Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Tomorrow, March 2, is the birthday of Dr. Seuss, and kids around the world have been celebrating his famous books and artistry all week long. My celebration…
Spring Gardening Workshop offered March 12 and 19
De’Anthony Price UF/IFAS Extension – Jefferson County Are you thinking about having a vegetable garden this Spring? Please join us for Spring Vegetable Gardening 101. The two-session workshop will provide educational materials…
JCSO makes after-hours drug bust
Story Submitted On Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, detectives with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office were patrolling the City of Monticello when they observed suspicious activity in a public business parking lot during…
Two killed in crash
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. On Monday, Feb. 19, a single-car crash on I-10 in Jefferson County near mile marker 235 eastbound resulted in the death of two people. According to the…
Mystery behind AT&T outage solved?
Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. Some may have speculated about some nefarious plot or solar flares to be the reason for the outage that affected thousands of AT&T customers on Thursday, Feb….
Proposed bill would eliminate property taxes
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A bill recently referred to the House’s State Affairs Committee seeks to eliminate property taxes in Florida, constituting a first in the nation if the measure were…
Jefferson County School Board and Superintendent recognized as Certified Master Board
Florida School Boards Association The Jefferson County School Board Members and Superintendent were recognized for earning the Certified Master Board distinction by the Florida School Boards Association (FSBA) at the Jefferson County…
Leaping through history
Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. We all know that it takes our beloved planet 365 days to gracefully orbit our favorite star: the sun! But that’s not completely true… In fact, it…
Reenactment of Battle of Natural Bridge happens March 2-3
Florida Park Service and Natural Bridge Historical Society, Inc. The Florida Park Service and the Natural Bridge Historical Society invite visitors to attend the 159th Anniversary and 47th Annual Reenactment of the…
Meet your neighbor – Susanna Vargas
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Meet Susanna Vargas, a well-known resident of our community and a hardworking and adventurous neighbor to all. Vargas has lived in Jefferson County for about 23 years…
Meet the Tigers
2024 Tiger Baseball Team 2024 Tiger Softball Team
JCS names Twynetta Howard District Teacher of the Year
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County School District honored its 2024-25 staff of the year on Monday, Feb. 12, at the regular meeting of the Jefferson County School Board. Engraved…
Milking It
I received some words of wisdom about milking cows this week. I chewed on that cud of information a bit and began to realize certain things about milking a cow could be…
Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery Policy
The Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church Cemetery P.O. Box 796 located at 6641 Lake Road Monticello, Fla. For information on burial plots, please contact a member of the church, who will guide you…
Greater Fellowship M. B. Church celebrates Missionary Society
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. The public is invited to join Rev. Dr. Melvin Roberts and the congregation of Greater Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church for their Missionary Society Anniversary Service. The special…
Free health clinic on March 5
Katie Marshall and Merry Ann Frisby Shepherd’s Hands of Suwannee Valley Do you or does someone you know need medical care? The Shepherd’s Hands free health clinic will be open this month…
JCS celebrates National FFA Week
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Future Farmers of America (FFA) is the premier youth organization preparing members for leadership and careers in the science, business and technology of agriculture. There are 945,988…
County’s rock mine may get new life
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County’s long abandoned limerock mine near the Taylor County line is getting renewed attention, in no small part because of pressure from the Florida Department of…
Jefferson County eyes joining foreign trade zone
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County Commission recently approved a letter of support for creation of a foreign trade zone (FTZ) in the region, following the presentation of Vanessa Spaulding,…
County may acquire a private road
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The county may be taking over Vista Road and bringing it up to county standards, provided that the affected property owners are willing to deed their portions…