Daily Archives: July 31, 2025

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Gadsden County High sanctioned by FHSAA over player eligibility violations

Erin HillGadsden County News Service Gadsden County High School’s football program has been banned from the upcoming FHSAA State Series, fined a total of $21,500, and placed on restrictive probation after an investigation found multiple eligibility and registration violations. The Florida High School Athletic Association has sanctioned Gadsden County High School and its head football…

Bell set to ring on school sales-tax ‘holiday’

Jim TurnerNews Service of Florida Praised by retailers, derided as a gimmick by critics, Florida on Friday will start a month-long sales-tax “holiday” for back-to-school shoppers, along with eliminating sales taxes on other types of items.While Florida has held back-to-school tax holidays of varying lengths in most years, lawmakers this spring approved making it an…

Judge seeks ‘clarity’ on detention center

Dara KamNews Service of Florida A U.S. district judge on Monday pushed state and federal officials to provide a copy of an intergovernmental agreement showing “who’s running the show” at an Everglades immigrant-detention center, calling the situation “urgent” as at least 100 detainees have been deported amid legal wrangling over the remote facility. U.S. District…

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Home Country

Slim Randles You know, we’re enjoying summer right now, and to this old High Sierra packer, that means it’s time for mules.  Naturally, there is no one time for mules, but pack station veterans, such as this one, know that summers, like this one, should be spent up there where you can hold out your…

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NURSE JUDY’S NOOK

A home in disarrayJudy Conlin I think I’ve decided to stay here in my longtime home at Lake Tallavanna. I wanted to downsize and be a little closer to town, but this house is like a warehouse of antiques, junk, and minutia that I’ve collected over the last forty years. The thought of trying to…

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Today Can Be Different

When your marriage is in a bad place Sheryl Boldt When my marriage isn’t in a good place, I find it hard – even painful – to read How-to-Have-a-Better-Marriage articles. They highlight the areas my husband, Bert, and I fail in. If you’re in this place, I understand. But if you’re desperate enough to read…

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Grace Notes

Confessions of an 8th grade killer Nancy Kennedy Note: This story is adapted from my book, “Move Over, Victoria, I Know the Real Secret.” We’re going through the Ten Commandments at my church and we recently hit No. 6, “Thou shalt not murder.” It reminded me of my first premeditated murder. I was 14. I…

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Irma Jean Whittington Lett

Irma Jean Lett, 89, passed peacefully into her heavenly reward on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at home in Gadsden County, surrounded by her children. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. EDT on Friday, August 1, at Bevis Funeral Home, with interment following at Tallahassee Memory Gardens. Family and friends are invited to…

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