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Deidre Myers ECB Publishing, Inc. Deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) and troopers from the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) pursued a vehicle around 3:50 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 4, according…

Ramsey Sullivan ECB Publishing, Inc. The best senior high school football players in north Florida and south Georgia are set to face each other in the annual War of the Border -…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Florida Department of Health in Jefferson County (FDOH-Jefferson) now has the Moderna vaccine and has begun vaccinating frontline healthcare workers and individuals ages 65 and older….

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Millions of Americans can expect to receive a $600 stimulus check as early as next week, and some may have already received them, according to Treasury Secretary…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County Commission has now adopted a resolution expressing opposition to the Suncoast Connector toll road and requesting that the state not build any portion of…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County befittingly distributed the last batch of its CARES-Act funding to a group of local businesses and nonprofits/not-for-profits just before the Christmas holidays. The final distribution…

Steve Cordle ECB Publishing, Inc. Just as students get midterm grades to show their progress, Somerset also has to take midterms. However, it is less of a report card than it is…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County Jail is slated to get a solar array installed atop its roof in the coming weeks, the first project to come to fruition as…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Although the first coronavirus vaccine has been approved and Florida was expected to receive its first batch as early as this past Monday, Jefferson County residents will…

Deidre Myers ECB Publishing, Inc. Shots rang out off of East Clark Avenue at approximately 5:35 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, causing multiple incoming 911 calls. Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO), Monticello Police…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and law enforcement agents from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) were on the hunt last week for the…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Talk of a new monument on the courthouse circle was back on the Jefferson County Commission’s agenda last week. Unlike the last time that the issue arose,…

Rick Patrick ECB Publishing Inc. On Thursday, Dec. 3, a jury returned a guilty verdict in the trial of Monticello resident, Brad Cameron Whitfield. Whitfield had been charged in connection with a…

Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. The County level of this year’s 4-H Speech Contest has come to a close. The 4-H Speech Contest, formally known as the Tropicana 4-H Speech Contest, or…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Almost five months after county officials and representatives of NextEra/Gulf Power negotiated an agreement whereby the county would receive $3.3 million in direct and service contributions in…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. There was a partial turning of the guard at the recent commission meeting, with a new commissioner joining the board, another taking his exit, and the chairman…

Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. With COVID-19 still going strong, many people have had to cancel their usual Christmas plans. Many annual events have had to skip a year because of this…

Story Submitted by Madison County Sheriff’s Office Madison County Sheriff-elect David Harper has announced the recent arrests of Antonio Donte Cox, Jr., of Lamont, Jarrod Marquis Posley, of Greenville and Tyquan Martez…

Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. The third annual Monticello Christmas Lights Parade will be taking place on Dec. 4. The parade starts at 6 p.m., but the lineup is from 5 p.m….

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Fran Ott Hunt, a former longtime reporter for the Monticello News and Jefferson County Journal, died peacefully in her home on Saturday, November 21. Hunt, 61, suffered…