Quincy News

Kaylin Seckel, 21, has long dreamed of being a singer and dancer. Just like her mom, Millie Seckel, a former performer who teaches dance and drama at Leon High School.

Rickards High School's Marching Raiders band is a determined group. When the marching band was first nominated to march in the National Independence Day Parade at the nation's capital two years ago by U.S. Sen.

A tree fell through a mobile home pinning a man underneath debris on the 100 block of Cherokee Drive in the Ochlockonee Estates subdivision, said Jim Corder, Gadsden County Sheriff's spokesman.

The annual Purple Hatters Ball is 5 p.m. today at the Ponderosa Wildlife Preserve, 620 Sadberry Road, Quincy.

When it comes to woody shrubs and perennials, retired University of Georgia professor Michael A. Dirr is the pre-eminent expert in the U.S. His 'Manual of Woody Landscape Plants' is the leading horticultural text and reference book on the topic.

This week, I wanted to write about two very special men that I have known for many years.

If you're a long-time Tallahasseean, you've probably seen Dennis Belk's work. You just didn't know it.

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

T'erica Frost looked forward to doing something new and different Monday morning as she and 13 peers were driven from Quincy to Tallahassee.

Florida A&M University's Small Business Development Center is partnering with local, state and county agencies to host the 26th Small Business Week Celebration on Thursday and Friday at the GFWC Women's Club of Tallahassee, 1513 Cristobal Drive.

SPECIAL EVENTS Field day focuses on crape myrtles The Gardening Friends of the Big Bend Inc.

QUINCY, FL, June 10, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Eric Eugene Thomas, Owner of Too Short Trucking Inc., has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of trucking services.

An Indiana business man accused of ditching his plane over Alabama to fake his death is in court right now.

The Gadsden County Humane Society continues to find interesting ways to fund its projects.

Marcus Schrenker's Piper PA46-500TP Malibu Meridian crashed January 11 in the Florida panhandle, without him aboard, and Schrenker Friday pleaded guilty to intentionally crashing an airplane and sending false distress calls related to his use of the aircraft in an alleged attempt to fake his own death.

SPECIAL EVENTS Take a hikeat Birdsong Celebrate National Trails Day by hiking some of the less-traveled trails at Birdsong Nature Center, 2106 Meridian Road, Thomasville, Ga., from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday.

A Friday night crime spree in Hamilton County, including a shooting on State Road 6 West, led to a high-speed pursuit ended with an overturned getaway vehicle in Madison County, according to authorities.

A man who stabbed his mother to death and cut off her hands and feet will soon be headed to a Tallahassee mental health center.

The father and son team of Rick and Robert Tindell of Leesburg pulled in a five-fish limit weighing 26.93 pounds on a rainy Lake Seminole Sunday to win the $2,000 first prize in the 38th annual Bainbridge Bass Club Memorial Day Weekend Buddy Bass Tournament.

I'm a sucker for hard-bitten country tunes. Spare me the slickness of Rascal Flatts and the pop sheen of Taylor Swift.