Deidre Myers ECB Publishing, Inc. A fire broke out at a residence around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18, off Lake Road in Monticello. Jefferson County Fire Rescue (JCFR) Tanker 1, Engine…
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Two Buildings Condemned
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. City officials last week initiated the process for what is likely to end with the demolition of two weathered structures that are deemed unfit for habitation and…
Street fight-Part 2
Steve Cordle ECB Publishing, Inc. In the Friday, Oct. 23 edition of the Jefferson County Journal, a story appeared about the new bulb-out sidewalks that were installed over the summer. The new…
CenturyLink chosen to design broadband system
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. After evaluating the sole bid from CenturyLink/Lumen Technologies for the expansion of broadband, the ad-hoc committee appointed by the Jefferson County Commission to vet the vendor returned…
Changing of the guard for Jefferson County Schools
Steve Cordle ECB Publishing, Inc. While the presidential contest is still officially undecided (no state has actually certified their results, and counting goes on), the Jefferson County School District will inaugurate Superintendent-elect…
Eta may spare us
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Tropical Storm Eta continued to meander in the eastern Gulf of Mexico just off the coast of Cuba on Tuesday morning, Nov. 10, according to the latest…
County, school district officials get pay increases
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Given that state law requires salary increases for county and school district officials become effective each October 1 and July 1, respectively, and that the Florida Legislature’s…
Election 2020
Trump takes Florida Locally, one incumbent unseated; four reinstated; new commissioner elected Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. As elections go, the 2020 presidential election, by all accounts, was extraordinary and looking to…
Business startups, nonprofits maybe next in line for CARES-Act funding
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. As of the deadline on Friday, Oct. 30, 55 businesses and 42 homeowners or renters had submitted applications for monetary assistance from the CARES-Act program, which aims…
Ceremony set to honor David Hobbs
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The section of U.S. 19 in Jefferson County between Capps and the Georgia State Line is about to be formally recognized as the Sheriff David C. Hobbs…
Tri-County Electric gets $10 M for infrastructure upgrades
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Tri-County Electric Cooperative (TCEC) is one of four electric cooperatives in Florida that is set to receive a portion of more than $1.04 billion that the United…
Will CenturyLink be our broadband provider?
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Not surprisingly, only one company responded to Jefferson County’s solicitation of bids for the planning, design – and ultimately the construction – of the infrastructure to provide…
Election day is Tuesday
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. In case anyone has missed the news, notwithstanding the relentless barrage of political advertisements and news reporting, Election Day is on Tuesday, Nov. 3. This reminder is…
Historical Black School to get a second life
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Howard Middle School (HMS), which has been shuttered since 2008, may soon get a new lease on life and a new tenant in the way of The…
Early voting going strong
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Reflective of the trend across the state and the country, where mail-in and early voting are breaking records, voting in Jefferson County has been going briskly. “Pretty…
Brothers arrested for mething around
Deirdre Myers ECB Publishing, Inc. On Thursday, Oct. 15, Jefferson County deputies executed a search warrant for narcotics at 520 S. Marvin St. Upon executing the warrant, two brothers, Tatani Roach,…
Streetfight Monticello vs. FDOT
Steve Cordle ECB Publishing, Inc. For the last several months, Monticelloians have had to negotiate around construction on our streets through downtown. With the project nearing completion, complaints have come in from…
Wimberly’s celebrate their 75th Wedding Anniversary today!
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Sutton and Mildred Wimberly will celebrate their 75th Wedding Anniversary on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at home with family and friends visiting from their vehicles. Due to the…
Sheriff gets shout-out from commission chair
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. On Thursday evening, Oct. 1, Commission Chairman J. T. Surles praised Sheriff Mac McNeill for stepping up and lending a helping hand to the Solid Waste Department,…
DUI wreck results in charges
Deidre Myers ECB Publishing, Inc. Multiple calls to the Tallahassee Regional Communication Center were received in reference to a white Ford SUV that was traveling westbound on Interstate 10 around mile marker…
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