`Story Courtesy of Big Bend Hospice Big Bend Hospice is known for the outstanding services they provide to hospice patients, but there is much more to Big Bend Hospice. Did you know…
National Breastfeeding Awareness Month
By Kimberly Allbritton, Jefferson Co. Health Dept. Administrator This edition is addressed to all new and soon-to-be mothers in Jefferson County. August is National Breastfeeding Month. Doctors recommend breastfeeding babies from birth…
Jefferson County Cattlemen’s Association meeting
Article Courtesy of Stephen Monroe and the Jefferson County Cattlemen’s Association Ninety members and guests participated in the Jefferson County Cattlemen’s Association meeting on Thursday, Aug. 1. County President Ben White gave…
FWC reminds residents to protect pets from invasive cane toads
Article Courtesy of Florida Wildlife Commission (FWC) As the weather becomes warmer and wetter, people in Florida are more likely to encounter amphibians, including nonnative cane toads. These toads, also known as…
A historical landmark: Lloyd Station is oldest brick depot in Florida
Susie Reams ECB Publishing, Inc. The Lloyd Railroad station was built in 1858 by the Pensacola and Georgia Railroad, prior to the American Civil War. At its construction, the Lloyd Railroad station…
Tigers’ Head Coach Smith fired
Head coach for the Jefferson County K-12 Somerset High School Tigers, Leroy Smith, has been fired from his position as head coach, as of Thursday, Aug. 8. Smith, who coached the Tigers…
Highway renamed after late Sheriff Hobbs
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Motorists will soon know U.S. 19 as the Sheriff David Hobbs Memorial Highway; or at least the portion of the highway within Jefferson County will be so…
Burglaries warning
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. In the last three months, the Monticello Police Department (MPD) has announced that there have been a total of 17 residential burglaries, robberies, vehicle burglaries and business…
The newspaper business – My life – 55 years and counting
August 5, 1964 was the first edition of the Madison County Carrier. My parents (at the young age of 25) founded and started this newspaper with no newspaper experience at all; but…
Tigers will be recognized at Jefferson Football Sunday
Article Courtesy Of Brian Saylor, Elizabeth Baptist Church Youth Pastor One of my favorite times of the year when I was growing up was this time of back to school. I would…
Pastor Spotlight
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Rev. John Jones is the pastor of the First Corinthian Church, located now at 955 Lemon St. He started his small church congregation in 2009, in a…
Crime Beat: felony arrests
Shanterria Crumity – June 15 On Saturday, June 15, Shanterria S. Crumity, 30, of Monticello, was arrested by Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) Investigator Bethea. According to the report issued by the…
Jefferson County Farm Bureau announces annual youth speech contest for August
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. This August, the Jefferson County Farm Bureau will be hosting its annual youth speech contest. While the date for the contest has yet to be announced, students…
Jefferson Farmers Market is open daily
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson Farmers Market is open daily for fresh produce, potted herbs and bushes, bales of pine straw and other seasonal items. Ed and Tammy Strickland began operating…
Teen dies tragically
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County teenager, Levi Waylon Singleton (of Lamont), passed away on Sunday, June 30, after being involved in a tragic vehicle accident that took place at 7:45…
Two vehicle roll-over
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. A Tallahassee driver and a Monticello driver were both transported to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital following a wreck that took place on Highway 90 (Mahan Drive) on Wednesday,…
Fireworks on the Fourth
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. On Thursday, July 4, the Jefferson County Otto M. Walker American Legion Post 49 will be hosting the county’s annual Independence Day celebration and firework extravaganza. The…
Civics & Econ 101
Unfortunately a number of our elected officials did not take, or did not pay attention in, an eighth (8th) grade civic class. This county is a “democratic republic”, not a pure democracy….
In reference to ‘One reason I left rural America’
I had a real problem with the writer trashing the place he had lived. In the Old West, if you shot a man in the back, you were a coward. The premise…
Emerald’s Gem Box…
Twelve Years Later … July 1, 2007, I found myself as the new owner of the Monticello News. It was something that I had wanted for a long time. For years I…
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