The Marianna Winterfest and parade is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 5, and a national sports figure with local ties has been named grand marshal of the parade.

Police Roundup for Nove. 5 an 6

As of Monday, none of the inmates sentenced by County Judge Woody Hatcher will be allowed to work as “trusties” outside the facility, according to Jackson County Administrator Ted Lakey.

A Troy University Dothan campus professor has been charged with sexual abuse involving a student.

A red convertible featured in the 1986 hit movie “Something Wild” will roll in Saturday’s Veterans’ Day parade through downtown Marianna.

Police Roundup for Nov. 4

Police Roundup for Nov. 3

Chipola College opens its latest show tonight for a three-night run and a matinee on Sunday.

At a news conference Thursday morning Washington County Sheriff Bobby Haddock announced charges against the mother and aunt of 7-month-old Shannon Lea Dedrick.  The announcement came five days after Shannon was reported missing and just hours after she was found alive.  Sheriff Haddock says the investigation was like an old southern saying, it was like pulling hen’s teeth.  The case was solved through grunt work by all law enforcement involved.

Marianna City Commissioners on Tuesday voted to increase the monetary incentive for residents who will convert from electrically-powered major appliances and go instead on the city’s natural gas system.

The Marianna Woman’s Club will celebrate its 90th anniversary from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 8, at the clubhouse, located at the corner of Caledonia and Clinton streets.

The new tattoo establishment off Lafayette Street in Marianna opened on Halloween, and at least one neighbor thought it was a holiday prank when she saw the banner advertising it.

More than 40 former Malone Tiger basketball players have signed on to play in Thursday night’s “old timers” basketball game at 6 p.m. in the school’s newly renovated gym.

A Marianna resident was arrested and charged with aggravated battery on a pregnant female early Tuesday.

The Marianna Police Department is warning citizens to be cautions in dealing with door-to-door sales persons.

Roughly 1,300 people came out to the Spirit of the Caverns event last Friday and Saturday, according to Florida Caverns State Park Ranger Billy Bailey.

Authorities recently arrested a Dothan man on charges that he’d hired another man to murder his estranged wife.

An unfounded bomb threat emptied the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Jackson County for about two hours Monday night, according to Major Donnie Branch of the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.

Washington County Sheriff Bobby Haddock was crying as he delivered the news that baby Shannon Dedrick was found alive.

Police Roundup for Nov. 2

Building along the Florida Panhandle’s picturesque seaside slowed when financing dried up and the economy soured. Fences with architects’ renderings of developments hide the unfinished eyesores dotting the beaches.

Jackson County authorities say a small fire in a room at Microtel on Highway 71 near Interstate 10 Saturday began as the result of someone’s attempt to make methamphetamine.

Jackson County has applied for an $800,000 grant to build a new main fire station and another $600,000 to buy and aerial truck.

Washington County authorities say they have a “a person of suspicion” in the Saturday disappearance of a baby from her home in Chipley. The name of the suspect was not released, however, and no one had been arrested as of late Monday.

The 5th annual Malone Pecan Festival will be held Nov. 21. Admission is free.

Two people were detained in separate and unrelated drug busts Thursday, according to a news release from the Jackson County Drug Task Force.

Investigators with the Jackson County Drug Task Force found themselves in pursuit of a suspect Thursday near Greenwood.

HOUSTON COUNTY, Ala. — Tony Westbrook stood before the cameras at Country Crossing wearing muddy boots and a weathered expression. His blue work shirt with his first name engraved on it served as a testimony to his blue-collar roots.

Circuit Judge Bill Wright has denied the defense’s motion requesting that Wesley Jonathan Williams get a new trial.

The Marianna Police Department listed the following incidents for Oct. 29 and 30, the latest available reports