The Midway City Council held its monthly meeting on Thursday, June 1 at City Hall. The first item on the agenda was approval of a proclamation to celebrate Small Cities Month this June. Small Cities Month is a celebration of the contributions from cities with populations under 50,000 encouraged by the National League of Cities….
Chattahoochee residents sallied upon a surprise not too long ago in Heritage Park – the Little Free Art Studio. Allowing easel and ease of access of art to every passerby, it was welcomed as a colorful, veritable change. Yet, did you know the local history to this elegiac stand? Created by Lindsey Smitherman-Brown, professor of…
June is here, and with the arrival of a new month also comes the announcement of the newest Laws of the Month. Every month, the Havana Garden Club recognizes two yards (one residential, one commercial) for the honor of being the Havana Yard of the Month. This month, the residential award was presented to Jack…
On June 2, various groups, churches, and organizations gathered at the Quincy Track Field on Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. to support the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. The main mission is to support cancer patients, their caregivers, and the eventual eradication of cancer. Many of these groups, having personal connections to cancer, came…
As they try to defend a congressional redistricting plan, the Florida House and Senate will be able to challenge part of a 2010 constitutional amendment that set rules for drawing maps, a Leon County circuit judge said Monday. The ruling by Judge J. Lee Marsh came in a lawsuit filed by a coalition of voting-rights…
A federal judge Thursday indicated he will allow a potential class-action lawsuit alleging state discrimination against Florida A&M University to move forward — but said the plaintiffs need to revise the case and provide more specific examples. United States District Judge Robert Hinkle peppered attorneys for the plaintiffs and the state with questions about the…
A federal appeals court Monday sided with Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and kept in place rulings that blocked Biden administration immigration policies. A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a request by the Biden administration for a stay of two rulings by Pensacola-based U.S. District Judge T. Kent Wetherell, who…
Ron DeSantis, with the consent of colluding legislators, is rapidly expanding his push towards a full-on authoritarian administrative state in Florida, a push that clearly threatens our beloved democracy and way of life. Best evidence is the law to go into effect on July 1 of this year that would force doctors to ask patients…
A few weeks ago I got a lengthy voicemail message from a reader of my column. At the end of the message he paused and said, “The Lord be with you.” It wasn’t just a breezy way of saying goodbye. Rather, he was gently emphatic: “The Lord be with you.” I can recall only one…
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