Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Nevin Baggett is a Human Services Program Specialist for the Florida Department of Health in Jefferson County. She began her career in the health care field in…
‘Orangedog’ caterpillar today, giant swallowtail tomorrow
The giant swallowtail, Papilio cresphontes is one of the largest, and in my opinion, most beautiful butterflies found in our area. I’ve seen several flying through the county this spring. The larval…
Got Rain?
Tropical Storm Cristobal drenches region Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Tropical Storm Cristobal spared north Florida a direct hit this past weekend, instead making landfall in southeastern Louisiana on Sunday evening, June…
Wreck: three vehicles, one driver
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. A late-night wreck near downtown Monticello on Tuesday, May 26, involved three vehicles, but only one driver. The report provided by the Monticello Police Department (MPD) states…
Allen recognized as Firefighter of the Year
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County Fire Rescue (JCFR) recently announced that a member of the agency’s team, Cameron Allen, has been recognized as Firefighter of the Year for 2020. Allen…
New to the crew: Lina Nissley
Lina Nissley ECB Publishing, Inc. The newest team member to the ECB Publishing Inc. crew of reporters and writers is Lina Nissley. She is happy for the opportunity to be interning for…
Emerald’s Gem Box…
Guess what news you have missed? If you watch television or read your big city newspapers, all the news coverage, for months, has been about the coronavirus, and here lately, more about…
Abram “Abe” Peter Alexander
Abram “Abe” Peter Alexander, 75, of Palatka, Fla., passed away on Monday, June 1, 2020. Peter was a Monticello native and a 1962 graduate of Howard Academy High School. He was an…
Ryan Jackson makes Dean’s List at Shorter University
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. The Dean’s List for Shorter University was released late last week and revealed that a former Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA) student, Ryan Jackson, of Monticello, was listed…
Suspend testing or cancel fire drills?
Florida Education Association offer suggestions for school reopenings this Fall Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. On Friday, March 13, it was decided that due to COVID-19, Floridian K-12 students would stay out…
Scallop Season to start soon!!
Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has set the dates for this summer’s bay scallop season on the Gulf Coast of Florida. The season varies depending…
Pastor Spotlight
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Elder Lucius K. Wade, Sr. is pastor of the Refuge House of God Apostolic Outreach Ministry, which is located at 930 Mamie Scott Rd., in Monticello. His…
Archbishop Viganò’s powerful letter to President Trump: Eternal struggle between good and evil playing out right now
Mr. President, In recent months we have been witnessing the formation of two opposing sides that I would call Biblical: the children of light and the children of darkness. The children of…
The voices of Monticello
Protestors rally around the Jefferson County Courthouse Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. The world came to Monticello on Tuesday evening, June 2. For several days leading up to June 2 (and several…
New testing sites for COVID-19
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Locals who are in need of testing for COVID-19 will be able to visit four different sites through the month of June, as the Departments of Health…
Cross Landings administrator reinstated
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A little more than a month after the license of a Cross Landings nursing home administrator was suspended for behavior that the state characterized as ‘negligent and…
Reporter’s Corner: Speak less, love more
“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of…
The Moral Decline of These United States: No Film at 11
Do black lives matter? They do to the God that created them. To the media and too many in the black community, they do not. Recently my pastor spoke and he said…
Oleather Robinson Mack
Oleather Robinson Mack, 76, of the Casa Bianca Community in Monticello, Fla., passed away on Saturday, May 30, 2020. Oleather attended the original Lincoln High School and retired as a Program Assistant…
Tree-trimming at the senior center
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. When a heavy storm system rolled through Jefferson County towards the end of May, one of the large trees located on the Jefferson Senior Citizens Center (JSCC)…