The Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners, in partnership with the Gadsden County School Board, the Gadsden County Development Council (GCDC), the City of Quincy, Tallahassee Community College Division of Workforce Development, and CareerSource Capital Region, recently announced the launch of a new summer job youth initiative program for Gadsden County young people who are…
The winners of the Gadsden County Retired Educators’ essay contest was recently announced at the Gadsden County School District Office on the evening of Wednesday, April 14. The winning students, their teachers, parents, and school staff gathered in the halls of the Max D. Walker School Administration Building as Superintendent Elijah Key, Area Director of…
A Chattahoochee couple, both long-time members of the business community of West Gadsden County, will soon be celebrated at a community day held in their honor. Jewel and Mildred Dixie have owned and operated Dixie Groceries for over 40 years. The hometown grocery store is located at 669 Lincoln Street, in Chattahoochee. The honorary community…
County unveils $800,000 makeover after Hurricane Michael “Marco,” the boy with his eyes tightly closed calls out. “Polo,” another boy, just out of reach, answers. Another “Marco,” follows, and the youth clambers towards the sound, with both hands outstretched. Here, in the chilly waters of Jackson County’s Blue Springs Recreational Area, a children’s game…
In March of 2020, when Gadsden County began to feel the impact of COVID-19, two Chattahoochee sisters rose to the occasion. Linda Martin and Ann Wakefield began meeting every Friday to giveaway masks they had sewn. The sisters asked nothing in return for their free masks, but instead provided a glass jar for tips –…
On March 15, 2021, Chattahoochee bid its police chief of almost three years goodbye when long-time Chattahoochee law enforcement officer, Chief Fred O’Brian entered retirement. In Chief O’Brian’s absence, Town Manager Robert Presnell took on the department’s role of acting chief (although with a distribution of responsibilities on the ranking officers within the department) until…
Information on arrests and bookings are sent to The Herald from Jackson County law enforcement offices.Being subject to arrest does not mean the individual has been convicted of a crime. All persons are to be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Resee McKinnie Ward – Sentenced to the county jail. Nakia…
Pirates prepare for a second shot to play the Cowboys Standing on the clay mound with a weigh-in of 170 pounds and height of 5’11, Justin Tye (#1) owned the baseball field with his professional-style pitching skills Friday night, April 5. Tye represented the Sneads Pirates in a battle against the Madison County Cowboys at…
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 downers making up much of the newsfeed of late, a Chattahoochee museum recently got a bit of news that’s well worth celebrating – a spark of light amid a dreary backdrop, to be sure. Earlier this week, the Apalachicola Arsenal Museum announced that a Florida Humanities Cares Grant will now complete…
Confederate memorial hauled away from Gadsden County courthouse square, 136 years after it was erected Last week, cranes lifted away multiple tons of carved stone segments comprising a prominent classical-style monument that has – for more than a century – stood vigil over Gadsden County’s historic courthouse square, its inscribed text paying homage to the…
