As the morning sun slowly inched heavenward, its rays coyly beginning to peek above the tops of the old-growth pine stands shrouding the horizon, the…
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In a documentary film premiering this weekend at the Havana Shade Tobacco Museum, the story of Havana is told by some of the very men…
Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Throw every newborn Hebrew boy into the Nile River. But you may let the girls live.”…
Gadsden County Sheriff Morris Young took a stroll through some local neighborhoods recently, but the outing was more than just a leisurely walk, sheriff’s office…
According to Department of Education statistics, every year one in four students fails to graduate from high school on time and 43 percent of Florida…
A Gadsden-born-and-bred public servant and educator has been re-elected to serve an unprecedented third term as chairman of a nearby community college’s Board of Trustees,…
Eight men and women from Gadsden County’s first-ever Aaron Feis Guardian Program training class accepted diplomas, plaques and accolades at a graduation ceremony this past…
Acclaimed artist D. Arthur McBride’s Havana studio has long been a favorite haunt for art lovers from around the Big Bend region, but lately her…
How an opera star rose from a hip-hop town Earlier this year, Quincy native and Robert F. Munroe Day School grad Elizabeth Strickland outsang some…

Major Bonnie A. Francis: The story of an Air Force legend, as recounted by fellow Airmen and friends
For those who don’t know, Major Bonnie Ann Francis was born and raised in Quincy, a small rural town in North Florida. Francis’ late parents…






