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September 08, 2008
Club members share their treasures
Childhood memories, sweethearts’ tokens of affection, and parents’ loving gifts took center stage Monday as the Sneads Carlisle Rose Garden Club put on its first-ever ‘Show and Tell’ meeting.
Hurricane Ike on track to veer away from Keys
KEY WEST, Fla. - Authorities called off evacuation orders for the Florida Keys on Monday as a ferocious Hurricane Ike shifted south over Cuba and appeared on track to miss the low-lying U.S. island chain.
September 07, 2008
Book signing marks local author’s success
Local author Tracey Kitts was at Chipola River Book and Tea Saturday to sign the first book of the Lilith Mercury: Werewolf Hunter series.
Local women take the stage in ‘Steel Magnolias’
A matinee performance of Steel Magnolias might be just the ticket for a lazy Sunday afternoon, especially considering that three Jackson County women are in the cast of the show.
Democrats post big gains in voter registration
Five days a week, Linda Graham trolls tattered neighborhoods of this once thriving steel city outside Pittsburgh for unregistered voters she can sign up as Democrats — one of thousands of unknown volunteers whose work outside the limelight has already altered the basic arithmetic of the November election.
NM Republicans happy with Palin choice
Republican presidential candidate John McCain, in his fourth visit to New Mexico since Memorial Day, told supporters Saturday it’s a battleground state “and we must win New Mexico.“
Keeping an eye on Ike
Once again, emergency officials are asking residents to be wary of a storm on the horizon; but for good reason, according to officials.
Florida: It’s time to move on
Introduced as a man who waits patiently at the shoreline for the best wave, Mark Wilson spoke on Florida’s economic changing of tides at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce First Friday Power Breakfast this week.
Rice: ‘Time isn’t right for the Russia agreement’
Now is not the right time for the U.S. to move forward on a once-celebrated deal for civilian nuclear cooperation with Russia, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday.
Lakeland murder plot suspect leaves many puzzled
Randy Nowak painted himself as a builder, entrepreneur and inventor of green technology. Some would add con man and would-be murderer to his resume.
September 06, 2008
FBI’s civil rights initiative: no trials yet
Flanked by officials from the NAACP and the Southern Poverty Law Center, FBI Director Robert Mueller last year announced with considerable fanfare a new partnership between his agency and civil rights organizations. The goal: To bring justice in long-ignored murders from the civil rights era. The outcome: Not one case has been prosecuted under the FBI’s Cold Case Initiative, which actually began two years ago with no fanfare at all.
Hurricane Ike churns west, triggers fears
For those who live in its path, hurricane season stirs up anxiety even before devastating winds and rains hit land.
Lots of rain, some flooding as Hanna moves north
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Tropical Storm Hanna accelerated toward New England on Saturday after the storm’s whipping winds and rain didn’t linger long enough over the Southeast to cause much more than some isolated flooding and power outages.
September 05, 2008
Judge sentences Jonesboro shooter to 4 years
A man who as a teen helped shoot and kill five people in a schoolyard ambush was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison on an unrelated federal weapons charge.
Prisons scramble to make digital TV switch
The big switch to digital TV has prison officials scrambling to keep one of the most important peacekeeping tools in prisons across the nation — broadcast television.
Southeast braces for Hanna as Ike strengthens
Some Southeastern states declared emergencies and officials urged residents to head inland Thursday as Tropical Storm Hanna headed toward the Atlantic coast, where it could bring high winds and rain from South Carolina to Maine.
Americans get to know once-obscure Alaska governor
Doug Watts, a painter from Phoenix, watched in spite of himself. There was Sarah Palin on television, and he found himself mesmerized.
September 04, 2008
Chipola sees increase in enrollment
Enrollment for Fall classes at Chipola is almost five percent higher than it was at this time last year, according to college officials. Students are also taking more classes this year.
JTrans top in state
Apparently, it’s easy to get around in Jackson County.
City may consider ‘power’ grab
Whether the city of Marianna will attempt to exercise its right to buy out the Florida Public Utilities distribution system in town is a question the city is starting to explore.
Marianna advised to add new charge to gas bills
Marianna’s natural gas customers could be looking at an extra charge on their fuel bills if city commissioners take the advice of consultant who spoke with them in a workshop Wednesday evening.
Army: soldier suicide rate may set record again
Soldier suicides this year could surpass the record rate of last year, Army officials said Thursday, urging military leaders at all levels to redouble prevention efforts for a force strained by two wars.
Crist delays next step on property tax relief
The removal of a property tax-cutting amendment from Florida’s ballot left Gov. Charlie Crist disappointed Thursday, but he said he wants to deal with a series of hurricanes threatening the state before deciding his next move on tax relief.
Immigration issues resurface on some state ballots
In a high school classroom, Xavier Chavez is trying to teach a group of restless teenagers about Manifest Destiny — the 19th century belief that the United States was divinely fated to stretch from sea to shining sea.
Defendant in Pa. collar-bomb case pleads guilty
A man admitted in federal court Wednesday that he helped plot a bizarre bank robbery that ended when a bomb strapped around a pizza deliveryman’s neck exploded and killed him, the first conviction in the 5-year-old case.
Marianna utilities workshop also held
Marianna City Commissioners talked Wednesday about the possibility of changing the city’s natural gas rate structure, a move that could mean an additional monthly fee and some basic rate increases for its customers.
Judge pleads not guilty to sex crime charges
A federal judge, promising a “horde of witnesses” in his defense, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he fondled a former case manager and tried to force her into a sexual act.
RI nightclub owners reach settlement in fatal fire
The owner of the radio station that ran ads for a concert where a fire killed 100 people agreed to pay $22 million. A beer distributor that helped promote the show agreed to $16 million.
September 03, 2008
Wynn Street Park may see improvements this year
Wynn Street Park and other areas in Marianna might be subject to a few improvements this year.
Gravel ordered for dirt roads
Road and Bridge Superintendent Al Green broke his ankle last week while preparing his home for possible high winds associated with Hurricane Gustav.
