Millers are Holmes County Farm Family of the Year
Holmes County celebrated its agricultural leaders Thursday with the annual Farm City banquet, held at the Holmes County Agricultural Center. Wesley Miller is a fourth generation farmer who grew up in...
View ArticleBonifay man found guilty in stabbing
A Washington County jury has convicted a Bonifay man of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon in relation to a January stabbing incident. Assistant State Attorney Shalla Jefcoat presented evidence...
View ArticleJROTC collects items for troops
Holmes County High School JROTC started its annual service learning project November 14. The mission will be to conduct a food drive for needy people during the holiday seasons and will be collecting...
View ArticleMulti agency chase ends safely
UPDATE :The suspects in the earlier story have been identified as, Orithain Lamar Huey, 18, and Wendell Harp, 18, and a juvenile. All three are believed to be from the Orlando/Winter Haven area.
View ArticleBonifay to soften mobile home park ordinance
The City of Bonifay is revamping an ordinance regulating mobile home parks within the city limits to increase the maximum age of mobile homes allowed in the parks. Passed in 1992, the original...
View ArticleCommission tables future land use initiative
Holmes County Development Commission tabled a discussion in the Dec. 6 regular meeting of whether the board will help fund implementation of an overlay to the existing Future Land Use Map as the...
View ArticleBonifay hopes to widen tributary
An improvement project is underway for the Camp Branch Tributary, according to Bonifay City Engineer Amir Zafar. Zafar updated the members of Bonifay City Council on the project when the board met in...
View ArticleProfile: Pearce Presnell
His father, an avid boater and fisherman, started bringing him to the island 25 years ago. "We used to vacation here, and then my dad bought a place here in the 1990s.
View ArticleBonifay PD seeks robbery suspect
The Bonifay Police Department is actively searching for a man wanted in connection with the robbery of the Subway restaurant located on South Waukesha Street in Bonifay shortly before 9 p.m. Friday....
View ArticleNo injuries in WCSO patrol crash
Florida Highway Patrol reports a crash involving a Washington County Sheriff's Office patrol SUV around 6:45 Sunday evening. FHP reports Deputy Joseph Green, who was responding to a disturbance call,...
View ArticlePublic Assistance Needed in Subway Robbery in Bonifay
The Bonifay Police Department responded to Subway located on South Waukesha Street at approximately 8:55pm in reference to a robbery that had just occurred. The suspect presented a note to the cashier...
View ArticleJudge Powell retires
County Judge Owen N. Powell's gavel has fallen for the last time, concluding 12 years of service on the bench in the 14th Judicial Circuit. Past and present employees of Holmes County Courthouse filled...
View ArticleRobbery suspect identified
BONIFAY – The Bonifay Police has identified a suspect in the December 16 robbery of the Subway restaurant located on South Waukesha Street in Bonifay. The suspect has been identified as James Lee...
View ArticleMarsh steps down as County Coordinator
Marsh expressed his intentions in a December 13 Board of County Commissioners workshop, and commissioners accepted the action in a meeting that immediately followed. Marsh states he will continue his...
View ArticleFugitive apprehended
James Lee McCarty, wanted in connection to the December 16 robbery of the Subway restaurant on South Waukesha Street in Bonifay, was arrested December 22 in Sante Fe, New Mexico. The Bonifay Police...
View ArticleMissing woman found
The Holmes County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in locating a missing and endangered adult. Courtney Dea'un Howell's vehicle was found abandoned on the shoulder of State Road 90...
View ArticleThe gift of sight: Lions Club helps Bonifay woman regain clear vision
Jean Miller of Bonifay says she didn't need a Christmas list this holiday season, thanks to the Chipley Lions Club having already granted her greatest wish: to have her vision restored. "I was driving...
View ArticleCrash injures 4, kills unborn child
A young mother lost her unborn child as a result of a single-vehicle crash that occurred shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday. The Florida Highway Patrol reports Kyle Velazquez, 23, of Bonifay was traveling...
View ArticleHolmes and Washington County traffic alert
Chipley– Drivers will encounter traffic variations on the following state roads in Holmes and Washington counties as crews perform construction and maintenance activities. · Interstate 10 Resurfacing...
View ArticleNo injuries in structure fire
Holmes County Communications Center received a 911 call reporting smoke coming from a residence at 1360 Clifford Street around 2:30 that afternoon. The first Bonifay Fire Rescue unit arrived to find a...
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