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Music swings on Apalachicola porches
Saturday had the perfect weather for a puttering around town and stopping to listen to music at the parks and from porches, as Apalachicola’s Porch Fest Apalach marked its fifth…
Local News
Sample ballot error confuses Franklin voters
A misprint in a sample ballot set out to Franklin County voters has gotten a lot of folks scratching their heads. In a mailing sent out earlier this month to…
Local property appraisers honored at annual conference
The Forgotten Coast had an outsized role at the 121st annual conference earlier this month in Jacksonville of the oldest and largest professional association of property appraisers in the state…
‘48 Hours’ to feature local case Saturday
For six years, readers in Franklin and Gulf counties could follow, if so inclined, the tragic tale of a young woman bludgeoned to death in 2018 in an Eastpoint motel,…
Sports
Seahawks edge Wewa, eye Port St. Joe
For the first time in eight years, and for only the fifth time in 18 games, the Franklin County Seahawks downed rival Wewahitchka Friday night 21-14. “I think it’s monumental…
Cottondale hands Seahawks first loss
It was a hard-fought game from start to finish, Franklin County didn’t show an ounce of quit, but an incredible rushing game by the Cottondale Hornets was too much to…
Lineup set for $100K Redfish Cup Championship
Ten teams will compete for their share of a $100,000 purse when the 2024 Yamaha Bassmaster Redfish Cup Championship presented by Skeeter travels to Apalachicola Bay Friday through Sunday, Oct…
State News
One million more
Florida GOP tops milestone over Democratic voters The number of registered Republican voters in Florida officially surpassed Democrats by more than 1 million on Sunday,…
Two-car crash slows island bridge traffic
A two-car collision on the bridge between Eastpoint and St. George Island has slowed down traffic. A report by the Florida Highway Patrol said the…
Celebration Saturday at Negro Fort at Prospect Bluff
The North Florida African American Corridor Project in collaboration with The 20th of May Group Culture Bearers proudly present a day of celebration and commemoration…
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Opinion
Not all lies are created equal
It never ends. The press still does not know how to handle the avalanche of lies that is MAGA’s chief contribution to our national life…
Elon and Trump, birds of a feather
Donald Trump returned to Butler, Pennsylvania where he was almost killed weeks ago. And you thought Tom Cruise was cool because he does his own…
America’s last truly free market
All anybody needs to know about a free economy is alive and well thanks to social media flea markets, such as Facebook Marketplace. While procrastinating…
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Community & Faith
What’s it like being a pastor or a pastor’s wife?
What is it like to walk in your pastors’ shoes? Does being your pastor bring them joy? Or does it make them groan? Hebrews 13:17…
Has your world suddenly changed?
Are you experiencing a crisis? Do you feel as if your life will never be the same? If we haven’t personally lost a job or…
How you livin’?
My husband, Bert, loves to greet people with a huge smile and a cheerful, “How you livin’?” His question (although perhaps a bit grammatically incorrect)…