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Mark Pettus is Publisher of The Chattahoochee News-Herald & Sneads Sentinel. He can be reached at mark.pettus@prioritynews.net


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Virginia Ann Ruff

Virginia Ann Ruff, 84, passed away November 30, 2025, at the Dozier House in Tallahassee, Florida.  Ms. Ruff was born May 4, 1941, in Crosby, Mississippi to Paul and Ethel Ruff. After graduation from Leon High School in Tallahassee, she obtained a master’s degree in education and taught at Lively Vocational Technical School for most of…

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Nancy Alcorn Humphrey

Nancy Alcorn Humphrey March 4, 1934 – December 7, 2025Nancy Alcorn Humphrey, 91, of Tallahassee, Florida, passed away peacefully on Dec.7, 2025. Born in Cookeville, Tennessee to Robert H. “Pop” Alcorn and Audrey Tiller Alcorn, Nancy was a graduate of Chattahoochee High School and resided in Chattahoochee for many years as both a youngster and…

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Divided Gadsden County Commission Approves Budget Amendments, Increases Pay for Armed Security

Fabrizio GowdyGadsden County News Service  County commissioners were divided Monday as they voted to approve budget amendments and increase pay for armed security personnel at county buildings. Commissioners voted 3-2 to transfer $313,158.62 from the county’s fund balance to court services ($121,570.17) and library services ($191,588.45). According to Finance Director Rose Raynak, the adjustments were…

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Today Can Be Different

Repent – and clean out the ‘freezer’Sheryl Boldt I love ice cream. But every time I eat a bowl in the evening, I regret it the next morning when I step on the bathroom scales.  Unfortunately, I still have the rest of the half-gallon in my freezer. How much do I truly hate the weight…

Opponents push to stop bear hunt

Jim TurnerNews Service of Florida Opponents of Florida’s first black bear hunt in a decade rallied Monday at the Capitol amid efforts to prevent bears from being killed next month in four areas of the state.In addition to the rally, opponents say they have obtained about 40 of the 172 permits that wildlife officials decided…

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Home Country

Slim Randles As I lay there in my super-duper borrowed-from-the-Army mummy bag, I had time to think about things. Mostly, I pondered how stupid I’d been to take a dog team out across the North Slope of Alaska in November.  As I can now contemplate, 50 years later, it was a dumb thing to do,…

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