Cottondale News

This holiday weekend is probably one a Cottondale family will never forget as an over night fire destroyed and forced them out of their home.

Two train cars loaded with chicken feed partially derailed, but did not overturn in Cottondale.

Cottondale Police Chief William Watford and other law enforcement officials managed traffic until around 11 p.m. Tuesday night after two cars on a slow-moving train derailed and blocked U.S. Highway 231.

COTTONDALE: In the city limits of Cottondale Florida, there is a train derailment.

Two train cars loaded with chicken feed partially derailed, but did not overturn in Cottondale.

Traffic was stopped briefly on U.S. Highway 231 in Cottondale Thursday afternoon, after a train broke down on the tracks that crossed the highway.

The Jackson County School District may have made a "B" in its overall school grade, but it was just one point from getting an "A." Superintendent Lee Miller said he's "extremely proud of the district's FCAT scores as a whole." "There is much work to be done, but improvements are on the way.

Two Jackson County residents were among three people arrested earlier this month after Chipley police moved in on a suspected meth lab.

On June 5 officers of the Chipley Police Department responded to a tip at a local motel in Chipley.

I am so against law enforcement being allowed to use taser when the situation clearly don't call for it.

The Jackson County School District has released its proposed administrative staffing plans, which will be presented to the school board on Tuesday, June 16.

Quadruple murder suspect Wesley Williams' trial was pushed forward to September 21 at a hearing Friday, largely because his defense attorney believes the murders were drug-related. "The real reason for the trial being continued is I've got a witness in Colorado that I can't get here in time; and my DNA analyst is out of town and there might be ...

Law enforcement officials moved in on two alleged illegal gambling dens in Jackson County and closed them both down Saturday.

Edward Strader was eyeballing a used Harley Davidson. 'I can't afford a new one,' said Strader, who is retired from the Navy.

A Cottondale man was arrested late last week after pornographic images of a female child were found on his cell phone, according to a press release from the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

According to a Florida Highway Patrol media release a Cottondale Police Department vehicle was involved in a two-car accident in the Wal-Mart parking lot in Marianna on May 18 around 9:15 a.m. According to the report Steven Otis, 53, of Cottondale was driving the 2007 Crown Victoria police car southbound in the store parking lot and Mason Brock, ...

Washington County Sheriff's Office and the Bay County Drug Task Force arrested a man Wednesday in connection to a meth lab operation in the Ebro area.

A man who was shot by a family member in the Cottondale area Friday night is improving at an area hospital, according to Jackson County Sheriff Lou Roberts.

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting that took place in the Cottondale area Friday night.

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office is investigating a Friday night shooting that happened at about 8 p.m. Investigators said the victim was shot in the abdomen at 3781 U.S. 231 in Cottondale.