Fire heavily damaged the home of a Sneads woman early Tuesday morning, and the Red Cross is assisting her with temporarily lodging, clothes and food.

MARIANNA POLICE The Marianna Police Department listed the following incidents for Feb.

On Friday, January 29, 2010, Investigators with the Jackson County Drug Task Force conducted an investigation into the illegal purchase of pseudoephedrine cold medication.

It is a pity Jackson County didn't get the German solar panel plant. It's also a pity the Jackson County Development Council chose to call a press conference the way it did.

Marianna police arrested John Seay, 48, of Marianna Friday and charged him with possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.

The Jackson County Drug Task Force says it arrested two county residents Friday for the possession of multiple narcotics and drug paraphernalia, as well as possession of listed chemicals.

Two Marianna residents, Stacey Mayo and Ben Odom have recently expanded their morning variety show, "The Stacey Mayo Show," and are now reaching nearly 5 million households in the Panhandle every weekday morning between 6 and 6:30 a.m. The show, started by Mayo, was initially running only on weekends for about a year and a half.

Thursday's announcement by President Barack Obama that the federal government will chip in $1.25 billion for a high-speed rail line in South Florida brought the much-debated topic back into the news cycle.

A plan to draw a German solar panel manufacturer to Marianna has failed, taking away the chance for 350 new jobs, said Bill Stanton, Jackson County Development Council executive director at a press conference Friday afternoon.

A raccoon picked up by Health Department staff on Thursday has tested positive for rabies according to lab results received from the Department of Health Pensacola Branch Lab.

A Jackson County man was arrested Wednesday on charges of possessing and promoting child pornography.

A Marianna woman is charged with grand theft, accused of stealing more than $2,000 from the fast food restaurant where she was a manager.

A young Marianna girl was on cloud nine last week after receiving an American Idol "dream ticket" after winning at Disney's American Idol Experience last week.

Marianna resident Randall Wayne Barnes, 44, was arrested Tuesday on the charge of a negligent homicide in connection with the death of 31-year-old Corine Monisha Speights.

Federal prisoners and staff overseers were exposed for years to excessive levels of toxic heavy metals during computer recycling operations, according to a report from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.

A correctional officer at Apalachee Correctional Institution bonded out of jail late last week after being charged with crimes alleged to have occurred while she worked at the prison near Sneads.

The holiday season was good to the front-runners in area political campaigns. Over the last three-month period, those with fundraising leads in area races padded their margins by more than $82,000, according to recently released campaign finance reports.

Published: Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, January 15, 2010 at 6:28 p.m. Despite having become a popular alternative radio station since launching on March 23, 2007, The Edge 88.5 FM is, like many these days, experiencing lean times.

An ongoing investigation into the sale of large quantities of marijuana and cocaine in Jackson County ended Wednesday with an arrest.

On Thursday January 14, 2010, at approximately 9:46am, Deputies of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office responded to the Greenwood Supermarket, 4193 Bryan St., Greenwood, Florida to a reported burglary and grand theft call.