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Tour of Homes centers on changing Hill neighborhood
The historic structures that comprise the sixth oldest church in Florida will have funds to ensure their maintenance and preservation thanks to another successful Historic Apalachicola Home and Garden Tour…
Local News
Local DKG chapter recognized at state meeting
The Florida Delta Kappa Gamma Chapter Society of Key Women Educators held their annual convention in Lake Mary April 25-27 and the local chapter, Delta Kappa Chapter, received recognition in…
Quilters lend financial support to libraries
Hi Y’all, Memorial Day, May 26 is coming up. While we are getting ready for picnics, partying, and all the fun that goes with a holiday, let’s remember the servicemen…
Christian school speaks the language
Do you know the definitions of nouns, verbs, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections? Students in grades three through eight at Apalachicolal’s First Baptist Christian School do, and they…
Sports
Franklin County hoop coach charged with battery
Franklin County boys basketball coach Ray Bailey, who amassed an 80-57 record over the last five seasons, including a trip to the Class 1A Final Four, has been suspended from…
Lady Seahawks fall in regional finals
The Lady Seahawks ended their season last week at 18-8, falling on May 13 in Bristol to the Liberty County Lady Bulldogs. The Lady Bulldogs held Franklin County to just…
Franklin downs St. Joe, faces Liberty for state berth
It came down to some close calls by the umps, and as usual it was a hard-fought game, but in the end, Franklin County edged Port St. Joe 6-5 last…
State News
FWC to weigh resuming bear hunt
At a meeting set for May 21 in Ocala, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission was set to hear from what would likely be…
Building owners host rooftop-nesting shorebirds
While shorebirds and seabirds typically nest directly on beaches along our coasts, species including black skimmers, least terns, roseate terns and American oystercatchers increasingly use…
How tariffs might affect domestic shrimp
The Trump administration’s latest round of tariffs are likely to have an effect on domestic shrimp production and prices, but to what extent, and in…
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Opinion
My mother’s ultimatum
I’m 63 and still single, but my mother has never given up hope that she will get me married. “What about that nice young lady…
Trump’s first 100 daze, a retrospective
Trump’s first 100 days have been like drinking water through a firehose. The left barely has time to get their talking points together — and…
Digital imaging equipment would help rural hospitals
In 2021, I fell off a golf cart and suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Apalachicola. I was taken to George E. Weems Memorial…
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Community & Faith
I appreciate the solemnity of Memorial Day
In the mid-1990s, when my son, Joshua, announced that he had enlisted in the Army, I felt nervous yet proud of his decision to serve…
Are we modeling intolerance to our children?
When someone insults us, steals from us or lies to us, what would Jesus say… to us? Furthermore, how would Jesus want us to model…
Emergency management helps us prepare for hurricanes
Hi Y’all, I hope your Mother’s Day was filled with love, whether it was for you or from you. The snowbirds are leaving, and things…