Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. When the Jefferson County Commission recently recognized an organization calling itself Monticello Historic Main Street and decided to give it a $4,000 contribution, it unintentionally offended another…
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Fiber-optic cable installed
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. If you’ve been wondering about the construction activity on the south side of U.S. 90 just west of town, Comcast/Xfinity is reportedly installing fiber-optic cable for faster…
Battle Walk for Breast Cancer
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County Young Boyz to Men (YBTM) mentoring program invites the public to put on pink and join in on the 6th Annual Battle Walk for…
Seth Lawless offered city manager job
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. It didn’t take long last week for city officials to decide which of the two candidates who interviewed for the position of city manager should be offered…
Tyler McNeill appointed Supervisor of Elections
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County has a new supervisor of elections. He is Justin Tyler McNeill, a fairly well known and respected member of the community with long experience in…
Family Feud is coming to Florida
Christian Peterson ECB Publishing, Inc. The popular hit game show “Family Feud” is looking for Florida families. In a recent ad, posted to the official Family Feud Facebook page, the game show…
Routine traffic stop leads to drug bust
Submitted by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office On Sunday, Oct. 3, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputy Thomas observed a car speeding in the area of Highway 27 and Highway 59. Deputy Thomas conducted…
$280K grant for Howard Academy library
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. A $280,000 grant has been awarded to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Division of Emergency Management, for retrofitting the Howard Academy library on 2nd Street. According to…
Fatal Semi Crash
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. A fatal, single-vehicle crash occurred on Wednesday, Sept. 29, at approximately 9:30 a.m. near eastbound mile marker 221 on I-10 in Jefferson County. According to the Florida Highway…
Did someone say cocaine
Submitted by Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office On Tuesday, Sept. 28, Jefferson County Narcotics Detectives were patrolling the area of South Salt Road and Blue Lake Road when they observed a green sedan…
SCAMS
Preying on the elderly Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. Reports of a money scam specifically targeting grandparents first circulated several years ago in 2008, and it would seem scammers are circling back…
NextEra shifts funds
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. In lieu of the $300,000 Jumbotron that NextEra had earlier offered to help Somerset purchase, the energy company has since decided to shift its contribution to a…
School Board vents frustration with state
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County School District continues its faltering steps to reclaim the schools in 2022, with apparent little guidance from the Florida Department of Education (FDOE). That,…
Fate of old gym seems sealed
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The fate of the old high school gym on Water Street is now seemingly sealed. After some hope that the school district might be able to secure…
IRS wants your bank activity info
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The financial services sector is raising the alarm about a proposal that Congress is expected to begin considering soon that would require banks and other financial institutions…
ECB Publishing, Inc. welcomes Laura Young
ECB Publishing, Inc. is pleased to have Laura Young join the team as a staff writer for the Monticello News and Jefferson County Journal. Her work in journalism, for educational publishers and…
If it does not fit, force it!
Mike Johnson ECB Publishing, Inc. On Thursday, Sept. 9, at approximately 2:40 p.m., a Jefferson County garbage truck, with a dumpster on top of it, was driving northbound on U.S. 19. As…
Governor Ron DeSantis plans to eliminate common core learning
Devyn LeBlanc ECB Publishing, Inc. Governor Ron DeSantis announced a legislative proposal to eliminate the common-core based, end-of-year, high-stakes Florida Statewide Assessment and replace it with the new Florida Assessment of Student…
Unsolved murder surfaces at council meeting
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. More than 3 and a half years after the fatal shooting of a Monticello man, several of the victim’s relatives turned up at the Monticello City Council…
$10,000 REWARD OFFERED!!!
Mike Johnson ECB Publishing, Inc. Big Bend Crime Stoppers and the Florida Sheriff’s Association Criminal Apprehension Assistance Program is offering a $10,000 reward for information that will help lead to the arrest…