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Today's News

  • El Salvador natives get TPS info

    Before the sun rose last Friday morning natives from El Salvador who now live Gadsden and surrounding counties were starting to line up outside the Migrant Education Office on West King Street. They, and more than 300 others throughout the day, were waiting for the opportunity to talk with one of six representatives from the El Salvadoran Consulate in Miami.

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  • Boys and Girls Club host awareness symposium

    Harambee, in Swahili, means working together toward a common goal. This weekend at the Chatthaoochee Boys and Girls Club Harambee, that common goal was getting student off to a good start for the 2010-2011 school year. But it was no ordinary. The theme this year was "An Awareness Symposium for Emerging Leaders. Through out the  two-day back to school event, club members were referred to as "young leaders."

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  • Youth curfew moves forward in Quincy

    The Quincy Youth Protection Ordinance that has been labeled a curfew passed on first reading by  a 3-2 vote.

        "The purpose of the ordinance is intended to protect minors from victimization and criminal activity and to promote parental control and responsibility for minor children and in doing so contribute to the growth and development of minors to enter into adulthood without a criminal or arrest record," stated part of the ordinance.

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  • More allegations surface in EMS investigation

    The investigation in reference to several criminal allegations brought forward by the Gadsden County Emergency Medical Service employees also contains a section on allegations of hostile and intimidating environment.

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  • Primary election on Tuesday

    Voters who don't want to wait until the primary election can still cast their ballots early as the opportunity continues through Saturday Aug. 21.

        The locations are:

        • Supervisor of Elections Office

         16 S. madison Street

          Quincy

        • Chattahoochee Public Library

          300 Maple St.

          Chattahoochee

        • Havana Public Library

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  • Boyz Night Out at West Gadsden High School

    Forty teenage boys from West Gadsden High School spent Friday night together at the first "Boyz Night Out Lock-In and Basketball Shootout" in the school's gymnasium. Students in grades 6-12 took part in the 18-hour event which was sponsored by the Gadsden County Juvenile Justice Council and West Gadsden High School. The boys were also joined by their fathers and mentors.

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  • EMS investigation reveals lurid charges

    The investigation into allegations brought by Gadsden County Emergency Medical Services has been completed and County Administrator Johnny Williams said the 600-page document took several months to generate and it will take him several months to break it down and decide what, if anything, to do about the report.

       "If it's a personnel matter I will handle it and if it's a criminal matter, I will turn it over to the state's attorney," he said.

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  • Jail repairs remain an issue

     A public hearing to approve a resolution to execute an amendment for the repair of Frank Smith Road was pulled from the county commission agenda because the problem had been solved. The item was removed when Clerk of Courts Nicholas Thomas determined that the funds were available in the county's Public Works Capital Improvement Fund and in the public works reserves.

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  • District Repeats Four A Performance

    As a result of its success on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT), Gadsden School District has again produced four “A” schools, and for Gretna Elementary the “A” grade is historic!  

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  • 48 years since tragic deaths shook Quincy

    It was the biggest headline of 1962, possibly the biggest of that decade.

    And 48 years later it still touches the lives and the congregation of a venerable Quincy church.

    "Tragic Drownings Sadden County" screamed the front page of the Gadsden County Times to a community still in shock.

    That Saturday -- Aug. 18, 1962 -- a horrific accident turned a Sunday school outing into a tragedy beyond belief for the small community of Quincy.

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