Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. The Sheriff Hobbs “Behind the Badge” Foundation, operating under the umbrella of The Holistic Plan of Care, Inc (501(c)3, has scheduled an upcoming musical fundraising event. This…
Chamber Loving the Local Life
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. The Monticello-Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce held its annual “Dinner, Silent Auction and Election of Officers” gala on Thursday, Sept. 19, at the Monticello Opera House. The…
Crime Beat
Alvin Green, 70; arrested Sunday, Sept. 8; charged with DUI. Bond set at $500. Released same day. Elice Nicole Hoffman, 27; arrested Sunday, Sept. 8; charged with out-of-county warrant from Lee County….
The history of the Dixie Plantation
Susie Reams ECB Publishing, Inc. The Dixie Plantation is 9,100 acres located in the heart of the Red Hills Region in Jefferson County. When Gerald Livingston bought the plantation before the name…
Jefferson Lady Tigers play hard game against Madison Broncos
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. The small team of Jefferson Somerset Tigers held their own, despite their loss, against the Madison County Broncos during a evening home-game for the Tigers on Monday,…
Lady Warriors overpower the court, racking up win after win
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Any team that stands against the Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA) Lady Warriors on the volleyball court should be wary. With only a few games left in their…
Drug Bust
$40,000 worth of narcotics seized Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. On Friday, Sept. 20, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) Drug Task Force arrested two Monticello residents on various drug-related charges. The…
Friendship dispute arrests
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Waylon Keith Baxley, 61, and Blair Vaughn Wooley, 25, both of Greenville, were arrested by Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) Cpl. C. Bethea on Friday, Aug. 30,…
Emerald’s Gem Box…
Impeach! Impeach! Impeach! “Impeach! Impeach! Impeach!” That is all we have heard for almost three years now. If it’s not trying to impeach President Trump for one thing, then they will find…
Roy Roger Gilmore
Roy Roger Gilmore, age 90, of Monticello, Fla., died Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019 in his home. He was born March 26, 1929 to Benjamin and Ola Gilmore in Samson, Ala. He graduated…
Wild at heart: A Wyoming mustang finds a home in Monticello
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. When Apache, a two-year-old sorrel pinto, climbed off the trailer and set hoof in Monticello, he was wild. This mustang hailed from Green Mountain, Wyo., and had…
Tigers stung by Hornets
Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. It was not an easy trip for the Jefferson Somerset Academy Tigers on Friday, Sept. 20, as they traveled to Hawthorne High School for a game with…
Pastor Spotlight
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Apostle Marvin Graham has been a pastor of the Harvest Christian Center since 1999. At the Harvest Christian Center, Apostle Graham works alongside Pastor Joe Davis to…
Crime Beat
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Robert Williams – August 27 Robert Williams, 23, of Monticello, was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 27 by Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office’s (JCSO) Deputy Peacock on the authority…
Farm Bureau Annual Meeting will be Sept. 24
Emerald G. Parsons ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 24, beginning at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Wacissa…
Is an indoor gun range coming to Water Street?
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The idea of a gun range in Jefferson County is one that keeps surfacing, its latest manifestation at a recent Monticello City Council meeting. On Tuesday evening,…
Seeking funding for roadside repairs
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Local officials are seeking more than a million dollars in federal funding to address a number of culvert and bridge restoration projects in various parts of the…
Your county taxes are going up
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County Commission’s first public hearing on the budget and millage rate last week was a nonevent, attracting only one citizen. Paul Henry, who can rightly…
Reporter’s Corner:
Think local on American Business Women’s Day Once a year, every September, our nation recognizes the businesswomen who contribute to our workspaces and community on American Business Women’s Day. According to the…
Marion Drexel Pierson
Mrs. Marion Drexel Pierson passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. Marion was born in Valdosta, Ga, on Nov. 30, 1927, to the late Richard Jacob Drexel, Sr. and Victoria Jonasson Drexel….