Dear Editor, There is legitimate furor over the condition of the auditorium as delivered to the Watermelon Pageant, and as your Superintendent, I must address this matter. It was my responsibility to…
Mrs. Eddie Lee Jones
Mrs. Eddie Lee Geathers Jones, 85, passed on Saturday, June 16, 2018. Services will be at 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 30, at Welaunee M.B. Church, with burial in Welaunee Plantation Cemetery….
Ulysse W. Oliver
Ulysse Wendell Oliver, 52, of Monticello’s Boland Community passed on Saturday, June 16, 2018. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 30 at Welaunee M. B. Church, with burial…
New Officer at the MPD: La-Quasha Williams
Ashley Hunter, ECB Publishing, Inc. Coming to Monticello from Gadsden County, Patrol Officer La-Quasha Williams has been employed at the Monticello Police Department (MPD) for a little over a month. This is…
Free school supplies and health screenings at Back to School Event
Ashley Hunter, ECB Publishing, Inc. On Saturday, July 28, All God’s Children Outreach Ministry will be holding an Back To School Community Event from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Children and families…
Last week, I received a call about a garden not producing the way it used to. On my visit, I could see that the tomatoes were stunted, yellow and wilting, the squash…
Emerald’s Gem Box…
Let’s Hold Them Accountable In the Wednesday, June 20, Monticello News we published a front-page story entitled “Watermelon Festival vs Jefferson County School Board.” Within that story it stated how the Watermelon…
Amendment Five – Know before you vote
Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. This is the fifth in a series of articles that will appear in the Monticello News or the Jefferson Journal. Each article examines one of the 13…
Woman killed; husband injured
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. A wreck on Thursday, June 21, claimed the life of Jefferson County local and Jefferson Somerset employee, Mary Harris. The wreck took place in Hancock County, MS….
Betty Rynearson Brennand
Betty Lou Braly Rynearson Brennand passed away Saturday, June 23, 2018, in Thomasville, GA. Born to Clifford Baily and Orrie Nichols on July 29, 1929 in Athens, Alabama, she moved to Umatilla…
Fifth grade student Agriculture Essay Contest Sponsored by Jefferson County Farm Bureau
Debbie Snapp, ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County Farm Bureau (JCFB) held a pizza party and awards ceremony for the fifth grade students that participated in the Agricultural Essay Contest. JCFB members in…
Rosa Lee Green
Mrs. Rosa Lee “Muh” Cooper Green, 96, of Perrine, FL transitioned from this life on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 23, at Second…
Jake Pridgeon: State Rodeo Champion
Ashley Hunter, ECB Publishing, Inc. Monticello local, Jake Pridgeon, age 18, has proved himself twice during state-wide shooting and rodeo competitions. On May 12, Pridgeon traveled to Okeechobee, FL for the Florida…
All-Big Bend Team loaded with Lady Warriors
Rick Patrick , ECB Publishing, Inc. Several members of the Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA) Lady Warriors softball team earned their way onto the Tallahassee Democrat All-Big Bend Softball Team. The All-Big Bend…
The Antlion
With the warm weather and ample rain, the lawns of Jefferson County are green and growing. The difficulty is finding a sunny afternoon to mow what quickly can turn into a hay…
UF’s new Honey Bee Lab will support Beekeeping and Agriculture
Story Submitted Twenty percent of the food we eat is made possible by honey bees. And behind each of these hardworking pollinators is an equally hardworking beekeeper or scientist who helps them…
Watermelon Pageant vs. Jefferson County School Board
Complaints arise against neglected Kilpatrick Auditorium Ashley Hunter, ECB Publishing, Inc. A complaint issued by the Jefferson County Watermelon Pageant came before the Jefferson County School Board at the board’s monthly meeting…
There is some hope for a few of our Millennials
One of today’s teenagers is a tomorrow’s world leader. Think how scary that is … at times with all the headlines regarding safe places, damaging private property because one does not agree…