Today's News

Union Chapel to
host friends, family
Union Chapel AME Church, 536 Union Chapel Road, Quincy, Florida, the Rev. Kevin Robinson, pastor, will host its annual Family and Friends Day Program at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 19. Speaker for this occasion is the Rev. Joseph O. Love, pastor of Union Hill AME Church of Wacissa.
The Union Hill AME Church family will be in charge of the program. The public is invited.
Women’s Day planned in Quincy

ALICE DU PONT
Times Editor
Now that what has been described as a “very active” Legislative session has drawn to a close, State Sen. Bill Montford’s office released the following accomplishments for Gadsden County.
“North Florida has something unique and special and it must be protected and recognized,” said Montford in a press release.

Sheriff Morris Young went to Washington earlier this year to see if he could get support for the youth center he hopes to open in Quincy and a few other projects that require funding. Last Thursday Washington — in the person of Congressman Steve Southland — came to him.

After a short meeting in his office, Young and Southerland visited the 74,000-square-foot former tomato packing house that sits on 34 acres that he hopes will become a multi-purpose youth center.

Administrative Law Judge John G. Van Landingham issued an 85-page opinion stating the Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering was incorrect in granting a pari-mutuel barrel-racing permit to Creek Entertainment in Gretna.
What that will mean to Creek Entertainment, which owns and operates a card room and simulcast betting venue at it Gretna facility, is still uncertain because the parent company plans to appeal the ruling, according to Antonio Jefferson, Gretna city manager.