Shanterria Crumity – June 15 On Saturday, June 15, Shanterria S. Crumity, 30, of Monticello, was arrested by Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) Investigator Bethea. According to the report issued by the…
Month: July 2019
Jefferson County Farm Bureau announces annual youth speech contest for August
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. This August, the Jefferson County Farm Bureau will be hosting its annual youth speech contest. While the date for the contest has yet to be announced, students…
Jefferson Farmers Market is open daily
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson Farmers Market is open daily for fresh produce, potted herbs and bushes, bales of pine straw and other seasonal items. Ed and Tammy Strickland began operating…
Teen dies tragically
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County teenager, Levi Waylon Singleton (of Lamont), passed away on Sunday, June 30, after being involved in a tragic vehicle accident that took place at 7:45…
Two vehicle roll-over
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. A Tallahassee driver and a Monticello driver were both transported to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital following a wreck that took place on Highway 90 (Mahan Drive) on Wednesday,…
Fireworks on the Fourth
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. On Thursday, July 4, the Jefferson County Otto M. Walker American Legion Post 49 will be hosting the county’s annual Independence Day celebration and firework extravaganza. The…
Civics & Econ 101
Unfortunately a number of our elected officials did not take, or did not pay attention in, an eighth (8th) grade civic class. This county is a “democratic republic”, not a pure democracy….
In reference to ‘One reason I left rural America’
I had a real problem with the writer trashing the place he had lived. In the Old West, if you shot a man in the back, you were a coward. The premise…
Emerald’s Gem Box…
Twelve Years Later … July 1, 2007, I found myself as the new owner of the Monticello News. It was something that I had wanted for a long time. For years I…
The First Bank hosts Business After 5 social
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. The First Bank, the new face of the former FMB Bank of Monticello, recently hosted the June Business After 5 gathering of Jefferson County professionals. Organized by…
Healthy Start Coalition finds a new home
Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. The Healthy Start Coalition of Jefferson, Madison and Taylor Counties, Inc. has found a new home. They are now located in the old Greenville Primary School location,…
A family trait
Brock family celebrates lineage of four valedictorians Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Being presented with the honor of graduating as a valedictorian is one that many high school students attempt to achieve…
Sandra B. Miller
Sandra B. Miller, 79, of Monticello, Fla., reposed in the Lord, on June 26, 2019, in Fayetteville, N.C. Grave-side services will occur at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 5, at the Tallahassee…
Levi Waylon Singleton
Levi Waylon Singleton, 16, of Lamont, passed away in Tallahassee, Fla., on June 30, 2019. He is preceded in death by his dad, Jeffrey Waylon Singleton, of Lamont and both his grandmothers,…
May God Bless America
Change happens. This month I officially retired, and there is a new minister shepherding First United Methodist of Monticello. He is excited and full of energy and the Spirit of God. I…
Crime Beat: felony arrests
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Katherine McKown – June 7 Katherine Renee McKown, 36, of Monticello, was arrested on Friday, June 7 on half of an outstanding Jefferson County warrant. According to…
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