Gadsden County News

About 100 people ignored Monday's chilly winds and overcast skies to come to Quincy for sugarcane field day - an annual event sponsored by the University of Florida, Florida A&M University and Gadsden County.

Kathy Garner's future as a Gadsden County judge and her potentially historic appointment is in limbo.

On Monday, Ford Motors posted a third-quarter profit of $997 million, with its North American car and truck division recording its first quarter in the black since early 2005.

Florida attorney general Bill McCollum is launching a statewide initiative to combat domestic violence fatalities by creating a review team.

Antoinette Ross ran out of chances last week. Ms. Ross, 34, a mother of three, was found buried in a shallow grave in Gadsden County, yards away from the home of the father of one of her children.

After several years of working with Community Affairs Department staff that was over-worked, under-staffed and unable to properly promote Gadsden County, county officials decided this year to turn to the Tourism Development Council.

One man walked out of the Santa Clara Baptist Church in Quincy in tears. Tears of joy, he said.

Pumpkinfest, held last weekend by the Havana Merchants Association, had its most successful day ever.

" Governor Charlie Crist today appointed Kathy L. Garner of Quincy to the Gadsden County Court.

An initiative in the works, Whole Child Gadsden hopes to have the success that Whole Child Leon and others around the state have had linking families with agencies that can provide help finding resources for children.

Governor Charlie Crist announced today the appointment of Kathy Garner, 50, as the newest Gadsden County Judge.

Arrie Battle has lived in Gadsden County most of her life. She knows the area and its people well.

UPDATE: An autopsy this weekend confirms the body found in a shallow grave behind a police officer's home was Antoinette Ross.The autopsy results are giving us a better idea of how she died... and it's putting neighbors on edge.

When Jim Murdaugh became the director of the Pat Thomas Law Enforcement Academy 10 years ago, the academy was housed in one building.

A Chattahoochee police officer shot himself to death Friday as police were discovering the body of his long-time mistress buried in a shallow grave near his home east of Chattahoochee, according to Chattahoochee Police Chief Vann Pullen.

An autopsy is scheduled for this morning on the body of a woman believed to be Antoinette Ross, who went missing Wednesday in Quincy.

Deputies believe a missing Gadsden County woman may have been murdered by her boyfriend, Lieutenant Barry Moore, a Chattahoochee Police Officer.

Antoinette Clarissa Ross is missing. Ross is a 34 year old, black female. She was last seen at the Triple Oaks Apartments on Strong Road in Gadsden County Wednesday night around midnight.

Who: H1N1 Swine Flu Information What: Update H1N1 Swine Flu Information Where: Gadsden County and Surrounding Regions When: 2009 a ' 2010 Why: To Keep Citizens of Gadsden County and the Surrounding Regions Informed The Gadsden County Health Department has received H1N1 in the mist and injection for 2009, we currently have 700 doses.

The trial for a Gadsden county man accused of killing a teen and burning his body is underway in Quincy.