A helicopter carrying the game ball landed at Sneads High School as part of Friday night’s Homecoming celebration. Patricia SmithGadsden County News Service The Sneads Pirates marked Homecoming with the arrival of a Survival Flight helicopter, fireworks, the crowning of the 2026 Homecoming Queen and a football game against the Liberty County Bulldogs. Tallahassee Memorial…
QUINCY, Fla. — In a region where community building is essential to spreading goodwill and creating layered connections, Dr. Aja Roache, director of the Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery and professor at Florida A&M University, has garnered a respected reputation within the arts community. Her willingness to build bridges, listen and spread the word about the…
Dr. Deborah ThigpenGadsden County News Service Warm colors in balloons, T-shirts, cakes and decorations filled venues across Gadsden County as descendants gathered for the Catherine and Silas Brown Family Reunion. Centered on the theme “Cultivating Our Family Roots,” the family returned home to Quincy, Friendship and Sawdust, where their story first began. Members of the…
Erin HillGadsden County News Service The Havana Garden Club has announced its residential and commercial yards of the month for October. Carlos and Osiris Castillo, of 207 E. Fourth Ave., received the residential yard of the month honor. According to the Garden Club, the Castillos’ white cottage was renovated several years ago, and the couple…
Erin HillGadsden County News Service Chattahoochee police reported four arrests stemming from three September traffic stops that resulted in drug-related charges. The incidents occurred Sept. 5, Sept. 23 and Sept. 26. The first occurred shortly after midnight Sept. 5, when Chattahoochee Police Lt. Seth Alday reported seeing a white 2006 Nissan pickup traveling south on…
Erin HillGadsden County News Service Gadsden County commissioners adopted a $71.1 million budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year following a lengthy discussion over spending reductions and the termination of 13 full-time and four part-time employees. The Board of County Commissioners approved the $71,139,378 budget Sept. 22 on a 3-2 vote, with Commissioners Rontorious Green and…
Erin HillGadsden County News Service Bo, a 12,000-pound Asian elephant who spent more than three decades in captivity before retiring to Elephant Refuge North America, marked five years at the South Georgia refuge Sept. 23. Bo arrived at the Attapulgus refuge Sept. 23, 2021, becoming its first resident. The refuge is operated by Elephant Aid…
Erin HillGadsden County News Service A 29-year-old man was killed and a woman was seriously injured Monday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on Iron Bridge Road in Gadsden County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred at about 2:28 p.m. Sept. 15 near Lakeview Drive. According to the Highway Patrol, the man, of…
Kennedy RichardsonGadsden County News Service Bear Creek Bethel Missionary Baptist Church was dressed in red on Saturday, Sept. 12, as women filled the sanctuary for its fifth ‘Women in Red’ worship service, centered on the theme (Standing on the Promises of God). The service opened with a selection by the guest choir, followed by an…
Erin HillGadsden County News Service Gadsden County Sheriff Morris Young has temporarily suspended deputies’ use of the Flock camera system, adding a new development to questions surrounding automated license plate readers in Gadsden County. Young issued the directive Sept. 1, saying the suspension will allow the Sheriff’s Office to evaluate its use of the technology…
