Quincy News

The power line reported down at North Calhoun Street and North Street in Quincy has been fixed, according to the Quincy Police Department.

The Governor 's Office announced that Gov. Charlie Crist has confirmed his appointment of Kathy Garner to the Gadsden County court judgeship to which he had originally appointed her.

About 100 people ignored Monday's chilly winds and overcast skies to come to Quincy for sugarcane field day - an annual event sponsored by the University of Florida, Florida A&M University and Gadsden County.

Sugarcane Field Day is an annual event that takes place today from 8:30 a.m.-10 p.m. at 2140 W. Jefferson St.

QUINCY - As 2-year-old Darius Rosenkrantz walked around his classroom at the Early Head Start center in Quincy, he banged on a small pot with a plastic fork.

Kurt Kuersteiner chortled with wicked glee earlier this week as he described his newest nightmare.

Gov. Charlie Crist has placed a hold on a recent appointment to the Gadsden County Court, according to a news release from his office late Wednesday.

The Florida Department of Education has awarded $1.28 million to Tallahassee Community College to establish a 21st Century Community Learning Center at James A. Shanks Middle School in Quincy to improve student success, the DOE said this morning.

Who: H1N1 Swine Flu Information What: Update H1N1 Swine Flu Information Where: Gadsden County and Surrounding Regions When: 2009 a ' 2010 Why: To Keep Citizens of Gadsden County and the Surrounding Regions Informed The Gadsden County Health Department has received H1N1 in the mist and injection for 2009, we currently have 700 doses.

A Chattahoochee police officer shot himself to death Friday as police were discovering the body of his long-time mistress buried in a shallow grave near his home east of Chattahoochee, according to Chattahoochee Police Chief Vann Pullen.

An autopsy is scheduled for this morning on the body of a woman believed to be Antoinette Ross, who went missing Wednesday in Quincy.

Deputies believe a missing Gadsden County woman may have been murdered by her boyfriend, Lieutenant Barry Moore, a Chattahoochee Police Officer.

With the wealth of educational programs, renowned speakers and plant sales that Gardening Friends of the Big Bend sponsors, it's hard to remember a time when it wasn't a fixture on the North Florida horticulture scene.

The trial for a Gadsden county man accused of killing a teen and burning his body is underway in Quincy.

Goose Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Inc. will host its Ninth Annual Wild Thing Auction at 6 p.m. Friday at the Capital City Country Club, 1601 Golf Terrace Drive.

Q: We have a fungus everywhere in our yard. It has affected our azaleas, dogwoods, camellias and now our crape myrtles.

Country music star Billy Dean is among 16 musicians on Dothana s 21st mural. He says its one wall he's proud to be on.

"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.

Tony Parker Ministries Inc. is having its Gadsden County Teen Rally today at the Carter-Parramore Academy in Quincy to educate and entertain the local youth.