CareerSource Capital Region Contributor According to Florida Department of Commerce, the regional unemployment rate for Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon and Wakulla counties was 4.4 percent for July 2025. This rate was 0.5 percentage…
Cherishing our seniors on National Senior Citizens Day
Jason Futch ECB Publishing, Inc. Upon declaring Aug. 21 of each year as National Day of the Third Age in 1988, President Ronald Reagan said, “For all they have achieved throughout their…
ACA has a World Series Champion in its midst
Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. ACA sophomore Wiley Barfield can now claim a World Series championship. Barfield played for the Tallahassee-Leon 14U Babe Ruth All-Star team that recently won the Babe Ruth…
FWC okays bear hunt for 2025 hunting season
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Not surprisingly, judging from its preliminary vote in May, the Board of Commissioners of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) recently voted to approve a…
New Florida law requires parental consent for corporal punishment
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. In a bow to parental rights and control over their children’s disciplining in school, a new Florida law that went into effect on July 1 requires a…
Commissioners to hold closed door meeting to discuss truck stop litigation
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County Commission is scheduled to hold an executive session with its attorneys on Thursday, Aug. 21, to discuss possible settlement negotiations and/or strategies related to…
Monticello Opera House celebrates recently renovated Rosemary Room
Kathy Egan ECB Publishing, Inc. There was excitement in the air as the Board of Directors and staff of the Monticello Opera House (MOH) hosted an open house to celebrate the newly…
Old Howard Academy’s restoration is moving along
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. The name of Old Howard Academy means a lot of things to a lot of people. For some, it’s a local landmark that’s steeped in generations of…
School board budgets $18.4M
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. At a brief, public budget hearing on Monday, July 28, the Jefferson County School Board voted unanimously to tentatively set the millage rate at 5.296 mills as…
Meet Your Neighbor: Allison Parker
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Meet Allison Parker! Parker is a Monticello native and Franklin Academy graduate following her dreams right here in Jefferson County. After graduating high school in 2017, she…
Emma Agner places fifth in breakaway roping competition
Kathy Egan ECB Publishing, Inc. Emma Agner, a 14-year-old ninth grader at Aucilla Christian Academy who lives with her family in Shady Grove, is proving to be a mighty competitor in the…
Local preservation society uncovers the past to connect with the present
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. The Cemetery Restoration and Preservation Society of North Florida, Inc. has been recovering lost stories before the society was even formed. Its founding board members, Jacqueline Seabrooks,…
Warriors defeat Gators
Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. The Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA) Warriors varsity football team began their regular season on Friday, Aug. 15, with a 27-0 shut-out win over the Gators of Wewahitchka…
Prayers for players at Central Baptist Church
Kathy Egan ECB Publishing, Inc. Aug. 10, 2025 was a day of particular excitement at Central Baptist Church. For the sixteenth year, Pastor Daryl Adams and the congregation celebrated Football and Cheer…
New JROTC instructor appointed
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Major Clarence Arrington has been appointed as lead instructor for the JROTC program at Jefferson County K-12 Community Partnership School. The hiring follows a unanimous vote on…
Regional unemployment rate announced for July 2025
CareerSource Capital Region Contributor According to Florida Department of Commerce, the regional unemployment rate for Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon and Wakulla counties was 4.4 percent for July 2025. This rate was 0.5 percentage…
Camryn Jackson brings her “all-encompassing approach” to Monticello PT & Wellness
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Camryn Grant Jackson, a Physical Therapist, is soon to join the crew at Monticello Physical Therapy & Wellness. Jackson is the daughter of Carter and Christy Grant….
Johnston’s grand re-opening a hit
Kathy Egan ECB Publishing, Inc. Johnston’s Meat Market was the place to be in Monticello from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16. Patrick and Danielle Figueroa, owners of Johnston’s,…
August chamber lunch features wellness talk by Dr. Amy Neal
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. The Monticello-Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce held a member luncheon on Tuesday, Aug. 5. The program opened with a brief spotlight on the Monticello Soap Company, which…
Lloyd Depot to be featured during Train Night program in Tallahassee
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. The historic Lloyd Depot is said to be the oldest brick railroad depot Florida. Located in the small community of Lloyd on the western side of Jefferson…