Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. For the past few months, spectators have had the opportunity to enjoy a step by step view of the creation of the wildlife mural that now decorates…
Annual Watermelon Golf Tournament held, seeks Watermelon Festival event status
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. The weekend of June 28 and 29 marked an event with decades of tradition, the annual Watermelon Golf Tournament at the Jefferson Country Club (JCC). The Watermelon Tournament has…
Sophia Figueroa graduates VSU
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Sophia Thomas Figueroa of Monticello, Fla., has earned the Bachelor of Science in Education in Elementary Education from Valdosta State University (VSU). She is among more than 1,100…
A Major adoption story!
Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. For those who live in Jefferson County, or who travel to Monticello regularly to spend the day, chances are high that they have enjoyed an encounter at…
Lord, help our unbelief
What character in the Bible do you most relate to when your faith is tested? In Mark 9:22-24 (ESV), a first-century father pleaded with Jesus to help his son who had been…
Eyes to see
According to those whose job it is to know such things, it takes about three weeks to become blind to the presence of stationary objects in our everyday worlds. Hang a new…
Church camp held at Camp Pickett Lake
Belinda Albritton ECB Publishing, Inc. This year’s Camp Pickett lake took many months to plan and was definitely a hard one to pull off, but with the help of many donations to…
Planners recommend approval of Duke solar farm
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Not surprisingly, the Jefferson County Planning Commission recently voted unanimously to recommend approval of Duke Energy’s proposed 74.9 megawatts solar facility near the small community of Waukeenah,…
Tigers welcome Coach Bright
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Eric Bright, Jr. has been named head football coach for the Jefferson County Tigers. He’s already busy meeting the players, their families and Tiger fans across the…
Don’t miss the back to school tax holiday Aug 1 – 31
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. With most Florida students set to head back to the classroom between Aug. 11 and 14, the back to school season is right around the corner. Along…
Jefferson K-12 has a grade of C Turning Point is “Maintaining”
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. On Monday, July 7, the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) released its “2024-25 School Grades” report, reflecting public school performance across the state for the last school…
Aucilla Research Institute receives $400,000 in Florida’s 2025-26 budget
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. $400,000 in grant funds has been approved for the Aucilla Research Institute (ARI) in Florida’s 2025-2026 budget, according to ARI’s executive director, Jana Grubbs. The funds will…
County green lights impact fees study
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. County officials recently reinstated the pursuit of an impact fee study by David Taussig & Associates (DTA) that they had put on pause late last year because…
County officials contemplate use of oil-spill monies to fund local projects
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Faced with potential funding losses due to new laws and policies being enacted at the state and federal levels, local officials are looking at millions of dollars…
Thoughts from the past and present: On history
As many of you probably know, I’ve been regularly writing history articles in the Jefferson Journal for a little over two years now. People notice, and because of it, one of the…
Get ready to walk “Out of the Darkness” this November
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Registration is now open for the annual Tallahassee Out of the Darkness Walk, which will be coming up on Sunday, Nov. 2. Community members across North Florida…
Vendor event planned to support A Rai of Sunshine
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Sunnie Washington, the owner of GEM Nails and More in Monticello, Fla., also founded A Rai of Sunshine of North Florida, Inc., a non-profit service to support…
Brooke Madison starts cinematography career
Mary Madison Contributor Much success to cinematographer Brooke Madison. As an octogenarian, I was known to everyone in my family and friend base as an ardent television and movie enthusiast. To add…
Rotary installs 2025-26 officers
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. The Monticello chapter of Rotary International installed newly elected and re-elected officers for the 2025-26 year during their regular weekly meeting at noon on Friday, June 27….
A tale told between the columns
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. East Pearl Street is the slow and shaded, oak-canopied road that runs from downtown Monticello until it turns into Ashville Highway. Parallel to Washington Street, or Highway…