Last year, the Florida Legislature set aside $250 million in the state budget to reimburse local law enforcement agencies for costs tied to immigration enforcement activities, including bonuses for officers participating in federal immigration partnerships.

Verizon is exploring plans to improve spotty cell service near Marianna High School by partnering with Milestone Towers to construct a cell tower on school district property.

In a moment of quiet but powerful history, Sara Applewhite Hughes recently became the first woman president of the Marianna Rotary Club, marking a new chapter in the organization’s proud legacy of service. While she is the first to hold the gavel, she is quick to point out she was not the first woman inducted. That honor belongs to Carmen Smith, who joined in October 2015. Hughes followed just a few months later in January 2016.