» Dennis Jones, a 20-year veteran of the Daytona Beach Police Department, is the new chief of Tallahassee Police Department.

» Holmes County has hired its first county administrator, Gregory S. Wood. A lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserves, Wood recently served in Iraq as commander of the Balad Air Base aeromedical evacuation fleet.

» Attorney Mel Magidson has been elected city commissioner and mayor of Port St. Joe, succeeding Frank Pate, who retired in June after nearly 40 years as mayor.