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Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. On Thursday, May 4, the Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA) Lady Warriors faced off with the Red Flashes of Hilliard High School for the Class 1A District Five…

Madison County Sheriff’s Office Melinda Thompson of Monticello was shot and killed during a domestic dispute in Greeneville, Fla. last Friday. Madison County Sheriff David Harper reports that on Friday, May 5,…

Friday, May 12, and Monday, May 16 Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Emancipation Day in Florida is May 20, and Jefferson County has a long tradition of events to celebrate the freeing…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Like clockwork, the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season is set to begin in less than a month, on June 1, and then run through Nov. 30. And this…

Emerald Greene Parsons ECB Publishing, Inc. It is with great pleasure that we announce the arrival of the May/June 2023 issue of The Front Porch! The new issue has been mailed out…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A controversial health insurance bill that the governor champions and that the Senate passed earlier in April, was scheduled to be heard in full House this week….

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Local newspaper advertisers have started hearing a new voice on the phone line, that of Timothy Dover. ECB Publishing, Inc. welcomed Dover as its advertising representative last…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Harry Jacobs, a coach who started out in Jefferson County and went on to become one of Florida’s most successful track-and-field coaches, and a legend in his…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Sheriff Mac McNeill had both good and bad tidings to report to the Jefferson County Commission recently. The good news, McNeill said, was that the jail had…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The hiring of a budget officer, a longtime goal of county commissioners in terms of assuring financial accountability, has finally been realized. County Manager Shannon Metty informed…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Congratulations to Brooklynn Kirkpatrick and Corbin West for being the Jefferson County K-12 (JCS) high school seniors chosen to receive tuition-paid scholarships to North Florida College (NFC)….

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. The Rapid Response Team and K-9 Team from Jefferson Correctional Institution (JCI) were joined by members of the Monticello Police Department (MPD) on Tuesday, April 18, to…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Watermelon seeds are going in the ground, and before we know it, June will be here – the time to enjoy juicy watermelon slices and celebrate a…

John Lilly, Director UF/IFAS Jefferson County Extension Service Betsy Barfield’s induction into the 2023 Florida 4-H Hall of Fame is a well-deserved recognition of her incredible contributions to the 4-H program in…

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…