It continues to be a tough bowl picking season for me, as I have a miserable 9-10 picking record through the games picked at this week’s early column deadline, December 27. With the early holiday deadline, all I can really do is speculate on the college football championship game, as the semifinals will be played…
A 7-year-old Tallahassee girl was killed this past Sunday in an automobile accident on I-10 in Jackson County, the Florida Highway Patrol reports. Around 7:50 p.m., Sunday, December 23, a 2017 Chevrolet and 2019 Dodge were traveling east on I-10 through Jackson County. Both vehicles were in the outside lane because of an earlier accident…
For a Gadsden County art museum, 2019 promises to be an “exciting year” brimming with vibrant color, rich texture and vivid contrasts. Downtown Quincy’s Gadsden Arts Center and Museum released its 2019 exhibition calendar this past week, featuring a lineup of 16 unique exhibitions that, together, cover a vast swath of artistic territory. Exhibitions range…
A Jackson County man training to be a correctional officer at Apalachee Correctional Institution was arrested on the job recently, when drugs were found in his vehicle while parked at the facility. During a routine K-9 sweep at the prison on December 19, a drug dog alerted its handler to the detection of drugs near…
An unknown male subject robbed a Havana convenience store at gunpoint this past Sunday night, and authorities are seeking the public’s help in identifying and apprehending him. Around 10:20 p.m., Sunday, December 23, an unknown black male wearing black sweat pants, a black “hoodie” (hooded sweatshirt/pullover jacket) and black shoes entered the Texaco gas station…
Gadsden County’s November 2018 unemployment rate highest of Capital Region At 3.9 percent, Gadsden County’s November 2018 unemployment rate was the highest in the region and greater than the Florida state average of three percent, according to a report released this past week by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. Of the three counties in…
Two Quincy residents are behind bars for their alleged roles in the kidnapping and murder of a Havana man whose body was found this past week in Gadsden County. Authorities have charged Christopher Rumph, 38, and Calandra Cooper, 32, with premeditated homicide and kidnapping. Police say Rumph and Cooper, as well as a third yet-unidentified…
The Sneads Town Council ended its two-month search for a new chief of police this past Tuesday night, hiring Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputy Mike Miller for the job. The vote was 3-0, with Council President Helen Grice and council members Daryl Johnson Sr. and Greg Lewis all in favor of the move. Council member Tim…
A new assisted living facility opened this past week in Chattahoochee, and local business leaders hosted a ribbon cutting and open house to commemorate the event. “AngelCare With A Vision” assisted living operates in three buildings on five acres and is located at 3577 Flat Creek Road. The facility, owned by Tammy Ceasor, has five…
