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Helene ‘sideswipes’ Forgotten Coast
Spared a hit from Category 4 storm In a remarkable display of preparedness, the Forgotten Coast, particularly Franklin County, obeyed the warnings from emergency management officials in advance of Hurricane…
Local News
Scenes from Helene
For the most part, Hurricane Helene’s winds spared the Forgotten Coast, but her rains were not so forgiving. People heeded the warnings, and boarded up their homes and buildings, and…
Clean-up plucks two tons of trash from landscape
Volunteers across Franklin County removed over two tons of trash and debris from the shorelines and landscape on Saturday, Sept. 21. The 220 volunteers of the annual International Coastal Clean…
Curtain to go up on ‘Living Dead’
The show must go on, and the Panhandle Players are living up to that showbiz adage. Despite a hiccough with Hurricane Helene, the Players’ “Night of the Living Dead Live”…
Sports
Lady Seahawks even record at 6-6
Prior to the cancellation of last week’s Sept. 26 contest at Wakulla Christian, the Lady Seahawks varsity volleyball team had won three of their last four outings, to even their…
Franklin County Aucilla game postponed
If anyone would have said at the outset of the 2024 football season that halfway through the season, Franklin County would be the only undefeated team on the Forgotten Coast,…
No. 2 Seminoles begin ACC play against Syracuse
The No. 2 Florida State soccer team (5-0-1) begins conference play at home against Syracuse (6-3-1) on Thursday night. The Seminoles currently hold a 12 game unbeaten streak in conference…
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
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…
What are we conserving?
When my friend David French — New York Times columnist, pro-life evangelical, and lifelong conservative — announced that he would be voting for Kamala Harris,…
Kamala: Account for money spent before raising taxes
The Democrats at their national convention boldly said that they laid out “A Vision for America.” And – I am not making this up –…
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Community & Faith
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)…
The progressive nature of sin
“This is PYNN, Protect Yourself News Network. Due to compromising conditions, we have issued a sin warning! Weaknesses have been sighted in your thoughts, which…
Are you ready to stop backsliding?
You thought gambling was fun until the day you couldn’t stop. Or, you know it’s wrong to cheat on your schoolwork, but you tell yourself…