On 11-14-2009, officers from the Marianna Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a 1993 Grey GMC truck at the intersection of Guyton Street and Kelson Avenue.
The home of a Jackson County couple was destroyed by fire Saturday. The trailer, located on Festus Lane near Compass Lake, was already burned to the ground by the time firefighters were notified, according to Jackson County Fire Rescue Chief Tony Wesley.
Suspects are sought in two separate early Saturday morning incidents where Jackson County homes were apparently broken into, and in one case the owner assaulted.
On Wednesday afternoon, Investigators with the Jackson County Drug Task Force and the Florida Highway Patrol Contraband Interdiction Unit located and arrested Verland Terry Ball in Alford.
Alford resident Dawna McAlpin has taken steps to make sure she never falls victim to the "curse of the lottery." She secured all but 8 percent of her winnings, placing them in a protected and growing portfolio for her children.
Anything to avoid going to the dentist. A jailed Alford man who slipped away while on furlough for a medical appointment Monday will face escape charges after he's rounded up.