Mike Johnson ECB Publishing, Inc. Being the sheriff of a county doesn’t mean your job stops at police work. Most join organizations and programs to help with the community. Sheriff Mac McNeill…
Minnie Lee Verduzco
Minnie Lee Verduzco, 64, passed away on July 30, 2021, in Tallahassee, Fla. She was born Dec. 13, 1956, in Monticello, Fla., and is the daughter of Franklin Jefferson Cooksey and Berlene…
Linda Jeanette Key McDaniel
Linda Jeanette Key McDaniel, 71, passed away on Aug. 13, 2021, in Lake Park, Ga. She was born May 6, 1950, in Moultrie, Ga., the daughter of Vernon O. and Margaret Jeanette…
Barbara Isabella Sheats
Barbara Isabella Sheats, 91, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. She was preceded in death by her husband, Allen True Sheats, and her daughter Susan Elizabeth Hastings. Barbara…
Emma Irene Johnson Branch
Emma Irene Johnson Branch, 74, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, at Tallahassee Memorial Health Care, Tallahassee, Fa. She was born in Dickenson County, Va.; daughter of the late Taft and…
Restored Glory hosts 15th Annual School Jam!
Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. On Saturday, Aug. 7, the Restored Glory Christian Center hosted it’s 15th Annual School Jam, a backpack and supplies donation drive that helps families with children in…
Homeschool Group Robotics Seeking Sponsors
Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County Homeschool Association is seeking sponsors and donations for their new Robotics Team. The Lego Robotics course is open to ages nine to 14, and…
Jefferson-Somerset gets a transition principal
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson-Somerset students who returned to in-person classes on Wednesday were likely to have encountered a new face around the campus, one very familiar to many in the…
Tropical Storm Fred may be heading our way
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Once again, the Florida Panhandle is under a cone of uncertainty, as Tropical Storm Fred spins in the Caribbean. According to the advisory from National Hurricane Center…
The never-ending COVID-19 crisis
In the current and ongoing perhaps never ending COVID crisis, many elected and unelected people in authority are pushing the mask mandate as the means of salvation. Our Governor is a notable…
Tell me something good
The making of a Hero It was a beautiful day at Newnans Lake just east of Gainesville. A Jefferson County college student, intent on becoming a biologist, was in her element…
Kendal David Johnson
Kendal David Johnson, 43, of Tallahassee, Fla. passed on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. Kendal was a star athlete; he played football at FAMU and taught and coached at Havana Middle School. Currently,…
Gwynne Loretta Seabrooks
Gwynne Loretta Seabrooks, 62, of Monticello, passed unexpectedly on Monday, Aug. 8, 2021. Gwynne was a 1977 graduate of Jefferson County High and a 2011 grad of Thomas University, with a Bachelor’s…
James Lee Parker, Jr.
James Lee “Wild Man” Parker, Jr., 59, of Monticello, passed on Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. James Lee was a 1979 graduate of Jefferson County High School and had been a handyman. Survivors…
Mae Dean Madry
Mae Dean Madry, 67, of Monticello, passed on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021. Ms. Madry was a retired housekeeper for Brynwood Center, Monticello. She had been a member of Monticello’s Church of God…
William Edward “Eddie” Holden
William Edward “Eddie” Holden, 68, passed away on Aug. 9, 2021 in Tallahassee, Fla. Mr. Holden was born on Feb. 15, 1953, in Arcadia, Fla. to Joe and Elaine Holden of Monticello….
James Jefferson Willie
James Jefferson Willie “Jim”, born Aug. 14, 1956 in Lloyd, Fla., passed away Aug. 6, 2021, under the care of Big Bend Hospice. Jim was a simple man, who was an avid…
Financial Assistance helps private landowners in St. Marks and Aucilla River Watersheds
Story Submitted by Natural Resources Conservation Service Florida private landowners in the St. Marks and Aucilla River watersheds can apply until Sept. 1 for financial and technical assistance from USDA’s Natural Resources…
Sometimes it only takes one! Meredith Campbell
Mike Johnson ECB Publishing, Inc. The medical field never stops growing. More and more people in the world are contracting illnesses, getting injured and having accidents, but the number of medical staff…
FISHING TRADITIONS ON THE AUCILLA
George M. Cole and John E. Ladson III Aucilla Research Institute Today, the Aucilla and its tributaries are known for excellent fishing. But, this is not a modern development. Since prehistoric times,…