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The Highland County Press is recapping some of the top stories from 2023. The following is Part 1 of the series.

The Highland County Press is recapping some of the top stories from 2023. The following is Part 1 of the series.

Please join the Buford Community on May 29, starting at 11 a.m. at the Buford Cemetery, to honor fallen veterans.

The First Judicial Circuit is using technology to help work through a backlog of cases that built up during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Who in Bay County would have thought that we could rival New Jersey or New Orleans when talking corruption? I, for one, am shocked and ashamed.

The Southern Ohio Association of Realtors® (SOAR) in southwestern Ohio represents nearly 675 personnel from all real estate specialties including residentia

View Comments MARIANNA — A key witness for the prosecution in the drug planting trial of Zachary Wester testified about her arrest by the former deputy and her decision to take a quick plea deal because she thought no one would believe her story. Teresa Odom, who was pulled over by Wester in February 2018 for faulty lights she said were actually working, told jurors there was no meth in her truck before he searched it.  Odom could be heard saying as much on Wester’s body cam: “It damn su...

After a lengthy investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, prosecutors charged Wester for crimes involving 13 of his alleged victims. The counts, 67 in all, range from racketeering to falsifying evidence.  Here are their stories, told through Westers own arrest reports and body camera videos, court documents and interviews: Not mine: Body cam video shows alleged sleight of hand Teresa Odom was stopped by Wester on Feb. 15, 2018, for driving on Highway 231 in Cottondale wit...