What if you woke up today, with only the things you thanked God for yesterday? Too many times, I feel, we are caught up in what we don’t have in life, and…
Robert Roddy graduates from Law Enforcement Academy
Photo By Lisa Roddy, June 11, 2019 Jefferson County Sheriff Mac McNeill (right) congratulated Robert T. Roddy, Jr. (left) of Monticello, on Tuesday, June 11, for his graduation from the Pat Thomas…
Circuit Court felony docket, June
Blue, Ronald, 66, has a court hearing for violation of probation, on which he was placed for an incident of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in 2017. After hearing argument from…
Thomas Butler Walker, Sr.
Thomas Butler Walker, Sr., passed away on June 6, 2019, in the house where he was born in Jefferson County. He was 93 years old. Butler was preceded in death by his…
ACA recognizes fourth set of honor roll students
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. On Tuesday, June 11, Aucilla Christian Academy released the 2018-19 student Honor Roll for the fourth nine-weeks at the school. K-4 (Cruce’s class) E: Avery Andrews, Dallas…
From the Pulpit…
The buzzard, the bat, and the bumblebee Think about the truth of these phrases: “Open wide now, this isn’t going to hurt a bit.” “It is easy to assemble. Just follow the…
Reams, commission settle legal dispute
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The dispute between Clerk of Court Kirk Reams and the Jefferson County Commission over his legal fees came to a close last week. It happened on Thursday…
Medical marijuana facility gets go-ahead
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The proposed medical marijuana growth facility last week sailed through the Jefferson County Commission’s review and approval process without a hitch. In no more than 15 minutes,…
FSU Graduate Program creating political operatives
I am writing today in the hopes of inspiring members of our community who are looking to advance, or jump start their career in Politics. While the idea of career advancement can…
Reporter’s Corner:
To my father, from his daughter After only a few months after his 20th birthday, my dad became – well, a dad. He was a skinny kid, a firefighter and would soon…
Teenagers learn self-defense
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Before the school year ended, Sally Beshears, the grandmother of a soon-to-be graduating high school senior, became nervous about her grand-daughter going off to college; it would…
Celebrating the athletes
The 2019 sports banquet at Aucilla Christian Academy Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. On Saturday, May 18, Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA) hosted its annual athletic banquet. “It is amazing how fast the…
This month in history
June 14, 1775 – The first U.S. Military service, the Continental Army consisting of six companies of riflemen, was established by the Second Continental Congress. The next day, George Washington was appointed…
Women in agriculture
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. For as long as agriculture has been a part of society, women have worked equally alongside men to run the fields, farms, ranches and orchards that bring…
The Tobacco Free Jefferson Partnership is committed to employee health by working with local employers
Story Courtesy of the Florida Department of Health in Jefferson County If you could have a safer workplace, a cleaner workplace, a healthier workplace, a more productive workplace and it wouldn’t cost…
Dogs are people too
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Starting October 1, those who kill or harm a law enforcement, search and rescue or fire fighting canine or horse in the state of Florida will be…
Watermelon Festival this weekend
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Get out your festival gear, grab the sunscreen and prepare for the 69th Annual Jefferson County Watermelon Festival this weekend! While the pageants to select this year’s…
One Reason I Left Rural America
Dear Editor, When future anthropologists read through the archives of the Monticello News in their quest to understand institutional racism from the perspective of a small, southern community, they will no doubt…
Gulf Power
On June 4th I stopped by the North Florida Fairgrounds on South Monroe Street to visit Gulf Power Company’s open house. A friend had passed along the newspaper ad from a week…
NextEra/ Transmission Lines – new proposed gas pipeline route
While I and my neighbors appreciate all of City of Tallahassee, Jefferson, Leon and Tallahassee commissioners have done on the NextEra project, the “new proposed gas line route” is far from ideal…
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