Bascom News

I will probably not be able to attend Friday's health care public forum. So I'm hoping someone would ask Congressman Mack the following question: Congressman Mack, as someone who has never had to worry about health care because of your privileged position in society, how can you relate to the many people who work hard at one or more jobs and ...

MARIANNA POLICE The Marianna Police Department listed the following incidents for Sept.

MARIANNA The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Forestry in Marianna invited everyone to stop by and help celebrate Smokey Bear's 65th Birthday with them Thursday, August 13.

An unknown suspect's possibly romantic gesture is also an act of vandalism that failed to warm the hearts of those who have to pay to repair the damage.

A local man who spent nearly a year in prison for a sex crime against an underage victim is again accused of a sex offense against a juvenile.

On 6/28/09 the Jackson County Sheriff's Office received a report of a minor child, 15 years of age, that had been sexually molested.

State Sen. Jim King, a former Senate president and fixture in the Capitol for more than two decades, has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, a spokeswoman said Saturday.

Circuit Judge William Wright seemed apologetic Friday afternoon when he granted a defense motion to dismiss a manslaughter charge against Jarvise Antwan Baker midway through trial.

Gianna Simmons was locked in her bedroom when she heard the shotgun blast that killed her friend Lonnie Baxter.

Five women and two men will sit this week as jurors in the shotgun killing of a Bascom man.

A man convicted last month of aggravated assault with a firearm in Jackson County was sentenced to 20 years in prison for that offense Tuesday.

By 35 votes, Marianna Mayor James Wise was re-elected to the Marianna City Commission Tuesday, based on unofficial results for the city's election.