Chipley News

The Clemmons family has a long history of service to Washington County, including his grandfather that served as a Washington County commissioner at the turn of the century and his mother that taught at a one-room schoolhouse in Long Bay.

It took 4 days for authorities to bring charges against two Chipley, Fla., women in the disappearance of a 7-month-old girl, but an officer was in the home where the girl was eventually found a few hours after the baby was reported missing, the Dothan Eagle reports this morning.

Chipley resident David D. Smith was found on the side of the road in critical condition as a result of a motorcycle accident Sunday afternoon.

Recommend 0 November 18, 2009 10:13:00 AM By S. BRADY CALHOUN / News Herald Writer CHIPLEY - Circuit Judge Allen Register has ruled that further hearings about the custody of Shannon Dedrick, the baby allegedly given away by her mother to her step-aunt and then kept in a box, will be closed to the public, court officials confirmed Wednesday.

CHIPLEY The new Sunny Hills Fire Service will apparently need a new building. According to information presented at the Monday workshop of the Washington County Board of County Commissioners, the existing firehouse is owned by another party.

The following is a news release from the Chipley Police Department: The Chipley Police Department has completed the investigation regarding the traffic crash that occurred on 7th Street where a pedestrian was killed.

A Chipley man, David Smith, 37, was killed Sunday in a wreck in Jackson County. See the attached accident report.

On Wednesday night, November 11, 2009, Jeremy D. Smith of Bristol, Florida and Cora Mayo of Defuniak Springs, FL were arrested following a traffic stop by Sgt.

During early hours of Thursday morning, November 12, 2009, K-9 Officer J. Webb and Officer M. Mullins of the Chipley Police Department, arrested Norris Wynn for multiple outstanding warrants from Jackson County involving 8 counts of drug related charges, 2 counts of resisting an officer without violence, Aggravated fleeing and eluding and ...

The Holmes County JROTC program will host a Veteran's Day ceremony in the Holmes County High School gymnasium on Wednesday, Nov.

PAEC will honor and remember all local Veterans this Veterans' Day with a luncheon at PAEC from 11:45 am - 12:45 pm.

CHIPLEY A 7-year process officially came to an end as Chipley Mayor Linda Cain hosted a ceremony officially opening the Chipley Wastewater Treatment Plant on North Railroad Avenue.

Companies locating in two industrial sites in Washington County now can apply for lower import duties to make production cheaper.

CHIPLEY Florida Department of Transportation's Secretary Stephanie Kopelousos appointed James Thomas "Tommy" Barfield as District Secretary for District Three in Northwest Florida, which has 16 counties from Escambia to Jefferson and includes Leon County.

Chipley Work on State Road 277 continues to progress. Crews from Anderson Columbia are completing resurfacing and widening from I-10 to US 90 along with side street and driveway connections.

CHIPLEY Preparations are underway as Tropical Storm Ida heads for landfall. The Washington County Board of County Commissioners passes a resolution declaring a local state of emergency, and Washington County schools will remain open until further notice.

Chipley - Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Stephanie Kopelousos has appointed Chipley native James Thomas "Tommy" Barfield as District Secretary for District Three in Northwest Florida, which encompasses sixteen counties from Escambia in the west to Jefferson in the east.

After missing for nearly five days, seven month old Shannon Dedrick was found alive and well - inside a wooden box - when authorities searched a Chipley home, which was the young girl's baby sitter.

The search continues for 7-month-old Shannon Dedrick, who's been missing from Chipley, Florida since Saturday.

The five-day search for a missing baby in north Florida has finished with an unexpectedly happy ending.