As their son recovers following surgery and treatment Sykes family uses...
by Teresa Eubanks, Journal Editor Denean Sykes admits the logo is a little edgy. Her husband, Travis, came up with the design nearly two years ago and had it trademarked with plans to sell t-shirts one...
View ArticleBlountstown’s newest shop holds ribbon cutting Thurs.
Emily Jones officially opened her new boutique, Pretty Girlz, just before the Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce Business Bounce on Thursday afternoon. After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, visitors...
View ArticleTwo charged with meth possession
A report of a suspicious vehicle resulted in the arrest of a Fountain couple on methamphetamine charges Friday morning. A Calhoun County Sheriff’s Deputy was dispatched to Big Mac Road in Clarksville...
View ArticleLCI officer charged with taking money to smuggle in cigarettes
A correctional officer working at Liberty Correctional Institution has been charged with five counts of unlawful compensation by a public official and smuggling contraband into a state facility...
View ArticleFWC releases three bears in national forest near Sumatra
by Teresa Eubanks, Journal Editor The growing numbers of bear sightings have some people convinced that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has rounded up nuisance animals...
View ArticleNew report spotlights wildlife trafficking crisis
MIAMI - Wildlife trafficking is one of the most lucrative forms of illegal activity in the world, and a new report finds Florida caught in the crosshairs. Each year, more than 350 million plants and...
View ArticleLights stolen from Blountstown Train holiday display
Sometime Thursday or Friday, Nov. 20 or 21, someone stole some of the Christmas lights from the Blountstown Train Display after it was decorated for the holiday season. Blountstown Mayor Tony...
View ArticleTwo vehicles totaled in Bristol wreck
A Leon County woman and her child were taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries after a wreck on SR 20 in Bristol on Monday, Nov. 23 at 6:41 p.m. ET Hannelore Green, 17, of Bristol was...
View ArticleBear steals hunter’s 10-point kill near tree stand on Friday
by Teresa Eubanks, Journal Editor About fifteen minutes after he walked out of the woods to get his truck to haul back a deer he killed, a Blountstown hunter returned to discover the animal had been...
View ArticleCalhoun County two-year-old recovering from coral snake bite
by Teresa Eubanks, Journal Editor A two-year-old from Calhoun County was released from the intensive care unit at Shands Hospital in Gainesville Tuesday after he was bitten on the right ankle by a...
View ArticleWoman charged with battery for attacking aunt after having water thrown on...
A 21-year-old Quincy woman was charged with battery after she began fighting with her aunt after the woman threw a glass of ice water in her face to awaken her. Brittany Nicole Rogers was later charged...
View ArticleFormer hospital administrator being investigated over payments made for...
by Teresa Eubanks, Journal Editor Former Calhoun Liberty Hospital Administrator Phillip Hill is being investigated for allegedly defrauding the facility by collecting payment for items ordered but...
View ArticleJohn Paulauskas
BONIFAY - John Paulauskas, 66, of Alford, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 in Doctors Memorial Hospital in Bonifay. Born in Phillipsburg, NJ on April 27, 1949, he was the son of V. Frank and Marilyn...
View ArticleFour taken to hospital after SR 65 collision Friday
by Teresa Eubanks, Journal Editor Four people were injured when two trucks collided at the entrance to Georgia Pacific in Hosford around midday on Friday. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Chaz...
View ArticleEx-hospital CEO being investigated for fraud
by Teresa Eubanks, Journal Editor Former Calhoun Liberty Hospital Administrator Phillip Hill is being investigated for allegedly defrauding the facility by collecting payment for items ordered but...
View ArticleYoung detention center escapees tracked down in Hosford last week
by Teresa Eubanks, Journal Editor Two teenage boys who escaped from a DeFuniak Springs Juvenile Justice Center on Nov. 28 and were on the run for five days were caught in Hosford by Liberty County...
View ArticleLiberty Commission ready to take over jail
by Teresa Eubanks, Journal Editor “I’m tired of jacking around here. If he’s going to do it, do it. I’m ready. Is he ready?” That’s how Liberty County Commissioner Bubba Branch summed up his fellow...
View ArticleDriver charged with striking 2 people with open door of moving truck
by Teresa Eubanks, Journal Editor A Blountstown man is facing two charges of aggravated battery after he allegedly struck his girlfriend and her cousin with the open door of his truck when he quickly...
View ArticleWoman collapses, dies after being taken from hospital in handcuffs
by Teresa Eubanks, Journal Editor Family members are anxiously awaiting the results of an autopsy after a woman removed from Calhoun Liberty Hospital in handcuffs collapsed next to a patrol car and...
View ArticleBarbara Dawson death result of blood clot; Police Chief asks for FDLE...
Statement from Blountstown Police Chief, Mark Mallory First and foremost, our deepest condolences go out to the family of Ms. Barbara Dawson. As law enforcement officers we are frequently, and in fact,...
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