Havana News

After several years of working with Community Affairs Department staff that was over-worked, under-staffed and unable to properly promote Gadsden County, county officials decided this year to turn to the Tourism Development Council.

Pumpkinfest, held last weekend by the Havana Merchants Association, had its most successful day ever.

HAVANA - When Jim Murdaugh became the director of the Pat Thomas Law Enforcement Academy 10 years ago, the academy was housed in one building.

Mr. and Mrs. Randy Luttrell of Havana, FL, announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Beth, to Anson Jerod Maxwell, son of Dr.

Today, someone walked into Mauricio Hanono's cigar shop in Little Havana and handed over $1,000. No, it wasn't us on the hunt for an under-the-counter Cuban.

With 'temperatures in the 40s, clouds touching the tops of the pine trees, and winds gusting at 20-25 mph,' John McDevitt faced the first Mossy Creek Barnyard Festival in 1980.

Tallahassee Community College and Havana Elementary School are participating in Motorolaa s Race to RecycleTM program.

Clean up on Aisle 3. There's been a pileup in the party department. Because Tallahassee basically has two settings on its weather thermostat - Nausea-Inducing Hot and Wet-Dog Cold - there's only a small window of time to stage a festival/party/shindig/clambake when the weather is actually tolerable.

Chef Shedrick Swain, U.S. Army chef, visited Lowndes High School recently to speak with students in Natalie Bishop's Culinary Arts class about the opportunities and benefits of being a chef in the Army.

"He was a good father. He was a good son. He was a good grandson," says Becky Broach.

The Florida Highway Patrol says a man and his wife were killed Friday night south of Havana in a DUI accident.

The president invites us to follow the money from the federal stimulus package. In the case of almost $2 million for low-income housing, you'll need a compass and a road map.

Several Tallahassee actors didn't need pixie dust to fly into top roles in the Quincy Music Theatre production of 'Peter Pan,' which opened the first weekend of October.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, but those who read this paper every day already know that this has been a brutal year for families in our community.

It all began when Lillian Johnson, a former educator and passionate supporter of young people, discovered how many students failed to graduate in Gadsden County.

The bulbs contain trace amounts of mercury -- an amount Ameren Illinois Utilities energy efficiency adviser Karen Warnke said is "about equal in size to the period at the end of this sentence." Still, it's enough to make safe disposal of old bulbs tricky.

Legal Notice NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF WATER USE PERMIT Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Chapter 373, Florida Statutes, the following water use permit is being recommended for revocation by the Northwest Florida Water Management District: Permit number 20030010 issued November 21, 2002 Hartford Farms, Inc.

Sean Crowe is yet another example that it's not just what you know, but who you know that can make a difference when applying for a job.

A 26-year-old Tallahassee man who had his arms cuffed behind his back and was put in the back of a Florida Highway Patrol car after being arrested on DUI charges escaped and was found almost two hours later Saturday morning.

Hundreds of thousands of people filled Havana's Revolution Square for a "peace" concert on Sunday in which Colombian singer Juanes and other musicians sought to bridge the political divide that has separated Cubans for 50 years.