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West Gadsden was dominated by Blountstown by a 24-0 score in a game shortened to three innings by the mercy rule. Blountstown scored five runs in the first inning and 19 in the second inning.
Munroe was dominated in similar fashion by Marianna. Marianna scored 20 runs in the first three innings before the game was called. Munroe managed just two hits, one by Kay Fletcher and one by Emilee Harris.

The lights are on at 1954 Pat Thomas Parkway, but no one seems to be at home.

In recent weeks, the parking lot in front of the Quincy Business Center was filled with vehicles and a uniformed security stood watch at the door.

There has been local speculation that the Business Center might have been one of about 50 Internet parlors shut down March 14 associated with an investigation into Allied Veterans of the World and the organization’s association with the cafés.

Search warrants executed by the Gadsden County Special Operations Unit and the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in Havana on March 14 yielded three arrests.

Harry Wilcoxson, 71, was arrested without incident at his home on Walters Street around 7:30 a.m. He has been charged with possession of cocaine with intent to sell within 1,000 feet of a store (274 feet) and a daycare (100 yards) school, possession of drug equipment, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and possession of ammunition by a convicted felon.

Former Midway assistant fire chief Charles David Owens, 41, and his girlfriend, 37-year-old Jennifer Bay, were convicted recently on child molestation charges in a Gadsden County court. Bay was not a firefighter but was a member of the fire department’s auxiliary and sometimes spokesperson for the department.