In an electric atmosphere, 635 youth wrestlers from every pocket of Florida gathered near Orlando to battle for the chance to be named an IOF State Champion. Twenty-one of those wrestlers traveled from Tallahassee, competing for Grappling House Wrestling club, a local K-12 team that operates out of Titus Sports Academy. In the end, one…
Mother Tanya Scheff, the Rector at Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church in Quincy, made a seven day pilgrimage to Israel in January of this year. “This trip was actually a gift from our bishop.” Scheff explained. “The Episcopal Diocese of Florida paid for new clergy to make this trip. Any new clergy person in our diocese…
Gadsden County kicked off its Black History Month celebration on Sunday evening with a movie night at Tanyard Creek Preservation Park. The movie of choice was Wakanda Forever. It was a free event for all ages, hosted by the Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners and the City of Quincy Commission. Charles Hayes, one of…
The Girl Scouts of Havana gathered downtown last Saturday for a sale of their classic cookies. Boxes of caramel Somoas, peanut buttery Do-si-Dos, crisp Thin Mints, and chocolate-drenched Tagalongs were sold to the Havana residents who stopped in to support the local troop. Led by Dorothy Roberts, the troop operates out of a home base…
Last week Colonel Robert Barkley spoke to a group of Gadsden High Students about the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office Substance Abuse and the Mental Health Grant programs. The programs are in conjunction with the Mental Health and Substance Abuse state initiative led by Casey DeSantis’(Governor’s wife). Also on the panel were Gadsden County School Board…
Bear Creek Educational Forest hosted its 2023 Arbor Day celebration on Saturday, January 21 with a 5k trail run and tree giveaway. Registration for the run began at 7:30 a.m. and the race itself began at 9 a.m., with over 30 registered participants. Runners covered 3.12 miles of trails located in Bear Creek, which is…
Meet the actor: Knox Culpepper plays Lt. Frank Cioffi Lieutenant Frank Cioffi, a local Boston detective who is also a musical theatre aficionado, is the star of the musical comedy whodunit Curtains. Tallahassee native Knox Culpepper will grace the stage as the “loveable goofball detective” in Quincy Music Theatre’s rendition of the musical. “I’ve been…
Chipola College Theatre will hold open auditions for the comedy, You Can’t Take It With You, Thursday, January 12 at 6 p.m. (central) in the Center for the Arts. Community actors are encouraged to audition. The audition will consist of cold readings from the scripts; scripts available upon request. Please email Theatre Director Raines Carr…
Question: “Judge Smith, how many hours a week do you work?” – Lyla It depends. I directly control the number of hearings and trials I set each week. I have no control over new case assignments, same-day emergency hearings, and same-day filers. I am more familiar with my last docket, so I’ll answer your question…
Recently, several homeschooling families of Gadsden County met in a room at the Havana Public Library to distribute school supplies amongst themselves. Tables in the room were filled with textbooks, reading materials, binders of teacher education materials, educational posters, lesson guides, and more. The distribution was made possible thanks to a retired school teacher, who…
