Erin HillGadsden County News Service Gadsden County Sheriff Morris Young has temporarily suspended deputies’ use of the Flock camera system, adding a new development to questions surrounding automated license plate readers in Gadsden County. Young issued the directive Sept. 1, saying the suspension will allow the Sheriff’s Office to evaluate its use of the technology…
Erin Hill Gadsden County News Service Work is beginning on a more than $8 million road project at U.S. Highway 90 and Dover Road in Midway. The project will realign Dover Road with Martin Luther King Boulevard and add a traffic signal at the intersection. Other work includes turn lane improvements, resurfacing, drainage upgrades, sidewalks,…
Erin Hill Gadsden County News Service The Chattahoochee Lions Club recently made financial donations to Chattahoochee Elementary School and Sneads Elementary School to help support educational projects for students. The donations will allow the schools to purchase materials for use in student projects and other educational activities. At Sneads Elementary School, Lions Club member Paul…
Erin Hill Gadsden County News Service The Town of Havana is proposing a fiscal year 2026-27 budget that keeps the town’s property tax rate unchanged while directing millions of dollars toward wastewater and other infrastructure improvements. The proposed budget covers Oct. 1, 2026, through Sept. 30, 2027. Town Manager Leigh Davis wrote in her budget…
Erin Hill Gadsden County News Service A 28-year-old Orlando woman died following a single-vehicle crash Friday afternoon on Interstate 10 in Gadsden County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 1:41 p.m. Sept. 12 near mile marker 168. According to the Highway Patrol, the woman was driving a sedan eastbound in the…
The Party GirlJudy Conlin A mad Nurse Judy (my militant alter ego) rushed into my office this morning, almost foaming at the mouth. “Are you writing a Nurse Judy article?” she demanded. “Yes, I am,” I said defensively. “You didn’t write a Labor Day article last week,” she said. “So?” “Why not?” “Because we weren’t…
Slim Randles Every once in a blue moon, I learn something from the computer. Not often, of course, because they change the rules on how to use it about three times a day, and I never was that fast. But I love that YouTube channel. Oh man. And I believe, after watching ‘way more episodes…
‘Do you think I’m silly?’Nancy Kennedy When the phone rings here at the newspaper, you never know who’s on the other end and what the person will say. That’s why we keep an antacid dispenser in the newsroom. (Not really.) I remember a call from a woman who sounded greatly distressed. She apologized for bothering…
From too dry to too wet: Florida farmers face a new set of challenges Robbie Jones Just a few months ago, many Florida farmers and ranchers were looking at the sky and hoping for rain. Much of the state experienced drought conditions through the spring and into June. Pastures struggled to grow, ponds dropped to…
