School Grades are in. This year Gadsden County School District received an “I.” The Florida Department of Education released the grades for the 2022-2023 school year on Monday. The state is moving to a new progress monitoring system, Florida’s Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST), and since this is the first year, these grades are serving…
The Havana Town government held a retirement celebration for Chief of Police Tracy Smith on Wednesday, December 13. The event took place at the Hazel Baker Community Center, and was organized as an open house, with the public encouraged to drop by anytime between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to wish Chief Tracy Smith well…
The Havana Town Council held its December monthly meeting on Tuesday, December 12 at 6 p.m. The council began the meeting by voting unanimously to appoint Jody Finklea as the new town attorney. Finklea, a graduate of the Florida State University School of Law, and wife Sena both attended the meeting, and spent some time…
Havana Main Street’s annual Winter Festival drew a huge crowd this year to celebrate the holiday season in the town’s historic district. Featuring a parade, snow to play in, and 70 vendors offering food and shopping, the event offered a fun day for all who attended. The festival was held on Saturday, December 9, and…
An internet cafe in Havana was raided and shut down last week. Seventy suspected illegal gambling devices, computers, an ATM, and cash were seized from Rio Arcade, located at 6766 Florida Georgia Hwy. in the old L&J lounge. Criminal charges may also be pending. In March of 2013 a law was passed making internet cafés…
Middle Tennessee communities are still recovering from a deadly tornado outbreak on Saturday, Dec. 9 and the need for donations and volunteers is stronger than ever. Six people were confirmed dead Saturday night in Clarksville and Madison, and more than 80 were treated at hospitals, according to local officials. The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency confirmed…
The Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office responded to Evan’s Quality Grocery Meats and Deli shortly after midnight on Wednesday Nov. 15 in reference to a shooting. The store, located at 6688 Florida-Georgia Hwy. in Havana, also houses an adult arcade. When deputies arrived they found one victim suffering from gunshot wounds and one victim deceased, a…
Hundreds of families received an early Thanksgiving blessing in Havana last week. Cars were lined up for miles–past Dollar General on the south end of town–as Tyrone Davis, owner of Direct Auto Exchange car dealership in Tallahassee, gave out 400 Thanksgiving dinners to families in need through his community outreach initiative. “Ham or turkey?” Davis,…
A Quincy man is dead after a single car crash last week. According to a press release, Florida Highway Patrol responded to a traffic crash involving a single vehicle with a single occupant on Old Federal Road in Gadsden County on Friday, November 17 around 11 p.m. The sedan was traveling south on Old Federal…
Rattlesnake tastes like chicken. At least that was the general consensus at this year’s Across the Track Hunting Club’s annual Wild Game Cookout. This year the cookout was held in a field on Kelly Farm Road on Saturday, November 11. Many pulled up to the event, held each fall, laughing and smiling, carrying coolers and…
