Denise Vickers-Leon ECB Publishing, Inc. The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people of all religions and faiths to pray for the…
Record number of travelers expected for Memorial Day Weekend
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. If you’re planning a trip for the coming Memorial Day Weekend, you’re not alone. You will in fact be among the estimated 2.4 million Floridians projected to…
City Hall renovation to proceed in steps
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The planned and much-needed repair and renovation of the historic building that constitutes city hall will not be accomplished in one fell swoop as envisioned. Instead it…
Former official pleas for fostering of ryegrass, red clover
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. If you’re one of those folks who enjoy wildflowers alongside the roadsides and wish to see more of them proliferating, you have a friend and advocate in…
A TRIBUTE TO MATTHEW
It was April 24, 2015. I had been looking forward to April of 2015 for two years. I had surrendered all to Jesus in April of 1995. After my “Damascus Road” experience,…
Big Bend Crime Stoppers
Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. All across America, crimes occur at an alarming rate. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Crime Clock, every 26.3 seconds, a violent crime is committed. Every…
4-H Ecology Field Day
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. The expansive grounds of the Jefferson County UF/IFAS Extension Office was once again the setting for 4-H Ecology Field Day on Wednesday, May 3. The event brought…
Lady Warriors move ahead in tournament
Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. The Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA) have progressed further in the state softball tournament than the program has since the 2018 season when the Lady Warriors made it all…
The Historical value of May 20th
Halie Wetherington ECB Publishing, Inc. Florida’s Emancipation Day is celebrated annually on May 20, since that is the day in 1865 that emancipation occurred for those enslaved in the state. The Emancipation…
Community Friends of Jefferson County to host 20th of May Celebration at Rec Park on Saturday
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. The Community Friends of Jefferson County, Inc. is hosting its annual 20th of May (Emancipation Day) Celebration on Saturday, May 20, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m….
County second-guesses $3.5M contribution to Tri-County for broadband expansion
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A contract calling for Jefferson County to fund Tri-County Electric Cooperative, Inc., (TCEC) up to $3.5 million to help it bring broadband accessibility to all or most…
Ponderings…Finding your focus
It never fails. You sit down to work on something important; you’ve got your cup full of hot tea or coffee, your favorite brain-food snack within arms reach, your mind at the…
Jefferson Senior Citizens Center holds Mothers Day luncheon
Denise Vickers-Leon ECB Publishing, Inc. The senior citizens and community members who attended the annual Mother’s Day luncheon at the Jefferson Senior Citizens Center last Thursday, were treated to an event of…
Jefferson County STEM Family Night hosted NFC STEM SEALs
North Florida College On Thursday, April 29, Jefferson County Schools hosted a STEM Family Night to showcase interactive demonstrations related to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) to incoming students and their…
Childhood reflections with a touch of grace: Spinning round in circles
I never understood where Merry-Go-Rounds got their name. I loved hopping on them but getting off was a challenge. The world would always seem different, out of control and dizzy. Nausea wasn’t…
Honor Flight 2023 uplifts two local vets
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Honor Flight Tallahassee recently provided another group of military veterans with a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Washington, D.C., where they visited the monuments raised in honor of their…
Fishing and football scholarships awarded to two ACA athletes
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Jace Grant and Connor Koch, seniors at Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA), had a signing day on Wednesday, May 3, officially accepting scholarships to play sports at their…
Lady Warriors win district title
Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. On Thursday, May 4, the Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA) Lady Warriors faced off with the Red Flashes of Hilliard High School for the Class 1A District Five…
A New Mother’s Wisdom
Aaron Cohen and Minnie Golub, both Russian immigrants, lived in the same five-story tenement house on Mercer Street in New York’s Lower East Side. They knew each other only by sight. Since…
Blocking the Road to Extinction
We currently have many problems in our country, and we face a multitude of threats that we must deal with immediately. Many American patriots are working diligently to address all of these…