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Quincy Commissioners recently voted 4-1 to adopt an ordinance, which would allow them to levy property taxes by using the rollback rate for the upcoming fiscal year on its second reading.
Mayor Daniel McMillan and Quincy Commissioners Angela Sapp, Gerald “Andy” Gay and Keith Dowdell voted in favor of adopting the rollback rate of 4.5420 mills, while Commissioner Derrick Elias voted against. A “rollback rate” means taxpayers pay the same property tax as they did the prior year, based on taxable property value.

A Havana man was killed after his 2001 Chevrolet Silverado ran off the road and  hit two trees early Friday morning.  
According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, Braiden Pittman, 21, was driving northbound on Dover Road, also known as County Road 159.  
While navigating a left-hand curve, Pittman’s truck left the roadway and entered the eastern grassy shoulder.  
The pickup then traveled over a driveway and became airborne.  

Five Gadsden County civic clubs honored local law enforcement officers at a luncheon on Tuesday.
The Quincy Kiwanis Club, Quincy Pilot Club, Quincy Rotary, Quincy Lions Club and Havana Kiwanis joined forces to host their annual Law Enforcement Day Luncheon at the First Baptist Church in Quincy.  
Judge Ronald Flury was the guest speaker.  Presiding over both civil and criminal cases, Flury serves as the administrative judge for Leon County.

Less than a week after Hurricane Irma ripped through South Florida, members of St. Thomas Catholic Church in Quincy spent Saturday collecting items for families in Immokalee affected by the storm.  As soon as they began unloading one vehicle, another pulled up.  By that afternoon, a semi tractor-trailer was filled to the maximum capacity with food, water,Although Huapilla is a student at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, she is also a migrant farmer.  So are her parents.