WestPoint Home Bed & Bath Factory Outlet in Downtown Chipley, Florida presents the 2024 Mother’s Day Sale, featuring 50% off everything for two big weeks- from April 29 through May 12, 2024.   For the very best prices on name-brand sheets, towels, comforters, pillows, household accessories and designer apparel, WestPoint Home Bed & Bath Factory… Read More »

Kiss Your Mate Day is celebrated on April 28 annually. It is a day that is strictly classified with lip contact. Have you been so romantically lost while kissing, that you accidentally bit your partner’s lips? Feel no remorse as that tells how romantically connected you are to them. Kissing is known around the world,… Read More »

On Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at approximately 8:20 PM officers with the Marianna Police Department observed Cecil Highsmith operating an electric motorized scooter on Eva Mae Street.   This scooter did not have affixed lights on the front or rear. Officers made contact with Highsmith to ensure his safety.   While speaking with Highsmith a… Read More »

I am proud to announce my candidacy for the position of County Commissioner District 3. As many of you know, I was born and raised in Washington County and for the past 15 years I have had the honor of serving the community of Vernon as a city council member. During this time, I have… Read More »

Bobby W. Deese, age 73, of Cottondale, FL, passed away on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at Jackson Hospital.   Funeral services will be 2 P.M. Monday, April 29, 2024 at Marianna Chapel Funeral Home with Pastor Charles Johnson officiating.   Interment will follow in Cottondale First Baptist Church Cemetery with Marianna Chapel Funeral Home directing.… Read More »

Save the Frogs Day is an annual campaign to help raise awareness about the plight of frog species worldwide. This year, it takes place on April 27. It also encourages appreciation and a celebration of the amphibians’ role in keeping nature in balance. Frogs are in danger of being wiped out, so it is up… Read More »

West Florida Electric Cooperative held their Annual Meeting in Graceville, Florida on Saturday, April 27, 2024, as seen in these photos by Paul Goulding Photography. ‘This is an opportunity to learn more about the cooperative, to meet your coop representatives. It’s also a great opportunity to enjoy a day of relaxation, all courtesy of your… Read More »

Kate Smith Elementary School in Chipley, Florida held a Career Fair for their 5th grade students on Friday, April 26, 2024, with many businesses, agencies and schools participating, as seen in these photos by students in the Photography Program at Florida Panhandle Technical College. Washington County businesses sent spokespersons for various trades, skills and organizations,… Read More »

Drivers will encounter traffic disruptions on the following state roads in Holmes and Washington counties as crews perform construction and maintenance activities. Holmes County: State Road (S.R.) 2 Resurfacing from Choctawhatchee River Bridge to County Road (C.R.) 177 and from Ten Mile Creek to the Jackson County Line – Drivers will encounter alternating lane closures on… Read More »

Holmes County Investigators have arrested and charged Shawn Charlton with sexual battery on a child under 12 following an investigation initiated on the evening of April 19.   Late Friday evening, Holmes County Sheriff’s Office received a report alleging that Shawn Charlton had inappropriately touched a four-year-old child within Holmes County. In response, investigators promptly… Read More »

Loretta Dianne Myrick, 68 of Chipley, went home to be with the Lord on April 25, 2024 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on February 16, 1956 in Bonifay, Florida to Sydney and Versie Miles Trant. A lifelong resident of the Florida Panhandle, Dianne worked as the Unit Secretary at… Read More »

Wanda Lynn Mayo, age 64, of Chipley, Florida passed away April 24, 2024, at her home.   She was born August 21, 1959, in Clinton, Kentucky.   She is preceded in death by her father, James Arland Carter, her mother, Wanda Sue Jones Wilford, and one brother, James Arland Carter Jr. aka Uncle Chicken.  … Read More »

On Sunday, April 21, 2024, around 11:30 p.m., deputies were patrolling Highway 71 and saw a white Toyota RAV-4 driving without tag lights. Deputies initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle, and when they made contact with the driver, Dexter Dutil, he told deputies he did not have a valid driver’s license. During the initial… Read More »

Arguably some of the best candid people-watching is available in the Northwest Florida region, and the ‘Real Florida’ of Washington, Holmes, Jackson and Bay Counties never fails to  live up to that expectation, as seen in these images from 2018 by Paul Goulding Photography in Chipley, Florida. Florida Panhandle Technical College continues to push the… Read More »