To showcase more than 20 Christian music groups during five-day event Story Submitted Jellystone Park Jam, one of North Florida’s largest multi-day gospel music events, is just months away, and over twenty…
From the Pulpit…
America, You’ve Got to Love It Our nation is 242 years old this year, and we have the freedom, among other things, to poke fun at ourselves and our country! America, you’ve…
Two Latter-Day missionaries for Monticello
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. You might see Sister Call and Sister Williams walking around Monticello, or maybe they’ve stopped and are helping someone. Both young women are with the Tallahassee 6th…
Saving the Senior Center
Stage Two Begins Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. At the beginning of this year, the Jefferson Senior Citizens Center (JSCC) alerted the Jefferson County community to the looming financial crisis that the…
Man found guilty of child molestation
Lazaro Aleman, ECB Publishing, Inc. It took a six-member jury 1½ hours on Friday, June 29, to find a Jacksonville man guilty of five counts of sexual battery on a child, following…
Dining with Diabetes Classes Start Again Soon
According to the American Diabetes Association, 9.4 percent of the United States population, around 30.3 million people, have diabetes and diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death the US. Of those…
Thomas Jay Derrough
Freddie Clarence Spivey, Sr., 77, finished his course on Sunday, July 1, 2018. Funeral services are 1 p.m. Saturday at his church, Allen Temple CME, with burial on Monday in Tallahassee National…
Freddie Clarence Spivey, Sr.,
Freddie Clarence Spivey, Sr., 77, finished his course on Sunday, July 1, 2018. Funeral services are 1 p.m. Saturday at his church, Allen Temple CME, with burial on Monday in Tallahassee National…
Jefferson Somerset Students Attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Summer Stem Challenge
During the week of June 18-21, Big Bend Technical College became home away from home to faculty from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Tallahassee Community College, Gulf Coast State College and PAEC personnel, who…
Jefferson County farmers visit Washington D.C.
Story Submitted Members of the Jefferson County Farm Bureau visited with Florida’s Congressional delegation in Washington, D.C., from Tuesday, May 8 through Thursday, May 10, to discuss various federal policies that affect…
New Officer at the MPD: Patrolman James Peacock
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Patrolman James Peacock is the newest cop on the block at the Monticello Police Department (MPD). A Monticello local, Ptl. Peacock has only been with the MPD…
Jefferson Somerset Registration Details for 2018-19 School Year
Story Submitted Jefferson Somerset would like parents and students to know registration period for the 2018-19 school year will begin on Wednesday, June 11, and will end on Wednesday, Aug. 8. Registration…
Local teens attend FCA mission trip
Mickey Starling, ECB Publishing, Inc. Many kids spend their summer vacation goofing off, sleeping or staring into electronic screens until their eyes bleed, while others look for ways to meet a need….
I love this town!
Hi folks. I have really fond memories of this town. The first summer here. My Mom worked in Tallahassee and my step-father was working on a road construction job near Cherry Lake…
Whats next for the Kilpatrick Auditorium and the Watermelon Festival?
Much has been made – and rightly so – about the rift between the Jefferson School Board and the organizers of the Annual Watermelon Festival over the use of the Kilpatrick Auditorium….
Addressing the matter
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…