Those who are honestly raising the flag for the environmental cause are doing the right thing for the environment and future generations of outdoors enthusiasts. This is important! Past highway projects mostly…
Emerald’s Gem Box…
Trump’s impeachment – 3 years ongoing and counting Impeachment is something that is supposed to be exceptionally unusual. It is supposed to be bipartisan and it is supposed to be fair. None…
American Legion Post 49 served free breakfast to veterans
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. American Legion Post 49 prepared and served a bountiful breakfast to local veterans on Veterans Day… and at no charge! The Legionaries and Auxiliary Unit had…
Crime Beat: Recent felony arrests
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Josephus McCloud – October 18 Josephus McCloud, 54, of Monticello, was arrested on Friday, Oct. 18, by Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputy Matthews for McCloud’s possession of drugs,…
Wacissa Fall Festival was colorful and eventful
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Wacissa United Methodist Church held its annual Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 2 on the front lawn of the church building. The event was well-attended, with many…
Clark joins the Aucilla Christian Academy staff
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Christy Clark has joined the Aucilla Christian Academy Warrior staff as an administrative assistant in the business office. Clark graduated from Boise State University with a Bachelor’s…
Playoff quest ends for the Tiger team
Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. The very fact that Jefferson Somerset Tigers were even playing football on Friday, Nov 15, could have been a surprise to some, as the Tigers struggled during…
Salute to the Armed Forces at Jefferson Somerset
Local students perform for area veterans in annual program and luncheon Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc Jefferson Somerset students and facility held its annual Salute to the Armed Forces program and Veterans…
Aucilla students speak during 4-H Tropicana Speech Contest
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Several Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA) students from the fourth, fifth and sixth grade recently took part in and received awards for their public speaking presentations at the…
Catherine Daingerfield Willis Gray Murat Jefferson County’s Princess
Catherine Daingerfield Willis Gray Murat (August 17, 1803 – August 6, 1867) was an American socialite. She was married to Prince Achille Murat, an exiled Napoleonic prince living in America, from 1826…
Monticello shows support for its veterans
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Like many towns and communities around the nation, Monticello and Jefferson County residents gathered on the sidewalks of their streets in order to thank veterans, wave American…
Assistant fire chief receives award
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. A hometown fire chief in Monticello was awarded in Tallahassee for his humanitarian efforts in September. When members of the Monticello City Council realized that a well-known…
Grand theft auto arrests
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Two individuals were arrested in late October by a trooper with the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) after being found in possession of a vehicle that had been…
Outdoor gun range put on back burner
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The outdoor gun range that county officials have been pursuing, if seemingly reluctantly, has now been put on the back burner. Officials had been pinning their latest…
Toll Road – Live Here, Work Here
No one likes to commute, to sit in a line at a stop light and to spend valuable time behind the wheel. In many places an hour is the bottom end of…
“Watching the Finances”
The finance saga continues pertaining to the $149,648.85 “Councilman Troy Avera,” project. His project, known as, “North Cherry Street Hardscape Improvements,” is a sidewalk plan primarily serving the Rancho Grande Mexican Restaurant….
Patricia Ann Nealy
Patricia “Pat” Ann Nealy, 70, of Monticello’s Waukeenah Community passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. Pat was a 1965 graduate of Howard Academy High School and a graduate of Florida…
Herbert Lee Coleman, Sr.
Herbert Lee Coleman, Sr., 74, of St. Petersburg, Fla., passed on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. Herbert was a decorated Vietnam Army veteran and a retired carpenter. Survivors include his wife, Shirley McKeever…
Irma Juanita Heard Earnest
Irma Heard Earnest, age 80, died on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019 at her home in Tallahassee, Fla., after a lengthy illness. Her funeral service was held Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, at the…
Barbara Turner Baylor
Barbara Turner Baylor, born August 16, 1954, in Columbia, Mo., passed away at home in Monticello, Fla., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019 from pancreatic cancer. Barbara moved to Tallahassee in 1974. She…