Extension request forwarded to FEMA
BONIFAY – Holmes County FEMA Coordinator Joey Marsh updated the Board of County Commissioners at their July 11 regular session meeting on the status of the extension request for FEMA work. The request...
View ArticleBonifay woman killed in crash
Florida Highway Patrol reports Kristin King, 25, was traveling westbound on U.S. Highway 90 in the area of JWO Boswell Road around 5:15 a.m. when her 2013 Hyundai Elantra drove off the roadway,...
View ArticleOklahoma Street under budget, more improvements to come
BONIFAY – An update on the Oklahoma Street construction project was presented to Bonifay City Council when they met in regular session Monday. Elizabeth Moore of Anchor CI, Inc. reports the project is...
View ArticleHCSO 'rocks' Bonifay: Dispatchers lead painted rock school supply drive
Dispatchers Fallon Braxton and Kylie Lewis are painting and hiding scores of colorful rocks marked "HCSO" in an effort to bolster school supply donations for Holmes County students. The rocks will be...
View ArticleTentative agreement reached on LOGT disbursement
BONIFAY – A tentative agreement between the county and five municipalities concerning funds from the Local Option Gas Tax has been reached, pending the approval of the Holmes County Board of...
View ArticleBonifay man in custody after multi-agency manhunt
Florida Highway Patrol Interdiction Unit attempted to stop a blue Ford Explorer for a stolen license plate when the vehicle turned into a driveway and quickly pulled behind a house. The driver was seen...
View ArticleAppointments by Governor Rick Scott for Sunday July 30, 2017
Sniffen, 44, of Parrish, is currently a county judge for Manatee County. He previously worked in private practice, and as an Assistant State Attorney for the Twelfth Judicial Circuit.
View ArticleHolmes LOGT agreement tabled until September
BONIFAY – A tentative agreement on the disbursement of Local Option Gas Tax funds was expected to be signed when Holmes County Board of County Commissioners met in regular session July 25, but the...
View ArticleFEMA approves road project extension
BONIFAY – The Holmes County Board of Commissioners held a called meeting Monday to discuss an extension requested by the county to FEMA for road projects. Holmes County FEMA Coordinator Joey Marsh...
View ArticleSchool Board sets tentative millage, budget
BONIFAY – Holmes County School Board has set their tentative millage rate and budget during the first public hearing on the matter on Monday. The tentative millage rate for fiscal year 2017-2018 is...
View ArticleBonifay PD charges 16 after summer drug sweep
Bonifay Police Chief Chris Wells on Wednesday announced that 16 warrants resulted from "Operation Heatwave," an undercover drug operation ran by his department. Bonifay Police turned-up the heat on...
View ArticleBonifay K-8 hosts official grand opening Updated at
The new facility has a price tag of just over $38 million, most of which is state funded. There is state of the art technology in place in every classroom to include the computer labs available for all...
View ArticleCircle H employee arrested for grand theft from store
The Circle H store in Vernon recently became the victim of theft by a long time employee identified Dusti Gainey, 33, of Bonifay. Washington County Sheriff's Office investigators were provided with...
View ArticleBonifay tables LOGT agreement, approves ordinance
BONIFAY – An interlocal agreement between the county and its five municipalities was tabled when the Bonifay City Council met in regular session August 14. Last month, it was agreed that the county...
View ArticleSenator Gainer sits down with officials on 'listening tour
BONIFAY – Holmes County's municipalities were the most recent stop on Senator George Gainer's "listening" tour. Gainer says the stops allow him to hear the needs in each county and municipality within...
View ArticlePair awaits extradition to Alabama
Holmes County Sheriff's Office in conjunction with Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force out of Panama City arrested Daniel Martin,34, and Anna Redmon, 44, on August 16, at a residence at 617 Midway...
View ArticleTraffic Stop Leads to a Meth Arrests
As a Washington County Sheriff's deputy patrolled the Five Points area of the county he observed an older model Chevrolet truck pulling a boat and trailer with the trailer tag obscured from view. As...
View ArticleBonifay student is stand out among 40,000 Boy Scouts
When Noah Owens of local Boy Scout Troop 39 attended the largest Boy Scouts of America event in the country, he had no idea he would catch the attention of the organization's national leaders. Owens,...
View ArticleSchool board approves contracts, personnel recommendations
BONIFAY – Several contracts for services within the district were approved by the Holmes County School Board when they met in regular session August 15. A service agreement with Florida State...
View ArticleFire displaces Chipley family
A fire gutted a home in the 3000 block of Douglas Ferry Road Wednesday, displacing an elderly Washington County couple. Fire Coordinator Rick Kerr reports firefighters responded around 8:24 Wednesday...
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