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Today's News

  • ‘Copper bandit’ suspects nabbed

    Authorities believe they have the “copper bandits” behind bars.

    Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested three suspects Sept. 17 on charges stemming from a rash of reported copper thefts resulting in tens of thousands of dollars in damages in recent months to local schools and businesses targeted in the crimes.

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  • Facing a challenge

    Some people see an organization’s crisis as something from which to flee. Not Dorothy Inman-Johnson. Hearing about the city of Midway’s turmoil and the city manager’s resignation made her want to roll up her sleeves and start solving problems.

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  • Quincy CRA submits director resignation

    Quincy commissioners had a special meeting for the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency on Sept. 18 to discuss the Sept. 9 resignation of CRA Director Charles Hayes.

    In the letter, Hayes gave a 45-day notice, but city commissioners voted to end his employment with the city on Oct. 8, the minimum allowed in his employment contract, according to the city attorney.

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  • Murder suspect arrested

    A Gadsden County murder suspect is in custody thanks to a Tallahassee tipster.

    The North Florida U.S. Marshal Fugitive Task Force arrested Willie Gene Westberry III, 25, on Sept. 18 in connection with an April 27 homicide outside a club in Chattahoochee.

    Capt. Jim Corder, Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office spokesman, said Westberry was arrested on a homicide charge in the death of Sterling S. Johnson,  28.

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  • Bobcats dedicate season to memory of teammate

    Coming off of a 1-9 season last year, some might say you don’t have anywhere to go but up. There’s a little more to the turnaround by the Bobcats of Robert F. Munroe Day School this season than simply the law of averages. 

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  • Jaguars striving to regroup

    On September 13 the East Gadsden Jaguars suffered a tough 61-0 loss to the Godby Cougars. Last week the Jaguars were off, the team used the extra time to rest their bodies and do some team-building exercises. East Gadsden’s head coach, Tracy Laing, described the mood of the team after the Godby game as “kind of disturbing’  the game was a big letdown. (We have) got to take the loss and move on. I’m ready to get the Godby game out of sight.”

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  • Girls volleyball season continues

    MUNROE VS 

    NORTHSIDE METHODIST 

    (ALBANY)

    Munroe rallied from a completely lopsided 25-6 score in game one, to win game two 25-13. They then dropped game three 25-15 but won game four 25-22, pushing a fifth game. The visitors from Albany then prevailed in the final game 15-8.

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  • Jaguars striving to regroup

    On September 13 the East Gadsden Jaguars suffered a tough 61-0 loss to the Godby Cougars. Last week the Jaguars were off, the team used the extra time to rest their bodies and do some team-building exercises. East Gadsden’s head coach, Tracy Laing, described the mood of the team after the Godby game as “kind of disturbing’  the game was a big letdown. (We have) got to take the loss and move on. I’m ready to get the Godby game out of sight.”

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  • Shuttered printing house to get new use

    A businessman with big plans for the long-shuttered home of The Printing House cleared a major hurdle at the Sept. 3 meeting of The Gadsden County Commission.

    Jose Pons and other supporters described plans to put a new industry in the vacant building as a sign of budding economic activity.

    Commissioner Sherrie Taylor, who represents District 5 where the facility is located, described it as a weed.

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  • They’re playing like Jags

    TERRANCE CHISOLM

    Times Sports Correspondent

    This past Friday East Gadsden hosted the Rutherford Rams of Panama City. The Rams put up the first points of the game with 9:45 left to play in the first quarter, as their quarterback hit a receiver sprinting down the left sideline. After the Rams went up 7-0, the Jaguars lost two fumbles the Rams converted into points, and with 4:42 left in the opening quarter, East Gadsden players found themselves behind by a score of 21-0. 

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