Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. The morning of Friday, May 10, began with smoke and ash as firefighters from the Jefferson County Fire Rescue (JCFR) and the Monticello Volunteer Fire Department (MCFD)…
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Fire at Tillman Funeral Home
Deidre Myers ECB Publishing, Inc. At 7:44 a.m. the Jefferson County Fire Rescue (JCRF) and the Monticello Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD) were dispatched to Tillman Funeral Home, located at 620 E. York…
Stamp out hunger May 11
John Willoughby ECB Publishing, Inc. It’s time to take a look in your pantry! Sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), the Stamp Out Hunger food drive is set to…
Robbery, chase, arrests
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Two men were arrested on Wednesday, May 8 following a robbery and chase by law enforcement officers. At 9:43 a.m., Monticello Police Department (MPD) dispatch received a…
Man killed
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. At 7:42 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7, Perry resident Steven Turner, 28, was killed in a fatal vehicle wreck that took place on Highway 27, in Capps….
Jefferson County Agriculture advocates visit Tallahassee school
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Agricultural advocates from Jefferson County visited Tallahassee on Wednesday, April 17 in order to host an Ag Literacy Day and Mini Ag Day at Community Leadership Academy,…
Enter the Capital City Bank scholarship essay contest
Deadline is May 17 Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Each year adjacent to the June Watermelon Festival, Monticello’s Capital City Bank hosts the annual essay contest. The essay contest is open to…
Judge Johnston passes away
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Felix Johnston Jr., who served as county judge in Monticello for more than a decade, has died at age 78. Appointed to the judgeship in 1983 by…
Deadline approaching: Last week to sign up for Watermelon pageant
Emerald G. Parsons ECB Publishing, Inc. The deadline is fast approaching for applications to be turned in for the Miss Watermelon Pageant. Tuesday, May 14, is the deadline for all ages (birth…
Enter the Capital City Bank scholarship essay contest
Each year adjacent to the June Watermelon Festival, Monticello’s Capital City Bank hosts the annual essay contest. The essay contest is open to current high school juniors or seniors (who are enrolled…
Strange man found sleeping in woman’s bed
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Two women who had visited the home of a local woman a received a fright when they discovered a strange man sleeping in the bedroom of the…
DRUG BUST
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. On Monday, April 29, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office’s (JCSO) Drug Unit observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed as it headed south on…
Enjoying pine trees and wildflowers
Debbie Snapp, ECB Publishing, Inc. Paul and Helen Michael have been enjoying their 150+ acreage on Watermill Road, just off Waukeenah Highway, for 16 years now. They moved here from a smaller…
Marijuana growing facility coming to Jefferson County?
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. It’s now more than a rumor that a medical marijuana growing facility may be coming to Jefferson County. County officials last week confirmed that they have been…
“We want answers”
Anti-power line rally draws large crowd Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. About one hundred people crowded the annex of the United Methodist Church in Waukeenah last week to hear an imminent…
Reams’ legal fees will be settled in court
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Strip away the gobbledygook of the legal and actuarial language in the recent seven-page memo from Summit Risk Services to the Jefferson County Commission regarding Clerk of…
JOB GROWTH
Multimillion-dollar company coming to Monticello Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The large sign outside the former Harrell Nut Company building in the industrial park tells the story: SOLD – it proclaims in…
Fishing in Florida: Alligator Gar
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. The torpedo-shaped body and dual row of large, sharp teeth are some of most the distinctive features of one of Florida’s freshwater fish species. Perhaps unsurprising, due…
Monticello man wins $1 million in lottery
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Everyone dreams, at some point or another, of winning big in the lottery – and for a Jefferson County man, that dream has now become a reality….
School Board to lease 40 acres
3-2 vote in favor of bid application Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Forty acres of land, bordering the Jefferson Somerset school campus, is currently up for bid after an interested party contacted…
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