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Bonifay Police Department looks to relocate administrative office 

  cbreaux@kentsmith.biz The Holmes County Sheriff’s Office has officially relocated their headquarters. The HCSO administrative office is now at 1173 East Highway 90 in the old agricultural center, the agency announced on Facebook. They have left behind their old center at 211 North Oklahoma Street. The North Oklahoma Street location may still be occupied by…

The GOP can’t control the House; Biden can’t control the border or anything
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The GOP can’t control the House; Biden can’t control the border or anything

  Everyone loves to visit our nation’s capital in Washington, D.C. Some 1.2 million visitors go through the White House each year. The only other U.S. attraction with more visitors each year is our Rio Grande River.  This is a sensitive subject for the White House, whose goal is to let in more migrants who…

Happy Corner: celebrating 50 years since my first teaching job
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Happy Corner: celebrating 50 years since my first teaching job

  One of the joys of having been a teacher is meeting former students in my daily activities. Many of them I immediately recognize, but many of them I don’t, especially the boys whom I taught in 8th grade. Often, I recognize faces, but can’t say their names. Overall, I do very well in recollecting…

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Will Ozempic chew up the food industry?

  Danny Tyree ‘Are ya haaawngry?’ In the 90s, that question by the late Harold Rowland became a running gag after church every Sunday, as he inquired where I, my wife and my parents would be eating. In the future, many people may answer ‘Are ya haaawngry?’ with a shrug and a muffled ‘Meh.’ Investors…

No one’s buying Biden’s flip-flop on Trump’s wall
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No one’s buying Biden’s flip-flop on Trump’s wall

  Carl Golden There exists an ‘acute and immediate need’ for a border wall in the Rio Grande Valley – Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, October 4, 2023. ‘No’- President Biden when asked if a border wall was effective in halting illegal immigration, Oct. 5, 2023. Aside from widening the administration’s credibility gap, the…

Reflections: The pastor and politics
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Reflections: The pastor and politics

  Michael J. Brooks Political primaries commence in January, and our state goes to the polls on ‘Super Tuesday,’ March 5. Negative ads will appear. None of us like them, but political consultants insist they work; hence, they’ll be back.  Pastors walk a fine line in political matters. Moral issues are ‘fair game,’ though we…

Are you going through a difficult time?
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Are you going through a difficult time?

  ‘Hi, Emma. I’m calling to see how you’re doing’. ‘I’m doing okay. Thanks for checking’.  Her voice was somber but strong.  ‘It’s been tough. My car broke down – again. But the kids and I prayed, and thankfully, I have a second interview with one of the companies I’ve applied with’. Almost a year…

Regional group welcomes kids out for mud races
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Regional group welcomes kids out for mud races

  Cbreaux@kentsmith.biz Alex Henderson and his friend Daniel Brown, who owns an automotive shop in Alabama, saw a need for kids to get outside and enjoy mud riding-which motivated the two to organize meet-ups for said kids in Holmes County.  Henderson, who lives in Alabama, and his friends are avid riders and want youngsters to…

Holmes County native looks to open new funeral home in Bonifay
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Holmes County native looks to open new funeral home in Bonifay

  Cbreaux@kentsmith.biz Holmes County has always been Joel Davis’ hometown. Davis owns Davis-Watkins Funeral Homes & Crematory, which has locations throughout Northwest Florida. He wanted to open one in Holmes County but was waiting for the right place. That right place opened up at 406 West Highway 90 in Bonifay-which is expected to be the…