On February 8, the Crossroad Academy Varsity Boys Basketball Team traveled to Jefferson County, Florida and put the sting on the Aucilla Christian Warriors with a dominant final score of 74-27. Thursday night’s basketball standoff was a FHSAA District 1-A Tournament, and the Scorpions were in it to win it with no doubts. The Aucilla…
In the heart of Gretna community, 19-year-old Jayana Corker is proving that age is just a number when it comes to achieving culinary dreams. Corker is the owner of Jay’s Royal Eatery, a thriving sweet potato pie business that she started in her own kitchen. “I was looking for something to do,” Jayana shared. Dismissing…
Saturday night capped off a weekend of local high school hoops in Gadsden County. All the excitement took place in a relatively small yet electrifying gymnasium in Mt. Pleasant, when the Robert F. Munroe Bobcats hosted one of their in-county rivals the Gadsden County High Jaguars. The crowd in attendance, which was standing room only,…
The Florida Department of Education and Volunteer Florida recently launched the 2024 Black History Month student art and essay contests and educator awards with the theme of “Celebrating Florida’s African American Heroes and Their Contributions to Freedom.” These contests will run through Wednesday, February 7, 2024. Black History Month is celebrated each year in the…
All Gadsden County residents ages 3-12 are zoned to play baseball with the Northwest Leon Little League. The league is now accepting registrants through February 1. Registration fees are as follows: Wee-Ball ages 3-4 $65.00, Tee-Ball ages 5-6 $65.00, Machine Pitch ages 6-8 $85.00, Minors ages 8-10 $85.00, Majors ages 10-12, $85.00, and Seniors ages…
On December 1, 2023, students at Gadsden Elementary Magnet School participated in the annual school-wide spelling bee. Students from fourth to eighth grade competed for the title of Spelling Bee Champion. Out of 18 participants, Eric Hall and Angel Hernandez won second and third place and fourth grader Trynitee Moye is this year’s Gadsden Elementary…
On January 12, 2024, students at Gadsden Elementary Magnet School held their annual school wide Florida Light and Power Speech Contest. The Speech Contest was very competitive and a huge success with Mrs. Kameelah Weeks, Mrs. Sarah Knight, and Mrs. Zola Akins serving as judges. Division I consisted of students from grades fourth and fifth,…
For the second weekend in a row, the stands inside the gymnasium at West Gadsden Middle was at full capacity, as Crossroad was able to hold on and beat Robert F. Munroe in a game that went to the wire. After the first quarter, Munroe led Crossroad 22-17. Adjustments made in the second quarter by…
All Gadsden County residents ages 3-12 are zoned to play baseball with the Northwest Leon Little League. The league is now accepting registrants through February 1. Registration fees are as follows: Wee-Ball ages 3-4 $65.00, Tee-Ball ages 5-6 $65.00, Machine Pitch ages 6-8 $85.00, Minors ages 8-10 $85.00, Majors ages 10-12, $85.00, and Seniors ages…
School Grades are in. This year Gadsden County School District received an “I.” The Florida Department of Education released the grades for the 2022-2023 school year on Monday. The state is moving to a new progress monitoring system, Florida’s Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST), and since this is the first year, these grades are serving…
