior clinical consultant…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Longtime former Sheriff Ken Fortune, 78, passed away on Sunday, Aug.28. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) posted a quote on their Facebook page that read, “Sheriff…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. This August, Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of the Big Bend began to re-establish its one-on-one youth mentoring services in Jefferson County. Founded in 1971, BBBS of…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A proposal before county officials from Comcast would expand cellular, Internet and other broadband services to numerous communities in the greater area outside of Monticello. As presented…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Tuesday’s primary, as primaries are intended to do, refined the field of public office contenders; and locally, it spelled the downfall of two longtime incumbents and the…

Story submitted by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office On Tuesday, Aug. 23, at approxiametly 9:30 p.m., the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of E. Clark Ave., in Monticello, in…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. A 55-year-old Tallahassee man was found dead in his vehicle by apparent suicide at a Jefferson County I-10 rest stop on Friday, Aug. 19. According to the…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Monticello City Council voted recently to proceed with the septic-to-sewer project into the Montivilla subdivision, come what may. Notwithstanding Commissioner Betsy Barfield’s appeal that the city…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. For several months now, the topic of resurrecting impact fees keeps surfacing at Jefferson County Commission meetings. The interest began in April, when Planning Official/County Coordinator Shannon…

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. One of the best things about America is our diversity. The United States truly is a melting pot of a vast variety of cultures, races, ethnicity, and…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Bumi, a young giant anteater from the South American country of Guyana, settled in right away at his new home at the North Florida Wildlife Center (NFWC)…