Now in its 11th year Quincy PorchFest will be back in full effect on Saturday, March 18. The free music festival, held in the historic downtown district of Quincy, will feature Lili Forbes, Funky ‘Taters, Disciples of Music, Thursday Night Music Club, Ben Flournoy Trio, Jerry Thigpen Trio, Baby Gray, Latin Soul, Hot Tamale, and…
On Wednesday, February 22, the Havana Town Council met under an emergency meeting regarding the potential removal of a board member – DeCorkus Allen. According to documents listed on the Gadsden Clerk of the Court website, Allen had been arrested by officers with the Quincy Police Department on February 17 on charges related to felony…
With the theme of Remembering the Past…Celebrating the Future, the Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners and the City of Quincy teamed up with the Black History Parade and Festival Committee to provide a week of festivities in honor of Black History Month in Gadsden County. Members of the Black History Parade and Festival Committee…
Mother Tanya Scheff, the Rector at Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church in Quincy, made a seven day pilgrimage to Israel in January of this year. “This trip was actually a gift from our bishop.” Scheff explained. “The Episcopal Diocese of Florida paid for new clergy to make this trip. Any new clergy person in our diocese…
Gadsden County kicked off its Black History Month celebration on Sunday evening with a movie night at Tanyard Creek Preservation Park. The movie of choice was Wakanda Forever. It was a free event for all ages, hosted by the Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners and the City of Quincy Commission. Charles Hayes, one of…
Two men were recently found guilty of the 2019 robbery and murder in Quincy. On November 17, 2019, Karlos Campbell, 57, was shot and killed on Lincoln Street as he sat in a vehicle with a female victim, who was also shot multiple times but survived and a male victim who was not injured. A…
There are nine historically Black Greek Letter organizations that make up the National Pan-Hellenic Council, often collectively referred to as “The Divine Nine.” In honor of Black History Month, The Gadsden County Times will feature each of “The Divine Nine.” Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity is the oldest intercollegiate historically African American fraternity. Initially a literary…
On January 3, at around 2:41 p.m., the Quincy Police Department responded to an Inlet Street, due to a person being shot. According to a press release from the department, the following occurred: When officers arrived on scene, they found 76-year-old Hollis Card suffering from what appeared to be a gunshot wound to his back….
Meet the actor: Knox Culpepper plays Lt. Frank Cioffi Lieutenant Frank Cioffi, a local Boston detective who is also a musical theatre aficionado, is the star of the musical comedy whodunit Curtains. Tallahassee native Knox Culpepper will grace the stage as the “loveable goofball detective” in Quincy Music Theatre’s rendition of the musical. “I’ve been…
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…
