Cross City News

The man accused of killing a Dixie County sheriff's captain in January made his first court appearance in Dixie County on Thursday morning.

Imagine the roads of the tri-county area. Think about the folks you know. The small towns.

Ninety-year-old Ed Wimberly believes contentment is the key to happiness in ministry.

The Facebook page with almost 1,200 fans says it all: Another 1,300 fans have signed up at Keep Chad Reed in Our Prayers - We Love You Chad.

Murder suspect John Kalisz could be transferred to a local hospital this week, a prosecutor in Dixie County said Tuesday.

Florida officials will try to get a more accurate count in the U.S. Census by targeting advertising and outreach at 10 traditionally hard-to-reach groups.

Published: Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 11:29 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 11:29 p.m. CROSS CITY L.B. King has been in business here since 1960 without a robbery or other serious trouble.

Amy Wilson could hear her co-worker's dying breaths as she sat on the ground with blood pouring out of her shoulder.

As the suspect in Thursday's murder spree recovers from his multiple gunshot wounds and waits for more surgeries, prosecutors in two separate judicial circuits are deciding where he will be tried first.

Sadness, guilt and disbelief have cost Melissa Williams a lot of tears during the past 72 hours.

You'd be hard pressed to find someone in Dixie County who doesn't know of 33-year-old Chad Reed.

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John Kalisz's confession was instant. He was talking on the phone with Jessie Denny, a close, personal friend.

They were talking about sheriff's Capt. Chad Reed on Friday at the power company and the Dairy Queen and the Dixie County Emergency Services and the First Baptist Church.

Deputies say when 55-year-old John Kalisz arrived at a gas station in Cross City, the damage and pain he had inflicted was already unthinkable and it wasn't over.

Published: Friday, January 15, 2010 at 10:06 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, January 15, 2010 at 12:49 p.m. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating Thursday's shooting death of a Dixie County sheriff's captain and will file a report to the State Attorney's Office.

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Wednesday morning low temperatures were as follows: Perry 18 Apalachicola 25 Albany 18 Cross City 22 Dothan 20 Panama City 26 Tallahassee 16 Valdosta 23 Others of note: Chipley 19 Cuthbert 19 Edison 19 Geneva 16 Georgetown 19 Leesburg 19 Mayo 19 We got awful close to a record this morning at Tallahassee with a low of 16.

The following is from Irv Watson of the National Weather Service in Tallahassee on Tuesday afternoon courtesy of Holmes County EMA Dothan was the lowest this morning with 21 degrees at our airport sites.

Toys for Tots Distribution The annual Toys for Tots distribution for Levy County will be from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at First Baptist church in Bronson.