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Today's News

  • Daughter of former slave celebrates 100th birthday with family, friends gathered throughout lifetime

    Mersey Mae McGill made her way into the world Feb. 26, 1909. Family and friends say her eyes have been wide open ever since, and reflect her inner beauty, while her arms are always open to give and receive love.

    This past weekend, family and friends gathered to celebrate her 100th birthday and to make it special, they had to resort to planning the big event without her knowledge. With the help of family members, church members and others, over 125 people showed up at St. Paul AME Church in Midway for the celebration.

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  • Church Briefs

    • Youth from First Presbyterian Church in Quincy will participate in a 30-hour fast Feb. 27-28 as part of an international youth movement to fight hunger. Prior to the fast, the youth have gathered pledges and hope to raise $3,000 to donate to the cause. After breakfast Friday morning, the group will fast until lunch on Saturday. For more information or to get involved, call Lisa at 627-676.

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  • Fletcher, Davis to be married March 21

    Dr. and Mrs. Taylor G. Fletcher and Dr. and Mrs. Moritz E. Dehler, together with Mary Dawn Davis and the late Ernest Matthew Davis, are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their children, Evelyn McRee Fletcher and Ernest Joseph Davis.

    The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hal D. Fletcher, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Maxwell, all of Quincy. An Atlanta resident, she is a senor partner in the law firm of Hawkins and Parnell LLP.

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  • Debate continues between city, county over fire contract

    Quincy city commissioners met Tuesday night to discuss whether the county wants to renew its fire contract and for how long, and whether the size of response areas would be increased, a topic of much discussion in recent weeks between city and county officials. A narrow vote at the end of the discussion, 3-2, determined the outcome.

    The county sent a contract to the city requesting a 60-day extension and, after an hour of discussion, the extension was approved.

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  • Two apprehended in weekend robbery, another suspect still on loose in Monday night incident

    Authorities are still seeking the perpetrator of a Monday night robbery in Greensboro.

    According to a report from the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office, the robbery at the Jay Foods Store took place about 10:30 p.m.

    Video captured at the store showed a black male of average height and weight and wearing a mask, enter the store. He hit the clerk with his weapon during the robbery.

    The clerk sustained injuries from the attack, and was treated and released at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.

    An undetermined amount of money was taken.

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  • Boyd secures funding for Gadsden projects

    Congressman Allen Boyd (D-North Florida), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, has secured a total of $300,000 for two important projects in Gadsden County. Boyd included funding for these projects in the Omnibus Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2009, which passed in the House of Representatives this week.

    Boyd secured $200,000 to loop the north water main in Havana. Looping the north water main will provide increased water supply to rural areas, while also increasing the availability and pressure of the water in the current water main.

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  • Williams, Cooley married Nov. 16

    Wade and Dawn Williams, along with Mr. and Mrs. House of Niceville and Mr. and Mrs. Cooley of South Carolina, are pleased to announce the marriage of their children, Chelsey Renee Williams and Darrin Cooley.

    The bride is the granddaughter of Harold and Darlene Thrasher of Perry and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Graves Williams of Quincy.

    The couple was married Nov. 16, 2008 at the home of the bride's parents. Bridesmaids were Tracey and Cassi Smith, sisters of the bride. Best man was Sawyer House, brother of the groom.

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  • Area leaders unveil Regional Economic Stimulus Package

    Commissioners, mayors and other area leaders filed into the Florida Press Center Tuesday to formally propose a $1.1 billion economic stimulus package that, if funded, would create nearly 16,000 jobs in the

    region.

    The Tallahassee Capital Region Economic Stimulus partners held a press conference Tuesday afternoon to unveil the stimulus package at the Florida Press Center.

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  • Murder trial underway in Quincy

    Following nearly two days of jury selection and interviewing over 100 prospective jurors, the first-degree murder trial of 36-year-old Hernandez Lopaz Daniels began Feb. 10. Daniels, a convicted drug dealer serving a life sentence, is accused of paying $5,000 to have Constance Dupont, 39, of Havana killed in 2002. If convicted, he faces the death penalty.

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  • GBI investigates Quincy man's death

    Georgia Bureau of Investigation officials are working to find out what happened to a Quincy man who died after he was taken into custody by the Thomas County Sheriff's Office last Friday.

    Ronnie Thompson, GBI agent in charge, said Rudolph Byrd, 37, died at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, Ga.

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