Get spooked in Madison County This year has been crazy; wasn’t it just yesterday it was March? We have no memories of anything we did for six months, for we were not…
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Get ready for this year’s Scarecrow Contest!
Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. Main Street Monticello is hosting the third annual Scarecrow Contest! The contest is open to any business, group, organization, school or private resident and only requires a…
Madison County to Host Fall Fun and Frights
John Willoughby ECB Publishing, Inc. Halloween has surely been one of the most-celebrated holidays in America; especially in Madison as children walk the sidewalks of downtown as vampires, ghosts, superheroes or their…
Church Member Spotlight – Angie Perry
Angie Perry was born and raised in Chicago and has been a member at Central Baptist Church in Aucilla since 2016. Angie and her husband, Bob, have been married for 30 years…
Aucilla Warriors trounce Fullington Trojans 42-0
Steve Cordle ECB Publishing, Inc. The Aucilla Warriors football team extended their unbeaten streak to 3-0 Friday night defeating the Fullington Trojans in Pinehurst, GA 42-0. ACA has also moved up in…
Meet the the Jefferson-Somerset transportation staff
Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. It takes a lot of people to run a school. Teachers, nurses, office staff, sanitation staff and more. But one part of the staff that is more…
Connecting Tallahassee to Monticello through a multi-use trail
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Plans are in the exploratory stage for a possible multi-use connector trail from Tallahassee-to-Monticello, along the lines of the St. Marks Trail. Jon Sewell and Kate Triplett,…
Governor proposes harsh penalties for rioters, looters
The proposed legislation seeks to create new criminal offenses and increase penalties for those who target law-enforcement officers or participate in violent or disorderly assemblies. The proposed law would make it a…
American Legion gun raffle tickets on sale now
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Gun Raffle tickets for the American Legion Otto M. Walker Post 49 semi-annual fundraiser are on sale now from any Legion member or Auxiliary member, or by…
Joe Biden vs Martin Luther King Jr.
With the passing of Justice Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court, a conversation is taking place about her replacement. Mr. Biden has said he would replace her with a black female. Let’s…
Fixing up a family home: The Simon-Ridgeway House
Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. The old Simon-Ridgeway house on Washington St. now has new owners! The Hall family purchased the home on September 14 and has been working on it since…
From group to organization
Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County homeschool group has been very busy these past few months, working to establish a unique group that can provide many resources and activities to…
Let’s Get Nutty – it’s the 2020 Peanut Butter Challenge!
It’s officially fall and peanut harvest is here which means that it’s time to spread the cheer (and protein) with the annual UF/IFAS Peanut Butter Challenge! The annual challenge runs from Oct….
Debbie Snapp retires from Monticello News
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Longtime Monticello News staffer Debbie Snapp is hanging up her reporter hat, but only long enough to do a little traveling, before picking up a new one….
Six initiatives that will appear on November ballot
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Besides the slew of candidates that will appear on ballot in the November general election, Floridians will see six statewide initiatives – four of them initiated by…
Emerald’s Gem Box…
I want to change my corner of the world As children grow up, they always have something they want to grow up to be/do: nurse/doctor, veterinarian, policeman, fireman, and the list goes…
The miracle bird
Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. The North Florida Wildlife Center (NFWC), located at 1386 Cook Rd. in Lamont, now has an American White Pelican in its care. Due to injuries, the pelican,…
Free COVID-19 testing sites
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Lisa Hayes, OMC Manager for the Florida Department of Health in Jefferson County announces that her agency is conducting free COVID-19 testing during the month of September….
North Florida College named “Great college to work for”
Submitted by North Florida College North Florida College is one of the best colleges in the nation to work for according to results released today by The Chronicle of Higher Education. This is…
Church Member Spotlight: Margaret Byrd-Jones
Steve Cordle ECB Publishing, Inc. The Northside Church of Christ is a long-established entity in Monticello. It has done a lot over the years and one of its members is this week’s…
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