Library kicks off hot summer with sweet frozen treats Our summer reading program is in full swing at the Gadsden County Public Library. To kick off the program, each child who signed up for the program was entered in a raffle to win a prize. A total of seven prizes were given away to those…
The Gadsden County High School Jaguars have their sights set on the famous Cam Newton 7-on-7 Tournament in Birmingham, but team officials say they need the public’s help to get there. The Jags are currently raising funds to help cover the substantial costs associated with travel and lodging to the tourney, June 28-30, plus the…
Authorities shut down local dogfighting ring Thanks to a major Gadsden County dogfighting bust executed recently by law enforcement from multiple federal, state and local agencies, an estimated 100 dogs have been freed from the bonds of illegal dogfighting, and their former owners are now in chains, authorities announced at a press conference this past…
New fixture on downtown streetscape lets Chattahoochee help Chattahoochee Thanks to a unique new addition to the downtown Chattahoochee streetscape, it’s easier than ever for Chattahoochee-ites to help Chattahoochee-ites. As part of its self-described mission to “address food insecurity” in Chattahoochee and surrounding communities, Leadership Tallahassee, Class 34, has installed a “Help Shelf” downtown at…
Linda Kranert is a historian, activist and devoted volunteer who works tirelessly to educate, entertain and enliven the public, supporters say. Kranert is the driving force behind Chattahoochee’s Apalachicola Arsenal Museum, as well as myriad other community events and functions. Officially the “grants specialist,” Kranert is more commonly known to Arsenal visitors as museum coordinator….
Shortly after World War II, somewhere between the sugar-white Gulf Coast beaches and the buttoned-down buildings of Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi, two people fell in love. More than 70 years later, Rosetta Rolle Hylton-Anderson is finally uncovering long-sought answers to her questions about one of those people: the mother she never knew….
There was a public uproar in Chattahoochee this past week over the city’s newly-imposed “storm recovery fee,” tacked on to city electric bills to help pay for Hurricane Michael cleanup, according to city officials. At a Chattahoochee City Council meeting earlier this month, multiple residential customers of city-owned electric utility complained of oppressively higher electric…
A Chattahoochee man and two alleged accomplices were arrested this past Tuesday after authorities say the trio perpetrated a “drive-by shooting” against local livestock. Trayvontaye Cheesmon, 19 of Chattahoochee; and Bay County residents Antonio Roulhac, 20, and Travion Turrell, 21, are being held at the Gadsden County Jail on a bevy of charges, including weapon…
