Chipley News

CHIPLEY Florida Department of Transportation's Secretary Stephanie Kopelousos appointed James Thomas "Tommy" Barfield as District Secretary for District Three in Northwest Florida, which has 16 counties from Escambia to Jefferson and includes Leon County.

Chipley Work on State Road 277 continues to progress. Crews from Anderson Columbia are completing resurfacing and widening from I-10 to US 90 along with side street and driveway connections.

CHIPLEY Preparations are underway as Tropical Storm Ida heads for landfall. The Washington County Board of County Commissioners passes a resolution declaring a local state of emergency, and Washington County schools will remain open until further notice.

Chipley - Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Stephanie Kopelousos has appointed Chipley native James Thomas "Tommy" Barfield as District Secretary for District Three in Northwest Florida, which encompasses sixteen counties from Escambia in the west to Jefferson in the east.

After missing for nearly five days, seven month old Shannon Dedrick was found alive and well - inside a wooden box - when authorities searched a Chipley home, which was the young girl's baby sitter.

The search continues for 7-month-old Shannon Dedrick, who's been missing from Chipley, Florida since Saturday.

The five-day search for a missing baby in north Florida has finished with an unexpectedly happy ending.

Shannon Lea Dedrick: Police said the 7-month-old girl vanished from her family's trailer in Chipley, Fla., sometime between 3 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Saturday North Country Gazette - - Z1 hour ago - Z TALLAHASSEE, FLA - The Washington County Sheriff's Office has announced a $10000 reward in the case of seven-month-old missing child Shannon Lea Dedrick .

Sheriff: Fla. baby missing for 5 days found alive under baby sitter's bed; 3 people detained.

Last seen: Saturday morning at 793C Brown Street, Chipley, Fla. Anyone with information is asked to call the Washington County Sheriff's Office at 638-6111. A woman whose vehicle neighbors said was at the same residence where a baby was reported missing hours later in Chipley, Fla., on Saturday once wrote Florida's governor, claiming the baby was ...

Chipley, Fla: The search for a missing baby in Chipley is now in its fifth day. 7-month-old Shannon Lea Dedrick disappeared from her home Saturday and new details continue to emerge, including FLDE investigation of a grey van Wednesday evening, which officials will not confirm is related to the case.

The baby sitter of a missing infant sent a letter to Gov. Charlie Crist months before she disappeared asking him to save the child from her drug-abusing parents.

The search for a missing baby girl continued Monday in the woods around her parents' home, where teams of dog handlers hacked through brush and turned over trash in hopes of finding her.

CHIPLEY Chipley Police have charged a local bank employee with felony principal to grand theft in the alleged theft of over $23,000 in Social Security funds in the name of a woman deceased for two years.

Ann Nunery with the Wewahitchka, Fla., Search and Rescue team looks for 7-month-old Shannon Lea Dedrick in Washington County.

Florida authorities were searching for baby girl missing on the Panhandle. Seven-month-old Shannon Dedrick was last seen on at her Chipley home on Saturday.

Washington County Sheriff's Officials tell News 13 that a 7-month old child, Shannon Lea Dedrick, has been missing from a home in Chipley since yesterday.

Here's a brief look at some of the Halloween activities taking place tonight in our neck of the woods: SOUTHPORT FIRE DEPT.

Members of the 1st of the 153rd Cavalry Regiment will be part of the second-largest Florida National Guard overseas deployment since World War II.

Accused killer Matthew Caylor said his attack on 13-year-old Melinda Hinson was so sudden it took them both by surprise.