Essay winners announced Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Jason Shoaf, Florida House Representative District 7, was guest speaker at the monthly meeting of the Keystone Federated Republican Women’s (KFRW) group in…
Shorter University Announces Local Dean’s List Student Ryan Jackson
Dawn Tolbert Associate Vice President for University Communications Shorter University has announced students named to the dean’s list during the spring semester of 2021. To achieve this honor, students must have been…
Hiram Lodge No. 5 Scholarship winner
Deidre Myers ECB Publishing, Inc. Many seniors have been looking for ways to earn scholarships for the upcoming chapter in their life, attending college after finishing high school. A local Aucilla Christian…
Caitlin Paulk Graduates Magna Cum Laude
Deidre Myers ECB Publishing, Inc. A Monticello graduate earned Magna Cum Laude with a 3.8 to 3.9 GPA average. Caitlin Paulk attended Rose Academy, in Tallahassee, where she recently graduated with honors….
THE LOPIN GOPHER RAILROAD
George M. Cole and John E. Ladson III Aucilla Research Institute The area around the lower Aucilla was isolated and remote during the early days of statehood. U.S. Highway 98 was…
License free fishing this weekend!
Story Submitted by FWC This week kicks off National Fishing and Boating Week and what better way to celebrate than to try your hand at fishing in Florida. License-free saltwater fishing weekend…
Watermelon Pageants are this Saturday
Tiny To Princess Pageant at 10 a.m. – Miss and Junior Miss Pageant at 4 p.m. Emerald Greene Parsons ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County’s children and sophisticated young ladies will take the…
CRIME BEAT
Shatavia Deorshay Campbell, 34, arrested on April 28. Charged with sale of cocaine and kidnapping. Bond set at $5,000. Released on April 29. Devondrick Deonte Nealy, 28, arrested on April 28. Charged…
Aucilla Christian Academy holds sports banquet
Aucilla Christian Academy Contributor The 2020-21 Aucilla Christian Academy school year has come to a close. We are very blessed to have enjoyed on campus learning all year. Our athletes also had…
Attitude matters
This is another revisited and realigned article from Emerald’s Gem Box written January 15, 2020, titled “A good attitude is something that can be managed and learned.” Again, I strongly agree with…
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Respect for parents and adults – and the lack of it Last month, Mary Madison wrote a Letter To The Editor in reference to a column I had written many years…
BeYOUtiful Skin Spa opens in Monticello
Lizz Schmidt ECB Publishing Inc. “Home” is many things to many people. If you’re fortunate, it’s everything that centers you. It’s the golden glow of a porch light left on. It’s the…
To paddle or not to paddle
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A recent viral video of a principal in the Hendry County School District paddling a six-year-old in front of the child’s mother has reignited the debate of…
Is a third sewer system coming?
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. If the various plans for sewer systems come to fruition, the county could one day be awash in sewer systems. Then again, the plans are only proposals…
National Geographic photographs rare species at North Florida Wildlife Center
Alyssa Ridenour ECB Publishing, Inc. National Geographic has set out on a mission to photograph rare species in zoos and wildlife sanctuaries. By using these photos, National Geographic hopes to help spread…
Velva Ganzy McCann
Velva Ganzy McCann, 77, of Jacksonville, Fla. passed on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Velva was a 1961 graduate of Howard Academy High School, Monticello. She was a graduate of Suwannee River Junior…
Jefferson Somerset drops two games during Spring Jamboree
Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. It was a chance to get a glimpse at the Jefferson Somerset Academy Tigers on Friday, May 21, when they traveled down to Perry, Fla. for a…
Homeschoolers perform Shakespeare’s “Much ado About Nothing”
Story Submitted The Jefferson County Homeschool Association (JCHAI) performed a production of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” at the Monticello Opera House on Thursday, May 20. The 19 student cast was directed…
Bulbs
The early spring weeks have been filled with nature’s heralds in Jefferson County which have announced the return of warmer weather in a nearly infinite variety of ways. Butterflies have returned, frogs…
Jefferson County recognized nationally
[fvplayer id=”7″] Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Three county agencies received recognition from a national organization last week for their steadfast commitment to animal welfare. On Monday, May 17, Kate MacFall, Florida…