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September 25, 2009
Group backed by lawyers behind controversial flier
A group associated with a trial lawyers lobby has admitted it financed a flier with racial overtones sent to voters in a recent special election to fill the state Senate seat vacated by the death of Sen. Jim King.
Mayor pleads no contest
Marianna Mayor Paul Donofro Jr. has entered a no contest plea to charges of boating under the influence and resisting arrest without violence, according to court records.
September 24, 2009
Compass Lake residents ask for county’s help
Some property owners at Compass Lake in the Hills have petitioned the Jackson County Commission for changes in the ordinance which governs the Municipal Services Taxing Unit, or MSTU, in their subdivision.
September 23, 2009
City approves list for water line improvement
The Marianna City Commission on Monday selected a contractor to replace water lines, and to patch or resurface the roads that will have to be torn up to get at those lines.
September 13, 2009
Sneads to place conditions on bar
Sneads City Council members are taking action to keep their streets quiet on Saturday nights after they were told the state attorney would not.
New locks for town park
Grand Ridge is trying to secure its park.
Grand Ridge mill rate at zero
Grand Ridge is one step closer to finalizing its budget for next year after Thursday’s public budget work session.
September 04, 2009
Cottondale keeps city manager after all
Cottondale won’t see a change in its immediate future, after the city commission decided Thursday to keep Willie Cook as the city manager. The commission thereby reversed a decision it took just last month not to renew his contract.
August 07, 2009
Sen. Martinez to resign, return to private sector
ORLANDO — Republican Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida said Friday he will step down from the Senate before his term ends, adding fresh intrigue over who will fill the seat.
July 19, 2009
Judge’s ruling goes against Corps
Judge Paul A. Magnuson ruled Friday that Georgia must cease withdrawing water from Lake Lanier within three years.
June 08, 2009
Marianna mayor arrested
The mayor of Marianna was arrested and charged with boating under the influence Saturday evening and spent some time in the county jail that night before being released on the order of a judge.
May 09, 2009
Malone councilman arrested
A Malone town council member was arrested on methamphetamine-related charges Friday, law enforcement officials report.
Obama wants Fed to be finance supercop
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve could become the supercop for “too big to fail” companies capable of causing another financial meltdown under a proposal being seriously considered by the White House.
Aide resigns over NYC flyover; probe continues
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon and Air Force are reviewing whether their officials may be partly to blame for a $328,835 photo-op of a jumbo jet used by the president soaring above New York City that has already forced the White House military director to step down.
April 15, 2009
Durden re-elected in Grand Ridge
Incumbent commissioner Ronnie Durden was re-elected to his seat on the Grand Ridge commission Tuesday.
Voters in Sneads return Lewis
SNEADS — Sneads residents voted to keep the status quo with the city council, re-electing council President Greg Lewis Tuesday.
Wise re-elected
By 35 votes, Marianna Mayor James Wise was re-elected to the Marianna City Commission Tuesday, based on unofficial results for the city’s election.
April 14, 2009
Grand Ridge gets new mayor
Grand Ridge has voted a new mayor — maybe.
March 28, 2009
Obama widens al-Qaida war, making it his own
WASHINGTON (AP) — Widening war in “the most dangerous place in the world,“ President Barack Obama launched a fresh effort Friday to defeat al-Qaida terrorists in both Pakistan and Afghanistan, defending his strategy with shades of the dire language of George W. Bush.
CEOs say economic plans look good, want details
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top executives of the nation’s biggest banks said Friday after meeting with President Barack Obama that they will work with the administration on its economic recovery plans, but want more specifics from the White House.
March 10, 2009
Math whiz kid meets the president
WASHINGTON—Being a mathematics whiz kid added up to a special moment Monday for 17-year-old Maxim Rabinovich of Wimauma, Fla.
$2.2 billion in stimulus bill for Florida remains uncertain
WASHINGTON—Florida Education Commissioner Eric Smith will share a stage Tuesday with the person who must decide whether Florida will qualify for as much as $2.2 billion in education-related stimulus funds.
March 09, 2009
Warner a target on labor issue
WASHINGTON - Labor advocates and business leaders are turning up the heat on freshman Sen. Mark Warner, a self-described “radical centrist.“
Obama overturns Bush policy on stem cells
Reversing Bush policy, President Barack Obama on Monday cleared the way for a significant increase in federal dollars for embryonic stem cell research and promised no scientific data will be “distorted or concealed to serve a political agenda.“
March 08, 2009
Tracking local stimulus dollars on web site not easy
A Web site launched by the White House last month to allow citizens to keep track of where stimulus dollars are going is getting 3,000 hits per second and already has registered more than 150 million hits altogether.
March 07, 2009
Former USF football player lost at sea is mourned
CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. — A week after two NFL players and two of their friends sailed into the Gulf of Mexico on a fishing trip that turned disastrous, family, friends and the lone survivor paid tribute to one of the missing men.
March 05, 2009
Credit woes could increase Fla. insurance rates
Florida’s insurance commissioner says the national credit crunch could lead to higher hurricane coverage premiums and more home foreclosures.
House panel passes tobacco regulation
WASHINGTON - A House panel passed a sweeping tobacco regulation bill Wednesday, putting it on pace for passage by the full House far earlier in the congressional session than last year.
March 04, 2009
Omnibus bill: Florida lawmakers face tough choices
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of millions of dollars for Florida projects ranging from money to dredge the Port of Tampa to youth-gang prevention efforts and municipal beautification efforts are at stake in a catch-all spending bill the Senate is expected to vote on Thursday.
Obama to name Fla. official to head FEMA
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama today announced his intention to nominate Florida’s disaster management chief, Craig Fugate, to head the much-criticized Federal Emergency Management Agency.
