Happy Birthday, Brooke Tuesday, Jan. 21, marked the 25th birthday of my daughter, Brooke…my “baby.” I was 25 years old when Brooke was born. My second child. We are not as “scared”…
Emmett Mitchell Sheffield
Emmett Mitchell Sheffield, 79, passed away on January 17, 2020 in Lamont, FL. Emmett was born July 7, 1940 in Thomasville, Georgia to Luther Sheffield and Hoyt Kinsey Sheffield. Emmett honorably served…
Chamber members discuss toll road and transmission line issues
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Monticello Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce members and guests came together on Tuesday, Jan. 7 for lunch, networking and a business meeting. Chamber President Danny Collins welcomed…
Mainstreet Monticello begins second phase of historic property survey
Ann Holt Contributor Mainstreet of Monticello is teaming with Laura Lee Corbett, a Secretary of the Interior Qualified Architectural Historian, to complete Phase II of a historic structures survey of Monticello. Mainstreet…
CRIME BEAT – Recent arrests
Compiled by Laz Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Carlos Rivero Hernandez, 36; arrested Friday, Nov. 29. Charged with no valid driver’s license. Bond set at $100. Released same day. James Kenneth Johnson, 49;…
School Employee of the Year: Tess Knight
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. For 19 years, Tess Knight has been involved in the Jefferson County School System. Throughout all her years of commitment to education, Knight has been assisting teachers…
Middle-High Teacher of the Year: Shavonne Giddins
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Shavonne Giddins may be one of the newer faces in the halls and classrooms of Jefferson Somerset, but her dedication, commitment and care towards education have already…
Elementary Teacher of the Year: Raven Wilcoxson
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. “Raven Wilcoxson is committed to educating her students inside and outside the classroom,” says Jefferson Somerset, in regards to the teacher who has been selected as this…
Wednesday night dinners at First United Methodist Church are back
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Every Wednesday evening, church-members of the First United Methodist Church volunteer to prepare and serve meals, in-house, to guests after Bible Study classes, and before choir practice….
CORRECTION: School Board Special Meeting on January 23rd
While we strive to do our best in reporting meetings, occasionally we make mistakes. (Hey, we’re human.) In Friday, January 17th edition of the Jefferson County Journal, we mistakenly duplicated a meeting…
Fugitive loses game of hide and seek
John Willoughby ECB Publishing, Inc. A Madison man who was wanted by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, on a violation of probation warrant, was arrested following an approximate 50-minute manhunt in the…
Nine years for child porn
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A Monticello man received a nine-year prison sentence with the Florida Department of Corrections earlier this week. To a degree, however, 23-year-old Tyrone Terrell Wallace could count…
A’buzz at the bee: New champion wins county’s spelling bee
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Complicated spelling words were no match for the 24 students from Jefferson Somerset and Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA) who competed at the Tuesday, Jan. 14 County Spelling…
Deb’s Notes
Monticello Church of Christ, 475 S. Jefferson St., will continue to host gospel meetings with speaker John Zellner weeknights through Friday, Jan. 17 at 7:30 p.m. “Lest We Forget The Most High…
Reporter’s Corner:
What you don’t know will hurt you I’m fairly certain that almost everyone, at some point, has heard the modern proverb: “What you don’t know can’t hurt you.” The phrase is often…
RECALL: Boiled eggs sold at several national retailers
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Almark Foods, a hard-boiled egg processing plant and provider, recently released a voluntary recall of the company’s pre-cooked and packaged hard-boiled and peeled eggs. The eggs, according…
Little Women fills Opera House stage
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. In the 1860s, American author Louisa May Alcott published her novel, Little Women, as a semi-autobiographical account of Alcott’s own growth from a child to a woman…
Over $200 donated to local Refuge House by Woman’s Club
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. At the monthly meeting of the Monticello Woman’s Club on Tuesday, Jan. 14, the club was visited by a special guest, Nan Baughman. A outreach counselor with…
ACA recognizes Honor Roll students for the second nine-week period
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. On Monday, Jan. 14, Aucilla Christian Academy released the 2019-2020 student Honor Roll for the second nine-weeks at the school. K-4 (Cruce’s class) E: Jonah Beers, RJ…
10 local scholars named to TCC’s Fall President List
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. There were more than 1,800 students of Tallahassee Community College (TCC) who were named to the Fall 2019 President’s List, and out of those students, 10 students…
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