Vernon News

VERNON During the Mayor's Report at the regularly scheduled Vernon City Council meeting, Mayor Al Mani reported that people were having an issue with water meters having to be dug up every month to be read.

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

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

A first-grader was killed and 9-year-old injured when the two were struck by a car as they tried to cross Front Beach Road on Wednesday morning.

Witnesses at the scene of a fatal traffic crash disagree about whether two children were "playing" in the road shortly before the wreck.

A man from Vernon, Fla. was charged with smuggling contraband into prison, larceny and marijuana possession.

Vernon, Fla: Work is beginning on the expansion of Hwy 79, but could progress destroy one small town? The Florida Department of Transportation is starting Phase 1 of a four-laning project in Ebro, but the long-term plan runs the highway through the small town of Vernon, where residents are already concerned.

The June 17 issue of The Washington County News carried the front page account of the devastating fire which occurred on Friday night, June 12, destroying the Elbert Duncan Martin House in the Poplar Head community of Washington County.

The annual school report card has been released by the Florida Department of Education, with the following results for schools in Holmes and Washington counties: Holmes Bonifay Middle remained as A school Poplar Springs remained a B school Bethlehem remnained a B school Ponce de Leon High School remained a B school Ponce de Leon Elementary went ...

On 6/4/09 at approx. 12:30 a.m. Dep. Jeremy French attempted to stop a vehicle for traffic violations on Oklahoma St.

Washington County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Sandra Cook announced today a ribbon cutting for the recently completed 30-classroom addition to Vernon Elementary School, to be held at Noon on Tuesday, June 2. The public is invited to attend and refreshments will be served.

Digital-camera flashes flickered throughout a sea of more than 4,400 family, friends and supporters Saturday evening as Lincoln High School seniors entered the Civic Center's auditorium.

Angia Morris, President of the Vernon, Florida Historical Society stated today that Vernon was well on the way to being prepared for the 'Vernon Bridge Festival' , slated for Saturday, May 30.

Congressman Jeff Miller today announced that his staff will be conducting mobile office hours for DeFuniak Springs and Vernon, Fl on Wednesday, May 20, 2009.

Why? I'd pray. This woman is mean. I can't go anywhere, can't do anything. Couldn't you have chosen someone else to be my mother? But as I matured, I began to thank God for my mom, some of her rules and all of her doting and protectiveness, and I'm glad I took opportunities to tell her so.

The Escambia Santa Rosa Bar Association is partnering with Northwest Florida Blood Services for the annual "Community Pump-A-Pint Blood Drive Competition" today.