Randy Hand of Bainbridge, Georgia, his wife Michelle Hand, brother JR Hand and father Willie Hand killed this 13-feet, 4-inches long, 680-pound alligator on Lake Seminole September 16 during Georgia’s authorized alligator hunting season. When water began flooding the boat the four were hunting out of, they rushed to shore, where Hand discovered the alligator…
Johnny Macs Wood Fire Grill restaurant opened in the McDaniels Piggly Wiggly Shopping Center on Route 90 in Sneads this past Thursday afternoon. The restaurant is owned by Jonathan and Molly McDaniel, who also own Piggly Wiggly. McDaniel said they have owned the restaurant building for some time, but that the building had been run…
West Gadsden Middle School Principal Sonya Jackson recently celebrated the crowning of Shadasia Thomas as Miss West Gadsden and Brandon Potter as Mister West Gadsden. Other contestants for the crown included middle schooler Ayonna Harrison and elementary school student Jada McNealy.
West Gadsden Middle School’s Jr. Beta Club – which promotes the ideals of academic achievement, character, service and leadership among elementary and secondary school students – crowned Middle School scholars Ja’Veon Oliver and Keizoria Bellamy and Elementary School scholars Ja’Kobe Bouie and Mackenzie Williams recently. The goal of the Jr. Beta Club is to prepare…
West Gadsden Middle School fifth-grader Denim Rhames won a statewide speech contest recently for fifth-graders in recognition of Florida Missing Children’s Day (September 10). Rhames’ speech was titled, “This Is How I Stay Safe All Day.” The annual event is held to remember Florida’s missing children, to recognize the state’s efforts in child protection and…
Sneads High School’s Donuts With Dads event was part of the Florida Department of Education’s “Dads, Take Your Child to School Day,” designed to encourage men to get involved and to spotlight the indispensable role dads play in educating young people.
A lively crowd turned out for Chattahoochee Main Street’s Final Fridays event last week in downtown Chattahoochee. The event featured food, arts-and-crafts vendors, a Kids’ Zone and Southern rock-and-roll performed by Three Billy Goats Gruff.
The sign said simply “Vet.” It wasn’t even a sign, really. It was the side flap from a cardboard box, haphazardly torn and seated in his lap as he dozed in the summer sun on a busy sidewalk. His eyes flew open when a stranger approached to hand him money – eyes a startling ice-blue….
