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Department of Children and Families silent on allegations of negligence, mishandling of COVID-19 crisis

From public demonstrations in front of the facility to angry letters to state officials pleading for action to ever-pervasive whispers detailing troubling health and safety conditions for employees, all appearances point to a Chattahoochee populace growing increasingly incensed by Florida State Hospital’s handling of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. While there are myriad facets to the…

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2020 Municipal Elections: Town of Sneads

Sneads Town Council raceUnofficial results • Group I: George Alexander – 180 votes / Tim Arnold – 115 votes • Group II: Donovan Weeks – 207 / Daryl Johnson Sr. – 87 As of press time, three provisional ballots had not yet been counted, elections officials reported, but based on initial – albeit yet unofficial – vote…

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Florida schools to reopen no sooner than April 15

Standardized testing cancelled for term This past Tuesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced that current statewide school closures have been extended until at least April 15 in response to the escalating COVID-19 pandemic. The order includes all public and private K-12 schools, including career and technical centers. All Florida K-12 school districts, colleges and universities…

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Gadsden resident tests positive for COVID-19 while outside Florida

Though positive test reports continue to flood in from around Florida near-daily, as of press time this past Tuesday, there were still no confirmed cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus inside Gadsden County. Earlier this week, however, two Big Bend residents – one from Gadsden, the other from Leon – tested positive for the virus while…

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Tricia’s Place: The “Alaska” saga

Alaska: A true story Part I“I’m leavin’ on a jet plane…” In 1969 – when I was but a shy widow at the tender age of 22 – I met a military man. We were engaged and planned to wed upon his return home from his stint in the cold, far north – Alaska. The…

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Local teacher arrested on drug charge

Over the past week, Gadsden County has been thrust into the international spotlight, with the story of a local school teacher’s recent drug arrest garnering widespread – and no doubt unwelcome – attention in news media outlets from Tallahassee to New York, and even as far away as London and New Delhi. Guy Raynak, a…

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Police seek public’s help with catching fence post bandit

A thief made off with 17 galvanized steel fence posts from Sneads’ Adam Tucker Wilson ballpark earlier this week, police reported, and investigators are asking anyone with information in the alleged crime to come forward. In a statement released this past Wednesday by the Sneads Police Department, Chief Mike Miller requests the public’s assistance with…

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2019 school grades a mixed bag for Gadsden County

The Florida Department of Education released school grades recently, and based on the numbers and marks alone, the 2018-2019 school term proved a mixed bag for Gadsden County’s public schools. Despite challenges like Hurricane Michael, which disrupted normal school operations for days and led to an influx of students from harder hit districts, as well…

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Sneads schools hang on to high marks; Grand Ridge surges

Schools in East Jackson County are celebrating following the Florida Department of Education’s recent release of 2018-2019 school grades. A rare feat for Panhandle schools, for the fourth year in a row Sneads Elementary distinguished itself with an “A” ranking. That’s in spite of the disruption caused by Hurricane Michael, the October 2018 Cat5 storm…

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Foster families sought for 15 dogs rescued from Gadsden County dogfighting ring

After reportedly suffering through unspeakable horrors at the hands of their owners, 15 of the 100+ dogs rescued recently from a Gadsden County dogfighting ring may soon experience the security and love of a forever home for the first time in their lives. Next week, the Leon County Humane Society is transferring 15 of the…