Monticello News

July 10-26: Join the passengers on their fateful voyage aboard the theatrical vessel 'Titanic the Musical' in a joint Theatre A La Carte/Tallahassee Little Theatre production on the TLT mainstage.

A woman who was injured in a vehicle crash June 20 at the Watermelon Festival in Monticello has died.

THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF TALLAHASSEE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

Lt. Ken Ellis, a spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol, said he expects the investigation into a crash that injured four Saturday at the Watermelon Festival in Monticello to be concluded by Monday.

Forget unemployment and the national debt. The most disturbing trend in the country today is that it's now cool to not bend the bill of your baseball hat.

Officials with the Florida Highway Patrol said it could take up to 10 days to finish its investigation of a crash that left four people injured Saturday at the Watermelon Festival in Monticello.

Panic broke out Saturday morning about a block from the annual Watermelon Festival in downtown Monticello after a man crashed his car into two vehicles, injuring himself and three others.

Monticello Police say two people were airlifted to a hospital after a major car accident Saturday in Jefferson County.

Four people were hurt this morning after a car struck two vehicles, including a parked ambulance, in downtown Monticello, site of today's annual Watermelon Festival.

The eagles of Tallahassee Community College will soon bid farewell to Cherry Hall Alexander, the school's director of library services.

It has to be one of Mother Nature's sweetest coincidences that watermelons are ripe and ready for the market just as summer's thermostat is jacked up by the season's first real heat wave.

Just recently, we told you about an area Boys and Girls Club that was faced with boarding up its doors, leaving many children with no where to go for after school care.

His school district is losing students. Utility and transportation costs are rising.

Art Odeneal is a teacher by day and potter by night. He works for Tallahassee's Parks, Recreation, and Neighborhood Affairs and was one of the artists featured in the fifth annual "TOWN Show," held Friday at City Hall.

MONTICELLO, Fla. - These days, Superintendent Bill Brumfield finds himself frequently turning to passages in the brown leather Bible resting on his desk.

"I didn't even think about the limo," said bride-to-be Jessica Dunn, as she wandered through the Killearn Country Club and Inn Bridal Expo Sunday.

WORKSHOP Learn how to grow your own veggies The FAMU StateWide Small Farm Programs and area farmers will present a hands-on 'Let's Plant a Kitchen Victory Garden' workshop from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 6 at Pam and Deane Bowling's farm on Cherry Tree Road in Monticello.

In Jefferson County, the Veterans of Foreign Wars spent Memorial Day visiting veterans who may not otherwise be able to celebrate on this holiday.

The father and son team of Rick and Robert Tindell of Leesburg pulled in a five-fish limit weighing 26.93 pounds on a rainy Lake Seminole Sunday to win the $2,000 first prize in the 38th annual Bainbridge Bass Club Memorial Day Weekend Buddy Bass Tournament.

THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AROUND 10 MPH AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO EASTERN THOMAS AND WESTERN BROOKS COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT 10 TO 15 MINUTES.