Arrest Made in Robbery Investigation
The Bonifay Police Department announces the arrest of James Lee McCarty. McCarty is the suspect in the robbery at Subway on December 16, 2016.
View ArticleBonifay woman pleads guilty to veterans disability fraud
Following day two of her trial, Veronica Dale Hahn, 60, of Bonifay pled guilty to theft of government funds. The guilty plea was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the...
View ArticleAnnual peanut butter drive underway
The University of Florida/IFAS Holmes County Extension Service has lofty peanut butter ambitions to collect 4,000 pounds for local food banks in 2017. Holmes County farmers planted 4,986 acres of...
View Article2 charged with drug possession in Opp
A man and woman are behind bars after officers found drugs inside a vehicle they were driving, according to officials with the Opp Police Department. Opp officials say, Jimmy R. Grice, 47 from Dozier...
View ArticleBonifay mulls marijuana, hires new attorney
BONIFAY – The City of Bonifay followed the lead of a growing number of Florida municipalities by agreeing to adopt a moratorium on Amendment 2 when city council met Monday in regular session. The...
View ArticleBMS to present Beauty and the Beast Jr.
Disney's Beauty and the Beast Jr. will be presented by the Bonifay Middle School Theatre and Chorus department in May. The 60-minute musical, designed for middle-school aged performers, is based on the...
View ArticleSchool board mulls old campus
BONIFAY –Holmes County School Board convened in a special meeting Friday to discuss the fate of the old Bonifay Elementary and Middle School campuses when the new K-8 school opens this fall. With the...
View ArticleSuspect facing felony charges
HOLMES COUNTY – On January 16, 2017, the Holmes County Sheriff's Office received a report that a Geneva, Alabama business was broken into. Checks that were stolen during the burglary were forged and...
View ArticleTrail Life: 'Fostering Godly men'
A little-known organization is working to teach young men a love for the outdoors and service to community, as well as life lessons leaders hope will "foster Godly men." Trail Life USA began to form in...
View ArticleGreat American Bingo opens in Bonifay
BONIFAY – The Holmes County Chamber of Commerce welcomed a new business to Bonifay last Friday with a grand opening celebration. The Great American Bingo Hall, located at 495 St. Johns Road in Bonifay,...
View ArticleHappy 150th birthday, Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder died Feb. 10, 1957 - but it was the 150th anniversary of her birth that local residents were celebrating 60 years later, on Feb. 10, 2017. The celebration, held at the Holmes...
View ArticleCommissioners approves road projects
BONIFAY – In last Tuesday's regular session meeting of the Holmes County Board of County Commissioners, County Engineer Cliff Knauer and Engineer Jake Mathis of Melvin Engineering, presented the board...
View ArticleAll-Night sing returning to Bonifay
Bill Bailey recently announced the return of "The Biggest All-Night Singing in the World" to Memorial Field in Bonifay. The sing will be held Saturday, July 1. It has been 10 years since the sing was...
View Article4-H plants red maple
Members of Holmes County 4-H and the Florida Forestry Service partnered to plant a tree in Middlebrooks Park. The red maple sapling was left over after a tree give away during Arbor Day.
View ArticleHometown soldiers return to heroesa welcome
National Guard troops with Bonifay's 153rd Cavalry Regiment returned home Friday after nearly a year-long deployment to Republic of Djibouti, a country located in the Horn of Africa.
View ArticleBonifay sets elections, hires new clerk
BONIFAY – There will soon be a new face at Bonifay City Hall, following city council's Monday vote to hire Beverly Gilley as city clerk effective April 1. Gilley will fill the role which will become...
View ArticleCommissioners name first 10 FEMA road projects
BONIFAY – During a special meeting Monday night the Holmes County Board of County Commissioners set the scope of work for FEMA road projects whose funds have been obligated in the amount of $21.29...
View ArticleAbduction suspect captured in Bonifay
The Panama City Police Department asked area residents to be alert after the child was taken from her mother's vehicle in Bay County by Matthew Pemberton around 7:30 Monday morning.
View ArticleArrest made in NW Fla. kidnapping of 2-year-old Updated at
On Monday, PCPD responded to 23rd Street and Stanford Avenue in reference to a report that Pemberton allegedly removed his 15-month-old child from the mother's vehicle while it was stopped in traffic.
View ArticleCounty to aquire old hospital
BONIFAY – Holmes County officials are officially making efforts to acquire the old Doctors Memorial Hospital campus to be repurposed as a county government annex. Holmes County Commissioners...
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