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  • Soulful statesman

    Thaddeus Shaw, A Quincy native, returned with his band to play at the Mother’s Day concert May 10 at the Tanyard Creek Amphitheater. R&B singer Freddie Jackson headlined the concert. The evening also included performances by N’Spire, Donnell Davis and the Maximum Treble Band, and The Intruders — the legendary Philly soul group formed in the late 1960s. 

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  • Midway police aim to unionize

    The city of Midway held a special meeting May 6 to discuss the police department’s interest in unionization. 

    “It would allow me to do my job that much better,” said Jerome Turner, chief of the Midway Police Department. “It would polarize a lot of the decisions I have to make.”

    Turner said a more “black and white” code of policies and procedures would be helpful when dealing with decisions that might be controversial. 

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  • Police: Traffic stop ends scheme hatched in Calif.

     

    Two California women, Destiny Dean and Shalana Riggins, were arrested May 8 by Havana police when the out-of-state pair sped past a parked officer on U.S. 27. According to the Havana Police Department report, they were traveling 47 mph in a 30 mph zone. 

    When the officer arrived at the driver’s window, he asked Riggins for her driver’s license. According to the report, she provided the officer with a Texas driver’s license, bearing the name Monique Mercado. 

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  • Midway faces legal threat, deficit

    City of Midway leaders met May 1 for their regular monthly meeting. The council members discussed the city’s developmental, financial, and legal issues — all of which persist as problems for the city.

    “We’re down to our last penny,” said Charles “Chuck” Willis, toward the meeting’s conclusion. “We’ve got to be careful how we spend it.”

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  • Soaked through, waterlogged

    Flooding returned to Gadsden County after the rains soaked the area April 30, May 1 and May 2. The Robertsville Fire Station was threatened when the adjacent field-turned-lake’s banks began lapping at the station’s door. Similarly, houses were faced with flooded yards and farm equipment was confronted with drenched terrain. 

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  • Havana gets new council member

    ISSAC MORGAN

    Times Correspondent

    The Havana Town Council held a meeting this past week to discuss new city developments, review financial reports and swear in Councilmember Karen Bass. 

    “I know Ms. Bass personally and I’m glad she’s here,” Councilman Matt Thro said. “She’s very qualified for the position.”

    The meeting also included time for public comment.

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  • Deputy interrupts suspected drug sale

    Three men were arrested on drug-related charges at 2:45 p.m. May 2 during a traffic stop at the corner of Madison and King streets in Quincy. The suspects are Christopher Eugene Lockett, 36; Michael Johnson, 25; and Conterious Lamar Nash, 31. 

    According to a GCSO report, at the time of his arrest Lockett told deputies he had drugs in his possession and he knew he was going to jail. 

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  • Right place, right time

    A potential wave of industrial progress expanding from the Panhandle’s coast at Port St. Joe in Gulf County could help put Gadsden County’s economy back on track.

    Plans include a direct connection with Gadsden County via Chattahoochee’s rail interchange between the Apalachicola Northern line and the CSX mainline. 

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  • Port dredging project key to railroad success

    Positive economic impact from the AN line in Gadsden County will largely depend on the successful authorization and completion of the dredging project in Port St. Joe. A harbor of greater depth is necessary for the size of the ships that will bring increased industry and development to the region. 

    Enova Energy and Green Circle have submitted letters of intent to do business with the port if it were to be dredged, according to information presented at the April 24 meeting  in Greensboro.

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  • QPD: Shooting update includes arrest, crack sales alibi

    The Quincy Police Department arrested Phillip Dale Lowe, 19, of Tallahassee, on April 22 after he was identified him in a photo lineup. He is the latest suspect in the April 11 shooting at the Gadsden Arms Apartments in Quincy.

    According to a report from QPD, the arrest followed a wealth of new information the department procured vie interviews during the two weeks following the crime. 

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