What’s the best way to celebrate your birthday if you’re a male elephant? If you’re Bo, you’ll spend your 36th birthday roaming Elephant Refuge North America’s 850 acres with your friends: Tarra, a female elephant, and Mala and Samie, two mixed breed dogs who adopted the Refuge and the elephants as their own. This is…
The Quincy Police Department is investigating the death of a child. According to a press release from the Quincy Police Department, a 9-1-1 call was received from Arbor Crest Apartments in Quincy on Thursday, January 12. The call came in around 2:30 p.m. The department’s spokesman Investigator Zach Woods confirmed a child was found unresponsive…
Downtown Quincy will soon be host to a new place to dine and get caffeinated. Bantam Bay, a local, family-owned business that is known for its homemade pasta, bagels, jams and jellies, and is commonly spotted at Havana and Quincy’s farmers markets, will be opening up a downtown Quincy venue. Jennifer LaCognata, who owns Bantam…
A traffic stop conducted by officers with the Sneads Police Department recently led to the arrest of two individuals on charges related to drug possession. According to the report issued by the department, on Monday, January 9, officers with the Sneads Police Department conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of Eugenia Street and Third…
A man was killed in an early morning hit and run last week. Florida Highway Patrol and the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Liberty Road, just north of Lucille Berry at 2:12 a.m. on Thursday, January 5. According to Florida Highway Patrol officials, a black man, whose identity was not known…
Gadsden County Commissioners narrowly approved the purchase of a 52-acre property located during the first regularly scheduled meeting of the year. In December, the county commissioners requested a second appraisal of the property which was completed by Brown Bevis Real Estate Appraisers That report listed the property as being valued at $750,000, compared to the…
On the 12th day of Christmas, the congregation of the First Presbyterian Church of Quincy invited the community out to burn their used Christmas trees, officially ending the holiday season. Many of those looking to safely dispose of their Christmas trees met at a lake house down a winding road off Attapulgus Highway Friday evening….
The community of Gadsden County is invited to join the congregation of Quincy’s Mt. Calvary Primitive Baptist Church on Monday, January 16 for a special faith-based celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Starting at 9 a.m., the Mt. Calvary congregation will begin the day with breakfast and door prizes. Afterwards, those in attendance will…
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…
