Law enforcement searching for fugitive after traffic stop turns into pursuit
Staff ReportSpecial to the Advertiser On Thursday, April 4, a high-speed pursuit unfolded involving a suspect later identified as Rodney Leon…
Read MoreLaw enforcement holds torch run in honor of Special Olympics
Local members of law enforcement could be seen running through Bonifay in red shirts in the early morning on March…
Read MoreCar wreck results in fatal shooting; one charged with murder
COLLIN BREAUXcbreaux@kentsmith.biz The Holmes County Sheriff’s Office announced March 28 Anthony Hicks Jr., a resident of Kynard, Fl., has been formally…
Read MoreCar wreck results in fatal shooting
cbreaux@kentsmith.biz According to current details, a person was fatally shot early Tuesday, March 26, after stopping to assist two other…
Read MoreBonifay man sentenced to 10 years in prison
STAFF REPORT Following a 15-minute deliberation, a Bonifay man with an extensive criminal record was sentenced to 10 years in…
Read MoreArrest made in 2002 cold case
cbreaux@kentsmith.biz Over twenty years ago, a 49-year-old woman named Sharon Mills who was reported missing in Dothan was found dead…
Read MoreArrest made in 2023 fatal Bonifay shooting case
A Callaway woman has been arrested in connection with a 2023 fatal shooting in Bonifay. The Holmes County Sheriff’s Office…
Read MoreWork release program gives Sheriff’s Office inmates new lease on life
cbreaux@kentsmith.biz Renza “Buster” Bailey is getting out of jail on Friday, Jan. 26…and when he does so, he has a…
Read MoreSuspect in New York child murder and arson apprehended in Holmes County
CAROL KENT Ckent@kentsmith.biz HOLMES COUNTY – A local man was taken into custody in the Prosperity community Thursday, Dec. 28,…
Read More2023 Year in Review: Holmes County
Holmes County was not without its share of headlines in 2023. From public arguments between county officials and community members…
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