Gadsden County Public Schools’ new distance learning initiative is getting a powerful, chrome-plated boost this week in the form of 1,000 shiny new laptop computers earmarked for local students. At a time when students are homebound due to state-mandated school closures, barred from assembling in classrooms for face-to-face instruction, Gadsden County, like much of the…
With the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Gadsden County more than doubling over the past week, local emergency officials report that they are fielding a rapidly increasing number of phone calls from concerned citizens, as well. In response, Gadsden County Emergency Management is partnering with the sheriff’s office and Florida Department of Health Gadsden…
Confirmed coronavirus-positive and stuck in Los Angeles, Gadsden County native son checks in with hometown from quarantine; urges locals to “take this disease seriously.” Upon receiving word that one of Gadsden County’s own had tested positive for coronavirus while out-of-state and far from friends, family and the comforts of home, Gadsden County Sheriff Morris Young decided to try and…
As of Friday, the Florida Department of Health is reporting a single case of COVID-19 in Jackson County, involving a non-resident male; the case has been classified as “travel-related,” but further information is unavailable, with state officials declining comment on individual cases. In nearby Leon County, four COVID-19 cases, including one death as a result…
Free meals offered to local youth during COVID-19 cancellations Hundreds of local schoolchildren depend on free school lunches to meet their daily nutritional needs, and with the ongoing closures, empty classrooms could mean empty bellies for many Gadsden and Jackson county youngsters, if not for the efforts of state and local school officials, as well…
From keen-eyed shutterbugs to world-class painters and even innovative scrapbookers and steady-handed quilters, Chattahoochee boasts more than its share of exceptionally talented artists and craftspersons, with creative bents that run the gamut – unbound by genre or tradition for its own sake. Rarely has this paradigm been more evident than this past weekend, when Chattahoochee…
It’s rare that Floridians experience a white Christmas, and 2019 proved no exception. Not “white,” perhaps, but for young patients at Studer Family Children’s Hospital in Pensacola, at least, this past Christmas was as colorful as they come – thanks in large part to the Chattahoochee Lions Club. On December 21, members of the local…
Countless environmental studies have bemoaned the devastation and destruction wild, feral hogs have wrought upon Florida’s priceless, fragile ecosystems. From saw palmetto scrub to wetlands to upland pine stands and every habitat in between, these non-native omnivore generalists are wreaking havoc from Pensacola to Jacksonville, and all the way down to the southernmost tip of…
Chattahoochee 3-year-old spreads Christmas cheer at nursing home Recently, a 3-year-old Chattahoochee resident delivered bags sweet treats to residents at River Chase Senior Living in Quincy. The kind, dedicated youngster helped assemble the bags and handed them out personally, accompanied by smiles and warm embraces. Family and friends have even taken to calling Blue “Santa’s…
Frighteningly fun. A motley, mixed-up menagerie of costumed characters flocked to Chattahoochee’s Johnny Johnson Pavilion this past Halloween night for local “Trunk-or-Treat” (or “Trunk-of-Treats, depending on who you ask) festivities. Though the rains that preceded the arrival of a rapidly moving Halloween cold front threatened to put a damper festivities, all proved well in the end…
