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Today's News

  • Bobcats 1-2 for the week, drops two games

    The week started out well enough for the Bobcat baseball team as they easily defeated county rival Tallavana 26-4 on Tuesday. Things changed in Aucilla on Thursday and at home against John Paul II on Friday, with the Bobcats dropping the consecutive district matchups.

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  • Victory up for grabs in girls softball

    Softball
    This week marks the time in a season where records and batting averages go out the window, and any team can emerge victorious.

    The three county softball teams participate in their district tournaments starting on Tuesday. Munroe will play at Aucilla in the District 1 tournament, East Gadsden will play District 2-4A tournament and West Gadsden will play in the District 4-1A tournament.

    Winners and runners-up will advance to the playoffs next Wednesday (2A, 4A) for regional quarterfinals or Friday (1A semifinals).

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  • Havana man accused of murder

    Willie Frank Pennick, 58, of Havana is in the Gadsden County Jail without bond after he allegedly stabbed 38-year-old Darrell Lamar “Yang” Smart in the stomach with a steak knife  April 4 at 614 E. 1st St., in Havana. The incident happened around 7:45 p.m.

    According to an arrest report, Smart had been a guest at Pennick’s home and the two had been drinking on the porch. For some reason called Smart’s visit the third time he (Smart) had “tried me,” Pennick said in a taped interview.

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  • Saluting a trailblazer

    Gadsden County’s first elected black Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Robert H. Bryant, was honored April 4 when the school district’s transportation facility was named in his honor.

    Bryant served as school superintendent from 1984 to 1992 and touched the lives of many a teacher, assistant principal, principal and superintendent.

    School Board Chairman Isaac Simons, who was a student under Bryant, called him a trailblazer.

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  • Quincy Bank of America branch to close

    “Your local Bank of America banking center is closing. Learn about our online and mobile banking at bankofamerica.com,” was how many local Bank of America customers found out the bank was closing at 1321 West Jefferson Street in Quincy.

    “I can’t believe this is happening. First they closed Comcast, then TDS and now Bank of America. At the rate we’re going, we won’t have anything left. Is there anything we can do to stop this?” asked longtime Bank of America customer Yvonne Jackson.

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  • County commission workshop focuses on disaster

    What would Gadsden County residents do if a hurricane made its way here during the 2013 hurricane season?

    To answer that question and others, the County’s Division of Emergency Management, led by Emergency Management Director Shawn Wood, hosted a workshop April 2 to discuss and describe how the county would respond.

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  • Bobcats flat after spring break

    The Robert F. Munroe baseball team rode into spring break on a five-game winning streak.
    They returned to drop their next four games.
    Not exactly what they were expecting as they prepare to finish their district schedule this week with games Thursday on the road at 4 p.m. against district leader Aucilla (which is a make-up game from this past Friday) and home Friday at 6 p.m. against John Paul II.

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  • In the swing of girls tennis, softball

    SOFTBALL
    Munroe 5
    John Paul II 4
    The Munroe softball team picked up two wins and lost one to the rain. The team struggled against John Paul II in a key district matchup before going ahead in the bottom of the fifth for a narrow 5-4 win.

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  • Praise the Lord! April 11, 2013

    Women’s conference
    ahead in Sawdust
    The Open Door Church of the Lord Jesus Christ (in the Sawdust Community located next to Sawdust Park), Pastor Jeanella Hall, pastor, chief and founder; Bishop Marvin Alls/Senior Mother Dollie Alls presents Women of Royal Destiny Annual Conference

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  • Ceremony rededicates cemetery

    A rededication of Gadsden County’s refurbished Soldiers Cemetery, in Eastern Cemetery, took place Saturday, April 6. The memorial service was conducted by members of Finley’s Brigade Camp 1614, Sons of Confederate Veterans Florida Division and members of the Confederate Rose Society.

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