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The City of Gretna filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Florida Supreme Court last week detailing the city’s reasons for supporting the implementation of slot machines at Creek Entertainment.
The city’s brief speaks of a “master plan” developed by the facility’s involved parties to build over the next 10 years a horse racetrack, at least one convention hotel and restaurants and shops on or near the facility, and implies that these attractions cannot be built without the implementation of slot machines.

Three city staffers holding interim leadership titles for more than a year were promoted to their title’s permanent position in 2015, as Mike Wade was made city manager in July, while in September Glenn Sapp was made police chief and Reggie Bell was made Public Works Director.
In the City of Quincy’s only municipal election this past year, Mayor Derrick Elias retain his commission seat by narrowly beating Gadsden County Classroom Teachers’ Association President Ronte Harris in April.

A wrong way crash that occurred on I-10 near Midway early Monday morning left a Bainbridge man dead.
The driver who had been traveling in the wrong lane was injured and in critical condition, Florida Highway Patrol reports.
According to FHP, Cal Crombie, 20, was driving eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-10 near exit 192 around 3:30 a.m. when he collided head-on with an SUV being driven by Kyle Duke, 43, of Bainbridge, Ga.
The collision caused Duke’s SUV to overturn, and the vehicle was then hit by another vehicle.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company should pay a Gadsden County woman $11 million for causing her laryngeal cancer, jurors decided last Wednesday.

The woman’s payout will likely be closer to $6.3 million  as jurors also found her to be somewhat at fault for developing cancer and the judge is expected to lower the damages payout based on the woman‘s partial fault.