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The walls are cracking and peeling and some who work inside the Quincy Police Department feel it's an unsafe working environment. Tuesday night, during the regular meeting of the Quincy City Commission, Chief Walt McNeil requested that the department relocate to the W.A. Woodham Justice Center.
"This action is being requested as a result of the severe water intrusion problems at the current location. If approved, this action would allow the police chief to work with the Gadsden County Sheriff to develop and implement a 30 days relocation plan not to exceed $40,000." McNeil said.

      Quincy, Gretna, Midway, and Chattahoochee will hold city elections April 26.
The deadline for qualifying was March 18 at 12 noon and there were a few surprises.
    • In Quincy City Commissioner Keith Dowdell has no opposition in District 1. Larry Edwards, a former commissioner, faces a political newcomer Wade Williams to represent District 5.

It had been a long and sometimes rocky relationship between the City of Quincy and utilities provider Progress Energy. Progress Energy, for the past 50 years, has been the sole supplier of energy to the city. And, the city was at times, as much as $2 million in the red with its own utility payment to the company. At one point the company threatened to cut the city's utilities off and suggested city officials call the governor for help to pay the utility bill.

 Jaylon Moore, 13, changed into a western-style bright orange shirt minutes before it was time for him to take his steer inside the Inman Livestock Pavilion to be judged. All morning the steer had been groomed to the point that its coat looked like velvet. The animal was competing in the Class B bracket with 4 other 4-H'ers from Gadsden County. and Future Farmers of America from Jackson and Decatur County, Ga.