Weather forecast prompts Thursday school closure
Both the Franklin County Schools and the Apalachicola Bay Charter School will be closed on Thursday, March 31 due to a possible thunderstorm.
“Out of an abundance of caution, Superintendent
Seahawk Shocker: Softball team shuts out #9 Wakulla
Backed up by power from her teammates at the plate, Franklin County freshman pitcher Sarah Ham hurled a three-hit shutout in Crawfordville Tuesday night, as the Seahawk softball team surprised
Holmes County native blazes newspaper career
When Sue Riddle Cronkite was a young girl growing up in Holmes County, and tried out for the Ponce De Leon girls basketball team, she got a rude awakening into the rough-and-tumble of the contact
Money for Weems, Apalach infrastructure, miss state budget
Three big ticket items, including a proposed $7 million for George E. Weems Memorial Hospital, failed to make it into the 2022-23 state budget, but Franklin Countys representatives in
Sharing the joy of reading
The Franklin County Schools youngest students celebrated the wonderfulness of reading last week by coming in out of the rain.
The annual Literacy on the Lawn event was moved inside Thursday
SGI fire chief suspended following racial remark
Following a racially charged encounter Saturday evening on St. George Island, the chief of the St. George Island Volunteer Fire Department has been suspended by the departments board of
Boones three-hitter quiets St. Joe 4-1
Seahawk senior Gage Boone twirled a three-hitter as the Franklin County Seahawks varsity baseball team downed Port St. Joe 4-1 March 22.
Boone lasted six innings, allowing three hits and one run
EAA volunteers share day with FCHS STEM students
The Experimental Aircraft Association Apalachicola Chapter 1646 hosted an Aviation Field Day at the Apalachicola Regional Airport on March 1 for two dozen students from the Franklin County High
Homes, rental units OKd for St. James Bay area
In hopes of addressing a shortage of workforce housing rental units, and to create additional single-family homes at competitive prices, the St. James Bay development east of Carrabelle has secured
Sheriff to ask for license plate readers
Sheriff A.J. Smith plans to approach Franklin County commissioners next month for help in securing automated license plate readers to be used at strategic locations throughout the county.
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