Raccoon Tested Positive for Rabies Rabies Alert Issued for County Until April 30

Bay County – The Bay County Health Department is issuing a rabies alert effective until April 30, 2012 due to a raccoon testing positive for rabies on February 16, 2012. The raccoon was killed by a dog in the Fountain area, near the intersection of...

Snake Strangles Child In Sumpter County!

The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office responded to a Sumter County residence on Wednesday morning after receiving a call that a snake was strangling a child. When the officers arrived on the scene, the child was dead, and the snake was found under furniture, having been...

Bats driving you batty? Now is the time to act.

Bats are beautiful because, most of the time, they make life for humans much easier. They are the most important controller of night-flying insects. Experts with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) report that a single bat can eat up to 3,000 insects...