Jackson County News

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.

Cottondale Police Chief William Watford and other law enforcement officials managed traffic until around 11 p.m. Tuesday night after two cars on a slow-moving train derailed and blocked U.S. Highway 231.

Dr. Reed Request Trial: Dr. Michael Reed and some of the co-defendants named in a 32 count indictment plead not-guilty and requested a trial by jury in Federal Court Tuesday.

Jackson County Sheriff's Investigators are still looking for a suspect in a bank robbery.

The Jackson County Sheriffa s Office received a report of a minor child, 15 years of age, that had been sexually molested.

BASIC of Northwest Florida will conduct no-needle HIV testing from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and you'll have results back in just about 20 minutes.

You might travel the Florida panhandle on I-10 and think the rural landscape looks peaceful.

The poor economy has hurt most businesses here in Florida, especially those dependent on tourism.

Two Jackson County residents were among three people arrested earlier this month after Chipley police moved in on a suspected meth lab.

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

A Graceville woman is dead after a traffic crash near Dothan. It happened about 11:30 Friday morning on Alabama State Road 109, about 5-miles south of Dothan.

Reports of an irritated, gun-toting husband, an angry, elderly man wielding a stick, and other types of mayhem kept deputies busy all over the county early Thursday afternoon.

Most people outside of Jackson County haven't heard of Jerrell Lee. But that may be changing.

The Jackson County Health Department wants you to protect yourself against mosquitoes.

They are very small creatures but they can leave a lasting impact on your skin. Mosquitoes are becoming more present in Jackson County now because of two main factors.

Florida public health officials have confirmed a case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Jackson County.

Between the late evening hours of Sunday, May 31, and the early morning hours of Monday, June 1, 2009, the southeastern portion of Jackson County experienced several ATV thefts.

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

A Greenwood resident who fell ill as he allegedly attempted to elude law enforcement officers this week was sent to jail on drug charges Wednesday after a brief hospital stay, according to Major Donnie Branch of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office.

Quadruple murder suspect Wesley Williams' trial was pushed forward to September 21 at a hearing Friday, largely because his defense attorney believes the murders were drug-related. "The real reason for the trial being continued is I've got a witness in Colorado that I can't get here in time; and my DNA analyst is out of town and there might be ...