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  • Medical Center ends successful first year

      News from the Gadsden Campus of Capital Regional Medical Center is good, according to CEO Bud Wethington.
        "We've just completed one year. We've seen 18,000 patients in the ER and 11,000 for diagnostics. We see a lot of patients that don't have funds and we give them the care they need. We have a loss but it's within the plan that we projected. It's proven to be a good, viable, arrangement. I think we're doing a good thing and we've enjoyed being here in Gadsden County." Wethington said.

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  • Two jailed for kidnapping 86-year-old

    Two Quincy residents are behind bars charged with one count each of vehicle theft in the third degree, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, robbery of a resident and home invasion with a weapon and kidnapping in the facilitation of a felony.
           Yatesha Renaye Miller, 19, and Demetric Reshawn Smith, 24, are accused to taking 86-year-old James Abbott from his Hill Street home and forcing him to withdraw money from his bank account using Automated Teller Machines (ATM).

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  • West Gadsden vs Munroe moved to Aug. 25 at Corry Field

      Are you ready for some football? The students at Robert F. Munroe and West Gadsden High School are. They will kick off the season Thursday, Aug. 25  at the SWAT Kick-Off Classic.
      The game has been moved up a day due to weather concerns associated with Hurricane Irene. It had previously been scheduled for Friday, Aug. 26.

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  • Midway police chief fired

    After only three months on the job Marcus Williams, Midway police chief, was fired during the regular August 4 council meeting.

    The council voted 3-2 to terminated Williams.  Voting to fire the chief were Mayor Ella Barber and council members Charles Smith and Allean Robinson. Council members Delores Madison and David Knight, voted to keep him. Council member Chuck Willis said he had to leave the meeting early because of a death in his family and council member Jerrod Holton also left the meeting prior to discussion on Williams fate.

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  • Crowd hails artist Dean Mitchell's opening

    "Dean Mitchell wants you to look, to closely study his work, so that you may understand the people and places he lovingly portrays. Take time to enjoy each painting, with its several layers of beauty and meaning but also notice the quiet detail of his subjects and the care with which he painted them," wrote Gadsden Arts Center curator Angie Berry.

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  • Board bickers over budget for tourism

    The Gadsden County Board of Commissioners, by a 3-2 vote, approved the Tourist Development Council's 2011-2012 budget but not without nearly an hour of discussion. As soon as interim County Administrator Arthur Lawson announced the item, Commissioner Gene Morgan made a motion to approve, which was immediately seconded by Commissioner Doug Croley, provided there were no questions.
        But there were plenty of questions from Commissioner Brenda Holt and Commission Chairman Sherrie Taylor for TDC Board of Directors chairman Jeff DuBree.

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  • Former reserve cop sentenced to prison

         Lavander Barkley, 40, the former Gretna reserve police officer, found guilty of sexual battery by a law enforcement officer in April of this year, was sentenced Friday, July 22, to nine years in prison.

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  • Cops will swarm city Monday

    Monday, July 25, will be a day of infamy in Quincy -- in practice only. From approximately 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. parts of the city will look as if a terrible shooting crime has been committed and the suspects have not been caught.
        Law enforcement officers will be scrambling all over the city from the hospital to downtown and people will appear to be in distress, don't be alarmed. It's only an exercise, brought to you by the Gadsden County Sheriff's Office.

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  • Midway fires city manager again

     The Midway City Council, by a vote of 4-3, fired city manager Agatha Muse-Salters -- again -- during the July 7 regular monthly meeting of the council. In addition to Councilman Jerrod Holton, others who wanted Muse-Salters out were council members Charlie Smith, Allean Robinson and Mayor Ella Barber. Council members Chuck Willis, David Knight and Delores Madison voted to keep her.
           The meeting, which lasted well into Friday morning, left the city in a precarious situation after the crucial vote.

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  • Quincy's Tavoris "Thunder" Cloud defends light heavyweight title

    Editor's note: The ring announcer may say "Tallahassee," but everyone here knows his roots are in Quincy.
         When Quincy native Tavoris "Thunder" Cloud stepped in to the boxing ring and faced off with Yusaf Mack the only thing on his mind was winning.
         And that's what he did. Cloud defended his International Boxing Federation light heavyweight title with a technical knock out (TKO) in the eighth round. The win brings his professional record to 23-0.

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