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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…

Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. Aucilla Christian Academy’s (ACA) Brady Browning is a three-sport athlete, but it will be baseball that will be providing Browning with the opportunity to continue his education….

Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. On Sunday, Nov. 8, just after 11 a.m., according to law enforcement, a Honda Accord, driven by Dacey Glenn Grice, 31, veered off the roadway near Sharer…

Deidre Myers ECB Publishing, Inc. A fire broke out at a residence around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18, off Lake Road in Monticello. Jefferson County Fire Rescue (JCFR) Tanker 1, Engine…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. City officials last week initiated the process for what is likely to end with the demolition of two weathered structures that are deemed unfit for habitation and…

Steve Cordle ECB Publishing, Inc. In the Friday, Oct. 23 edition of the Jefferson County Journal, a story appeared about the new bulb-out sidewalks that were installed over the summer. The new…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. After evaluating the sole bid from CenturyLink/Lumen Technologies for the expansion of broadband, the ad-hoc committee appointed by the Jefferson County Commission to vet the vendor returned…

Steve Cordle ECB Publishing, Inc. While the presidential contest is still officially undecided (no state has actually certified their results, and counting goes on), the Jefferson County School District will inaugurate Superintendent-elect…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Tropical Storm Eta continued to meander in the eastern Gulf of Mexico just off the coast of Cuba on Tuesday morning, Nov. 10, according to the latest…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Given that state law requires salary increases for county and school district officials become effective each October 1 and July 1, respectively, and that the Florida Legislature’s…

Trump takes Florida Locally, one incumbent unseated; four reinstated; new commissioner elected Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. As elections go, the 2020 presidential election, by all accounts, was extraordinary and looking to…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. As of the deadline on Friday, Oct. 30, 55 businesses and 42 homeowners or renters had submitted applications for monetary assistance from the CARES-Act program, which aims…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The section of U.S. 19 in Jefferson County between Capps and the Georgia State Line is about to be formally recognized as the Sheriff David C. Hobbs…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Tri-County Electric Cooperative (TCEC) is one of four electric cooperatives in Florida that is set to receive a portion of more than $1.04 billion that the United…