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Commissioners vote down small box store moratorium (but not lightly)
Holmes County Commissioners voted down a moratorium that would have delayed the addition of new and prevent the expansion of existing small box discount stores in a special session Jan. 23. The moratorium stated its purpose was to study the effects of such stores on the health, safety and welfare of residents and businesses and……

Day one of Gardner trial complete
Witness testimony is underway in Holmes County for the murder trial of Latorish Antonio Gardner. Gardner is facing charges of second degree murder with a firearm, attempted first-degree murder with a firearm, shooting into a vehicle and shooting in public. These charges stem from a May 2021 incident involving Mariah Maps, mother of three of……
School district, fire dept. team up to gain ladder truck
Holmes County School Board and Bonifay Fire Department recently teamed up to solve one anothers needs with collective efforts to obtain a ladder truck. The agencies say the tall stadium lights on football, softball, and baseball fields across the county are expensive to replace and difficult to access. School Superintendent Buddy Brown says the school……
New Year’s realizations
Many use the phrase, “New year, new me,” but is it really a new you? Or rather an improved you? I’ve used the phrase multiple times throughout my life but what I have come to discover is that I have not, in fact, become a new me. I have instead become a better version of……
FWC announced partial drawdown of Lake Victor
HOLMES COUNTY – The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has announced the drawdown of Lake Victor beginning the first week of November and lasting through the first week of March 2022. The partial drawdown will allow for inspection and/or repairs of water control structures and nuisance aquatic vegetation control. Residents may want to……
Social media operation lands sex offender in jail
A 30-year-old sex offender is behind bars after he attempted to meet what he believed to be a 15-year-old child for the purpose of a sexual encounter.