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Downtown Blountstown will be in full bloom this Saturday, April 30th during the North Florida Wildflower Festival from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will be held on North Pear Street, between Depot Park and Highway 20. [Full Story »] 

The American Rivers conservation group released their annual list of the most endangered rivers in the country with the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin taking the number one spot. [Full Story »] 

An Altha man has been sentenced on aggravated manslaughter charges in the death of two-year-old Anya Dziura. [Full Story »] 

John F. Bailey Road/Doug Price Road in Calhoun County will be closed to thru traffic until 5 p.m. today due to road construction. If you have questions, call Joe Wood at 674-8075.

The votes are in with Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders winning in Calhoun County's Presidential Preference Primary Tuesday. Totals are as follows:

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
Jeb Bush 16
Ben Carson 18
Chris Christie 1
Ted Cruz 356
Carly Fiorina 2
Jim Gilmore 0
Lindsey Graham 0
Mike Huckabee 5
John R. Kasich 27
Rand Paul 1
Marco Rubio 206
Rick Santorum 1
Donald J. Trump 524

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
Hillary Clinton 437
Martin O'Malley 225
Bernie Sanders 545

According to Supervisor of Elections Margie Laramore, 221 voters changed parties since Jan. 1, becoming Republicans. Eight switched to the Democratic party and three claimed no party affiliation.

Calhoun County has 7471 registered voters. Of those, 2397 (32.08%) cast ballots in the Presidential Preference Primary.

The Board of Directors for Calhoun Liberty Hospital and Hospital CEO Ruth Attaway today announced the hospital has engaged Alliant Management Services to bring professional management services to the the hospital. Attaway will transition her responsibilities as hospital administrator and CEO to Interim CEO James Heizenrater, FACHE beginning this week and will assume the role of Chairman of the Board.

“I feel like I was put in this position for a purpose, and that purpose was to save our hospital,” said Attaway. “Now that we’re moving in the right direction, this company and Mr. Heizenrater will be able to carry through with that mission, and I am excited about this new position of leadership for our Board of Directors.”

Alliant will provide oversight of the day-to-day operations of the hospital and lead the strategic direction of the organization. The Board of Directors, led by Attaway, will maintain its role as the governing body of the hospital and will continue to exercise its control over its affairs.

More details in this week's print edition.

She’s been a teacher, a pastor, a community leader. And now Geraldine Sheard is Calhoun County’s Citizen of the Year. [Full Story »]