Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. The Monticello Community Prayer Breakfast enters its 32nd year on Thursday, Sept. 4, with local resident Mary Hartsfield as the guest speaker. The Monticello Community Prayer Breakfast…
City renews contract with attorney
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Monticello City Council recently renewed its contract with its legal counsel for the continuation of professional services at a small cost increase. City officials voted unanimously…
ACA Middle School volleyball team is victorious
Kathy Egan ECB Publishing, Inc. Aucilla Christian Academy’s (ACA) middle school volleyball team is experiencing an exciting start to the season. With only one eighth grader, the team is nonetheless performing like…
Honoring lineworkers
In 2012, Aug. 26 was established as Florida Lineworker Appreciation Day to honor the thousands of workers who deliver reliable electric service throughout the state. Lineworkers shoulder great responsibility. During the strongest…
Meet Your Neighbor: Destiny Hattaway
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Meet Destiny Hattaway! Hattaway has been a resident of the Wacissa community for six years. Though she grew up mostly in Tallahassee, she holds many fond memories…
Tallahassee 13U wins Babe Ruth World Series
Kathy Egan ECB Publishing, Inc. The Tallahassee 13U Babe Ruth team won the Babe Ruth World Series on Aug. 23. The team played the final game of the tournament in Jamestown, N.Y….
Aucilla Christian Academy students excel on AP exams
Kathy Egan ECB Publishing, Inc. Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA) recently received some great news from the College Board. ACA students received an 86 percent pass rate on their Advanced Placement exams at…
County agrees to fund Jefferson Express
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson Express, the Big Bend Transit (BBT) operated shuttle bus service that transports passengers from Monticello to Tallahassee and back at a minimal cost, continues to…
Pickleball courts coming to recreation park
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Pickleball fans can take heart that they will be able to play the sport here on dedicated pickleball courts in the not-too-distant future. After multiple discussions of…
Local families host students from Japan and Korea
Tammy Brookins Contributor This has been an international summer here in Jefferson County. Four international students were hosted by two families, and two other students participated in a virtual exchange, sending email…
How positive thinking can shape mental health
Melanie Southerland UF/IFAS Extension – Jefferson In a world filled with daily stressors and uncertainties, the way we think can significantly influence how we feel. Positive thinking – more than just a…
Thank you, Shirley Washington
Shirley A. Washington, a former School Board Member, continues to support students education by giving high school students her academic scholarship, known as the “SHIRLEY A. WASHINGTON FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP”. Ms. Washington still…
Ponderings…The marks we leave
Heather Ainsley Columnist I’ve been thinking a lot about the impacts people make on the world, those small marks they leave behind that become the only evidence that they were ever here…
Meet Your Neighbor: David Jackson
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Meet David Jackson! Born in Valdosta, Ga., Jackson has been a resident of Jefferson County since he moved with his parents, Charles and Tracey Jackson, to the…
Chamber of Commerce announces Havana Nights Annual Dinner
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. The Monticello-Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce has announced their Annual Dinner planned for Thursday, Sept. 25, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Monticello Opera House. The…
TRIM notices being mailed August 22
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Property owners in the city and county will soon be receiving their Truth In Millage (TRIM) notices in the mail. Property Appraiser Angela Gray announced this week…
Tiger volleyball is underway!
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. This week the Tigers volleyball squad at Jefferson K-12 Community Partnership School (JCS) brought the skills they’d been building over the summer to the court. Nineteen games…
State can keep sexual predator designation on driver’s licenses
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Florida can continue identifying convicted sexual predators with the words “Sexual Predator” stamped on their driver’s licenses, according to a ruling by the 5th District Court of…
Chamber awards Robinson Gunworks a small business grant
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. The Monticello-Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce has launched a grant program as another way to support local entrepreneurs. Each quarter, two Chamber members with five or fewer…
Back to school, historical style!
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. To the delight or disappointment of children across Florida, August is passing us by, and the school year is once again in full swing. Today, most students…