Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. On Saturday, March 9, the Jefferson Somerset JROTC Tiger Battalion drill team traveled to Chipley, FL, to compete in the regional drills for Area 11, of which Jefferson County is included. In Florida, there are…
Day: March 14, 2019
County audit… finds some discrepancies
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The county finally got its financial audit report for Fiscal Year 2016/2017 – months behind schedule and mostly bearing good tidings. “You’ve got an unqualified opinion,” accountant Chris Johnson, of Carr, Riggs and Ingram, told…
Man pleads down to manslaughter
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A murder case that had been long on the circuit court docket finally got resolved earlier this week. Thirty-four-year-old Antwain D. Coates, 34, jailed since May 2016, entered a plea of no contest to a…
Reporter’s Corner:
Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month: Ozzy Ezekiel Boaz Hunter (or, “Ozzy” for short) is a vibrant, outgoing five-year-old little boy. On any given day, Ozzy is wearing his cowboy boots and leather “cowboy vest” while perched on the couch and watching…
Deb’s Notes
Happy Anniversary today to Hilda and Bobby Smith! The Wacissa United Methodist Church Women’s Ministry is hosting a Chili Dinner fundraiser at the church this evening, March 15 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The cost of this chili with all…
Circuit Court felony docket, March
Compiled by Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Anderson, Gerald R., 40, charged with attempted burglary of a structure, petit theft, trespassing after warning and violation of probation. Entered a plea of no contest in all four cases. The judge adjudicated…
The rodeo step turkey
Story Courtesy of Joe Reams A foreword: Growing up, hunting season was an exciting time in the Reams household. Not only did my daddy own and operate a hunting business, but he also loved the sport. He grew up in…
Snippets in Time
March 15, 1858: After fighting American troops for almost 25 years, Billy Bowlegs, the Seminole chief who led the resistance to relocation in the Second and Third Seminole Wars, and his followers agree to go to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma).…