The gymnasium was filled to the rafters Friday evening, but it wasn’t to cheer on an athletic contest. Rather, it was a pep rally for dedicated pupils, a spirit gathering for scholarship, as 62 members of the Class of 2021 strode across the stage to receive their diplomas from Franklin County High School. “The real…
The senior recognition night last week didn’t draw a huge crowd, and the number of scholarships were down over previous years. But the enthusiasm was strong. Guidance Counselor Melanie Copeland said the financial impact of COVID-19 on donors had cut into the number of scholarships. Still, based in large part on the financial total of…
Softball and baseball were the highlight of the spring sports at last months all-sports banquet at Franklin County High School. The baseball program, under the direction of Kevin Cox, advanced to the regional playoffs for the first time in the schools history, a journey that included defeating Port St. Joe in the regular season, and…
TALLAHASSEE Governor Ron DeSantis last week met the Capitol with sheriffs from 15 rural counties to discuss the methamphetamine epidemic which continues to plague the state’s rural populations. Franklin County Sheriff AJ Smith has spearheaded the creation of meth task force, and he led the meeting, which was joined by Gulf County Sheriff Mike…
St. George Island has once again made the list of the best beaches in America in a prestigious 30-year-old annual list created by a South Florida professor of coastal science. Specifically citing the beach at Dr. Julian Bruce St. George Island State Park, Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, director of the Laboratory for Coastal Research at…
With little fanfare and unanimous support, the Franklin County commissioners voted May 18 to increase the lodging tax on short-term rentals from 2 to 3 percent. And they did it for three main reasons. Infrastructure, infrastructure and infrastructure. With a power to increase the tax based on a super-majority vote, and with a public hearing…
For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic shut down the in-person court system, jury trials are back on track. Clerk of Court Michele Maxwell said the first to be held, in fount of County Judge Gordon Shuler, was that of Otis Wheeler, on May 12, held in the main courtroom. She said 22 out…
Its been more than three years since the lifeless body of 31-year-old Aileen Seiden was dumped in a cul-de-sac at a vacant subdivision off U.S. 98, a day after authorities say she was bludgeoned to death in an Eastpoint motel room where she stayed over the weekend with two traveling companions from South Florida. Within…
Its called Community Moving Education, and its about to make a huge summertime splash in Apalachicola for middle and high schoolers. This five-week arts program, headquartered at the Apalachicola Center for History, Culture and the Arts, is the brainchild of former New York City dancer Frenchy Haynes, the founding director of the non-profit Moving Education…
They held a sports banquet last week and everybody came. It was for all the sports this past year at Franklin County High School, from the fall to the spring, and it attracted a packed cafeteria because of that. Athletic Director Dirk Strunk emceed, and after soon-to-graduate with his classmates Brycin Huckeba offered up a…
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