They Gave Their Yesterdays for Our Todays By Pastor John Hicks, First United Methodist Church On November 11, we honor those men and women who have served in our armed forces. When…
ACA Lady Warriors win district volleyball title
Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. The Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA) Lady Warriors continue to make school history on the volleyball court. The Lady Warriors won a team-first District Volleyball Championship on Tuesday,…
Warriors gouge Gryphons for Homecoming win
Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. The Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA) Warriors racked up nearly 450 yards of offense as they cruised to a 46-20 victory over the Academy of Classical Education (ACE)…
I’m a Glamma
This past Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 4:53 a.m., I entered into the elite, wonderful category of grandmothers. Kennedy Elizabeth Holbrook entered into this world weighing eight pounds 14 ounces and was 21½…
Political Forum: Commission candidates address the issues
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. It was an unusual candidates’ forum on Tuesday night, given that the question and answer session combined candidates from two separate County Commission races, Districts 2 and…
Deb’s Notes
Waukeenah United Methodist Church is seeking to hire a music director. Duties would include serving as church pianist, directing the choir at rehearsals one evening a week and coordinating the selection of…
7th annual Jefferson County Veterans Celebration, November 3
An Armistice is an agreement to stop all fighting, in other words a truce. The truce I write of was signed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th…
Armyworms
Guests which are picky eaters are no fun, especially for a host who is attempting to please. No matter what dish is served, there is always something wrong with it. It can…
Pick your favorite Scarecrow
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. It’s finally fall and to celebrate Main Street Monticello is holding its first Scarecrow Competition. Businesses were invited to create scarecrows to add a festive and creative…
How to help and donate to hurricane victims
Savannah Reams ECB Publishing, Inc. In the wake of Hurricane Michael, there are still thousands in need of assistance. Many communities across Florida’s panhandle are still without electricity and necessary supplies. There…
Local family loses home
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Unlike Mexico Beach, Panama City and other communities in the Panhandle that were largely devastated by Hurricane Michael, Jefferson County escaped relatively unscathed, except for downed trees…
Former Monticello man drowns
John Willoughby ECB Publishing, Inc. A local Lee man is dead after an assumed drowning took place in Anderson Springs in Suwannee County, near the eastern border of Madison County. According to…
Linda Cone Stinson
Linda Cone Stinson, age 69, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, October 14, 2018. She was born in Jacksonville, FL, to Fountain Bryant Cone and Willie Mae…
From the Pulpit…
Live Life at a Different Altitude “I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long…
Holland and Boyd are contacts for Jefferson Somerset Cross Country Track donations
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Sherry Ann Holland is donations coordinator specialist for all donations coming in for the Jefferson Somerset Cross Country Track Team. She began this donation year by placing…
Crime Beat
John Hunter Penrod, 22, of Wacissa, FL; arrested Sunday, Sept. 23; charged with dealing in stolen property. No bond or released day provided. Willie Lee Walker, 64, of Monticello, FL; arrested Saturday,…
Veteran’s Day parade to be held November 12
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. American Legion Otto Walker Post 49 is preparing now for its annual Veteran’s Day parade to be held on Monday, November 12, at 11 a.m. Parade participants…
Why hurricanes are worse…
For over 34 years, my wife and I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area – prime earthquake territory, and we lived through a bunch of them, including the massive Loma Prieta…
Emeralds Gem Box
We all survived (once again) September 2016 saw Hurricane Hermine make landfall in Florida’s panhandle, cross right over us and on to the Carolina’s and up to Massachusetts. In our area, we…