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Escaped inmate nabbed in Calhoun County
The search for Chad Johnson, who escaped early Tuesday morning from the Gulf County Detention Facility, came to an end sometime before 8:30 p.m. Thursday, not long after the van he had stolen was found about five miles south of Blountstown on Highway 71. “We got our bad guy,” said Sheriff Mike Harrison. He said…
Welding the workforce
Mike Youngblood could turn the air conditioning down in the new welding lab if he wanted to. But he doesnt, because he wants his 32 students to sweat. When they go out in the field welding, thats how its going to be, he said. Like when they get a job. And thats what theyre going…
Burger King planning to rebuild
Where the parking lot used to be for the Hut Restaurant, which was hopping up until 2005 when Hurricane Dennis pushed a big chunk of it into the bay, nothings been there ever since, except junked cars that had to be cleared out, and an occasional food truck. But now giant piles of dirt and…
Sumatra fire department continues to grow
The Sumatra Volunteer Fire Department is growing, and continues to seek local residents for help. A recent raffle of a 50-quart Pelican ice cooler, donated by Taylors Building Supply, raised more than $500 for the department. Apalachicolas Joe Gander was the winner The new fire chief, Dakota Boone, was on hand for the presentation. We…
Carrabelle to hold the line on taxes
The Carrabelle city commissioners plan to adopt the rollback rate, ensuring the city will receive the same amount of ad valorem revenues for the upcoming fiscal year it received during the current year. At the August 25 budget workshop for the general fund and water and sewer budget, commissioners agreed in principle to adopt the…
Grove re-elected to Apalachicola city commission
Apalachicola City Commission Anita Grove swept into her second term of office Tuesday night, capturing two-thirds of the citywide vote. Grove, 61, of 174 Avenue C., tallied 443 votes, or 65.9 percent of the total, to 229 votes for challenger Amy Hersey, 40, of 451 25th Street. Grove won in all three voting categories …
FCS wrestles with troubling test scores
To say the standardized test results for English and math at the Franklin County School were lackluster would be an overstatement. But with a tougher line on discipline and attendance, Superintendent Steve Lanier and Principal Lawrence Pender are hoping a stable foundation of teachers, and a stepped-up effort to encourage parents to get more involved…
Grand Jury ups indictment in Seiden murder case
A 21-person Grand Jury upped the inditement of two South-Floridians to first degree homicide Thursday morning, opening the case for the possibility of capital punishment.
The ravages of an epidemic
With the COVID-19 pandemic still with us, it would be helpful to contrast it with an epidemic that all but wiped the city of St. Joseph off the map. Off Garrison Avenue in Port St. Joe can be found all that remains of the lost city of St. Joseph, where the Old St. Joseph Cemetery…