Mark Pettus is Publisher of The Chattahoochee News-Herald & Sneads Sentinel. He can be reached at mark.pettus@prioritynews.net
Judy Conlin Out of the blue the other day, I got a request for some possible pictures I might have of my daughter taken at Niagara Falls years ago with a friend. I did not have any. I replied and told the fellow that I was unable to comply with his request. I was thinking…
Dr. Deborah ThigpenGadsden County News Service The tenacious women of the Gadsden County Florida Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. recently gathered to celebrate a monumental milestone: 35 years of dedicated service to the local community.Commemorating the chapter’s founding, members gathered for a celebratory dinner held at the historic Wilson House in Quincy….
William Benjamin “Ben” Murray, of Chattahoochee, Florida, passed away on May 26, 2026, surrounded by the love of family and friends. He was 79 years old.Born on March 29, 1947, Ben was the son of Bryant Murray of Faceville, Georgia and Corine Murray of Chattahoochee, Florida. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife,…
Sort of together Nancy Kennedy Years ago I visited a little church at the edge of the county. They had a new pastor and I had gone to interview him for a story for the paper. As I walked around the building looking for the door, a man with messy hair, dressed in shorts and…
Erin HillGadsden County News Service Questions surrounding funding requirements for a project at W.S. Stevens School led Gadsden County commissioners to direct administration to seek possible solutions during the May 19 county commission meeting. During discussion of the W.S. Stevens item, Interim County Administrator Reginald James reviewed the timeline of the school’s safe room project…
Erin HillGadsden County News Service The sixth annual Senior Fun Day brought seniors together for a day of fellowship, entertainment and activities at Pat Thomas Pavilion at Hopkins Landing on Lake Talquin. The event, co-hosted by the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office in collaboration with Gadsden Senior Services, Gadsden Elder Affairs and the Gadsden County Board…
Erin HillGadsden County News Service Quincy Music Theatre has received a $6,000 grant from Talquin Electric Cooperative and CoBank through the Sharing Success Program to support preservation efforts at the historic Leaf Theatre. According to a press release, the funding will support Quincy Music Theatre’s Heritage Night preservation initiative and help advance plans to restore…
Erin HillGadsden County News Service A teenager was killed and another person injured in two separate shootings over the weekend at the same apartment complex in Chattahoochee, according to police. The Chattahoochee Police Department responded shortly after midnight Sunday to a reported shooting at Flint Garden Apartments. According to police, officers found that several juveniles…
Slim Randles June just might be the first month of summer … to most of us. But for some of this planet’s people, it’s the dead of winter. That would be those wonderful folks who live south of the equator, of course. While we are busy cremating some cow or pig on the backyard barbecue,…
The calm after the stormJudy Conlin If you’ve been reading my columns, you know that I’ve been having a lot of company lately. I adore company, but this has been at a time when my life is spiraling out of control. For a woman fast approaching 90, my schedule is jam-packed. I am trying to…
