Bonifay city council calls special session Thursday for fire station bond claim
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Bonifay city council calls special session Thursday for fire station bond claim

Bonifay City Council heard from a resident of North Cotton Street in Monday night’s regular meeting regarding his concern over the property across the street that he has watched deteriorate over the years.  Bonifay resident Sidney Adams, who owns a home across from the treehouse and property that’s become one of the longest-looming problems for…

Commissioners talk grants, lake hours
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Commissioners talk grants, lake hours

The Holmes County Board of County Commissioners discussed grant funds and Dogwood Lake boat ramp hours when they met in regular session March 7. County Manager David Corbin brought a proposal to the board concerning the recreational center which the commission regained last year. Corbin proposed using federal grant funds to repurpose the old gym…

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Holmes County EMS to take part in Hart HELPS project

Holmes County EMS was recently approved to take part in the Florida Department of Health Hart HELPS project. HELPS is an acronym for Helping Evolve Locally Provided Services project. Over the course of the next year, EMS will be tracking which calls they have responded to that refuse transport or do not need transport to…

Volunteers make Arc multi-sensory room a reality
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Volunteers make Arc multi-sensory room a reality

In a day and age of neurotypical people living in an overstimulated world, it’s even more important to safeguard those without the normal defenses from stress-inducing sensory environments.  Just in time for Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, the Arc of Washington-Holmes Counties, Inc. hosted an open house March 4 to showcase the newly minted multi-sensory room…

Tickets on sale for HCHS Gospel Music Weekend
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Tickets on sale for HCHS Gospel Music Weekend

The Holmes County High School Music Department will present a Gospel Music Weekend on Saturday, March 11 at 5 p.m. and Sunday, March 12 at 2:30 p.m. at the HCHS Auditorium. Tickets are now on sale. The night will include many gospel standards and new favorites. The HCHS students will be singing songs that include…

Passengers extricated from early morning rollover crash on I-10
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Passengers extricated from early morning rollover crash on I-10

Bonifay Fire-Rescue extricated four out of five people involved in a single-vehicle rollover crash that occurred around 4:30 a.m. Monday.  The crash occurred at mile marker 114 on Interstate 10 eastbound. According to Florida Highway Patrol, four adults and an infant were traveling east in a 2005 silver Toyota 4Runner with Texas plates when the…