Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. County officials recently held the first of six proposed budget workshops that they will hold over the coming months in preparation for the formulation of the general…
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Solar eclipse is happening April 8
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Although Florida is not in the path of the total solar eclipse that will occur on Monday, April 8, residents statewide will be able to see degrees…
Governor signs bill on teen work rules
Jim Turner News Service Florida On Friday, March 22, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a measure that will ease decades-old regulations on the hours that 16- and 17-year-old Floridians can work. The bill…
Jerusalem Times: 33 AD
Jerusalem Times Obituaries 33 AD JESUS CHRIST Jesus Christ, 33, of Nazareth, died Friday on Mount Calvary, also known as Golgotha, the place of the skull. Betrayed by…
County reactivates grant assistance program
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. County officials recently approved the reactivation of a small grant assistance program that will award up to $2,000 annually to local nonprofit organizations that carry on community…
City planners look to update development regulations
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Monticello Local Planning Agency (LPA) has more or less devised a plan of action for how it will tackle the changes that it wants to recommend…
Hurricane Center changing way it reports storms – Extremely active 2024 season expected
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is reported to be experimenting with new graphics for the coming hurricane season, which some early forecasts are already indicating will be…
Monticello man killed in crash
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. At 7:20 p.m. on Saturday, March 23, a fatal car crash occurred at the intersection of U.S. Hwy. 90 and Tallamont Rd. in western Jefferson County. The…
American Legion sponsors two for Boys State
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Otto M. Walker American Legion Post 49 has selected Kyle Hamrick and Joshua Forehand to attend Florida American Legion Boys State this summer. Both students are Jefferson…
Machete attack brings FDLE crime team to Monticello
Monticello Police Department Contributor On Monday, March 25, at 2:44 p.m., the Monticello Police Department (MPD) received a call reporting a physical altercation at a residence on East Washington Street involving someone…
Trump wins presidential primary locally and statewide
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Tuesday’s Presidential Preference Primary (PPP), which was limited to Republicans, resulted in no surprises here, with Donald Trump garnering the overwhelming majority of the 1,156 total votes…
Watermelon Festival plans are rolling
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. It’s time for kid artists, vendors, classic car buffs, parade participants, pageant hopefuls, bed racers, photo snappers, pickleball competitors and 5K runners to start things rolling toward…
Clerk’s office gets more state funding, installs new accounting software
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Interim Clerk of Court Jason Welty had some good news to report to county officials recently, in terms of the state budget that helps support a part…
U.S. 90 trail still coming into part of Jefferson County
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. For the third time in as many months, the proposed multi-use Trail from Leon County to Monticello was a topic of official discussion, most recently before the…
No money for courthouse restoration this session
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County didn’t get the $1.3 million that it was seeking from the Florida Legislature during the current session for the renovation and restoration of the historic…
MOH windows removed for refurbishment
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Historic preservation crews began work last week, carefully removing most of the windows from the Monticello Opera House (MOH) so that they can be refurbished and then…
Boys & Girls Club appeals to county for funding
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Now that the Boys and Girls Club of the Big Bend (BGCBB) has returned to Jefferson County, its leaders are hoping to get buy-in from the local…
City upgrades merit pay policy
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A merit pay plan that the city manager proposed recently to the council for implementation later this year received a relatively hostile response from the city employees…
Gunfire exchanged outside Monticello residence
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Klay Jacob Hammond of Stanwood, Mich., born Jan. 13, 1993, was charged in Jefferson County with Aggravated Assault with a Firearm and Discharging a Firearm from a…
Here’s a News Flash!
Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. For over 17 years, our readers have enjoyed the annual opportunity to get a professional photo of their children taken for publication in the Monticello News or…
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