Marianna News

The Marianna Police Department said Thursday is has charged three people following an investigation into the alleged beating of an inmate by three other inmates at the Jackson County Correctional Facility.

When his administrative assistant resigned unexpectedly and left the job the same day on June 17, Marianna Police Chief Hayes Baggett started the process of trying to find a replacement.

Move over watermelons, peanuts, pecans and possums - an unusually tall plant will be the centerpiece of a festival, this one to raise money for the Historic Russ House Endowment Foundation.

Some students who ride the bus in the Jackson County school district might have to find a different way to get to class, if the school board approves a transportation policy change.

A Georgia woman was arrested Wednesday on a trafficking charge after deputies found several boxes of pseudoephedrine sinus medications in the vehicle she was driving.

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 Wednesday, investigators with the Jackson County Drug Task Force, conducted a traffic stop on I-10 near the 146 Mile Marker for a vehicle equipment violation.

Around or about 06-15-2009 the Marianna Police department received numerous reports of thefts from unlocked vehicles in an area of a residential neighborhood north of Lafayette St.

The two men seen walking together with heavy backpacks alongside area roads in recent days aren't twins, but from a distance they look like they might be.

Paul Fuder either took a "gun to a fistfight," as the prosecutor said Monday, or was an unscathed party in a gun battle.

Power lines were pulled out of place by a City of Marianna vehicle Wednesday, causing power outages and phone line disruption for several locations in downtown Marianna.

A traffic stop resulted in the arrest of a Marianna man Monday. According to a report from the Marianna Police Department, the incident began when officers responded to an accident involving three vehicles at the intersection of Lafayette Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.

On Monday, officers with the Marianna police department responded to a report of a three vehicle traffic crash at the intersection of Lafayette Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.

After 50 years, a former student at what was then the Florida School for Boys in Marianna, Fla., is confronting the man he says beat him.

A Marianna man was arrested Saturday on multiple charges after his dispute with a neighbor turned into a scuffle with police, according to Capt.

Rain, hail and high winds struck parts of Marianna and Jackson County Saturday afternoon.

ON 06/13/2009 officers with the Marianna Police Department were dispatched to 2828 McPherson Street in reference to a disturbance.

Traffic on Lafayette Street in Marianna was slowed Friday afternoon as emergency personnel worked a fire at Dr.

The Jackson County School District has released its proposed administrative staffing plans, which will be presented to the school board on Tuesday, June 16.

I once ruled the Roller Rena. During the '70s - in the 'tween years before I got my driver's license at 16 and sped off in a cloud of dust and hormones - I spent nearly every Friday night at the Roller Rena.