Pastor John Hicks Columnist What is greater than God and more evil than the devil? The poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it you’ll die. Who am…
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Amber Alerts: Do you pay attention?
Kathy Egan ECB Publishing, Inc. Amber Alerts work. On Aug. 3, 2025, a child was saved from an alleged kidnapper near the intersection of Flat Creek Rd. and Bonnie Hill Rd. in…
Wear purple for international overdose awareness day
Leah Androski ECB Publishing, Inc The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported, in 2024, approximately 80,391 drug overdose-related deaths in the U.S., which is a decrease of 26.9 percent from the…
Regional unemployment rate announced for July 2025
CareerSource Capital Region Contributor According to Florida Department of Commerce, the regional unemployment rate for Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon and Wakulla counties was 4.4 percent for July 2025. This rate was 0.5 percentage…
Madison rescinds previous agreement to share school district directors with Jefferson
Rick Patrick and Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. During a special meeting of the Madison County District School Board on Monday, June 30, the board voted to rescind a previous shared services…
What a scorcher!
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Whew, it’s really heating up outside! As Floridians, we’re certainly not strangers to what a hot, humid summer feels like. Florida consistently ranks as the hottest state…
Way Back When
June 3, 1955 Wilma Reichert received her B.S. Degree in Home Economics from Aubrun University. John Hawkins and Jane Williams, JCHS seniors, were awarded FSU journalism awards for their exceptional work on…
Celebrations abound for March Second Saturday
Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. March is well known and loved for its connection to St. Patrick’s Day, and throughout the month people all over the world come together to celebrate the…
ACA baseball field gets renamed
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA) has expanded the name of their baseball field to Hughes-Finlayson Field, in recognition of the influence that longtime Coach Ray Hughes had on…
Late winter is a helpful time to do soil sampling
Taking soil samples is an important step in maintaining soil health and maximizing your plant growth. Good crop, grass and landscape production often require the application of fertilizer and lime in the…
Homestead Barn prevails in land-use litigation
(State law preempts local regulations) Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. In what the attorneys for the defendants/counter-plaintiffs are calling “a decisive legal victory,” the judge in a local case involving a wedding…
ACA honors senior basketball players
Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. Aucilla Christian Academy recently celebrated several of this year’s senior basketball players during this year’s Senior Night. On Jan. 10, three seniors were escorted to the center…
MPD responds to suspicious incident
Monticello Police Department Contributor On Tuesday, Jan. 28, at approximately 10 a.m., the Monticello Police Department (MPD) responded to a local business in reference to a suspicious incident involving a juvenile and…
Winter in Monticello 2025
Monticello Snow 2025 (1) Monticello Snow 2025 (2) Video Courtesy of C. Cruver Photography
County updates rules to housing assistance program
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Local officials recently approved several changes to the local housing advisory plan (LHAP), a document that must be updated every three years per the State Housing Initiative…
Let’s talk tools
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson once observed, “All the tools and engines on earth are only extensions of man’s limbs and senses.” Certainly the tools for gardening…
Nine years running, North Florida College named 2024 “Great College to Work For”
North Florida College Contributor For the ninth consecutive year, North Florida College has again been named one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to the Great Colleges…
Students visit local Military Heritage Trail
Tessia Brookins Contributor On Oct. 29, a group of homeschooled students woke up bright and early (something we are not very used to) and met at the Tallahassee National Cemetery. We met…
Removal of storm debris within city to begin
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Now that city and county officials have signed an interlocal agreement for the removal of hurricane debris from within the city, Monticello residents should soon begin to…
City Attorney’s contract renewed
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Monticello City Council recently renewed the contract of City Attorney Mitchell Herring, who was hired last September to provide legal representation following the death of the…