Quincy News

Gadsden County Commissioner Eugene Lamb retained the title of chairman at a recent commission meeting.

Some people think of judges as stuffy and somber. But that isn't what they saw last week at the Courthouse in Quincy, as Gadsden's one-of-a-kind Judge Stewart Parsons received an emotional send-off for his retirement.

One woman is dead after a single-car crash that happened at about 8 p.m. Thursday on U.S. Highway 90, east of Quincy near Rentz Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

When James T. Godwin saw Myra Jean Oswald in her yellow sundress at a spring dance in '49 he was smitten.

One of the two men shot Tuesday afternoon at Mission Hills Apartments has died, said Officer David McCranie, spokesman for the Tallahassee Police Department.

Mike Layerd isn't a veteran. But when he met tetraplegic veteran Pete Herrick at a hunting event for people with disabilities on Layerd's family property, his vision of giving back became clear: adding a second hunting event specifically for disabled veterans.

The Gadsden County Humane Society is attempting to raise awareness about animal safety and neglect through its Dog Day Fundraiser today.

Wakulla County is experiencing minor flooding of Old Fort Road, a small portion of Riverside Drive just west of the old Posey's restaurant , Live Oak Island near the Live Oak Island Marina, Bottoms Road , a small portion of Chickasaw Road and the end of Mashes Sands Road .

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.