It was a pretty dramatic rescue of a man having medical issues on a boat in Apalachicola Bay Oct. 7, but thanks to the work of law enforcement people, it ended well. At nearly 7 p.m. ET, the Tallahassee Regional Communications Center received a call referencing that Thomas Bush, an 81-year-old man from Clearwater, had…
The letters R-E-D begin both the target species and the term of motivation that drove Gary Moreno and Tony Viator to victory at the Yamaha Bassmaster Redfish Cup Championship presented by Skeeter at Apalachicola Bay last weekend. After finishing last in the 2023 event at South Carolina’s Winyah Bay, the Texas anglers came to town…
The mental calculation of when to stay/when to go required a different formula than it did on Day 1, but Michael Frenette and Mark Robinson made the numbers work. In so doing, they tallied a two-day total of 23 pounds, 6 ounces and took over the Day 2 lead at the Yamaha Bassmaster Redfish Cup…
Ryan Rickard knew that a second title would not be spoon-fed to him, so he and partner Patrick Marsonek played a savvy game and positioned themselves well with a two-fish limit of 11 pounds, 4 ounces that leads Day 1 of the Yamaha Bassmaster Redfish Cup Championship presented by Skeeter at Apalachicola Bay. Qualifying through…
At a community-wide prayer service Oct. 17 at Redemption Point – Eastpoint Church of God, the Franklin County Republican Party joined in praying for fair elections, for the county and for defeat of Issues 3 and 4, which call for placing in the Florida constitution the right to an abortion and for use of recreational…
With there remaining very few doubts that Donald Trump will carry both Franklin and Gulf counties in his bid for the presidency, due to the overwhelming number of voters registered with the GOP, the Democrats turned to a tri-county rally last week at the Fort Coombs Armory to gin up support for local candidates. Presented…
A misprint in a sample ballot set out to Franklin County voters has gotten a lot of folks scratching their heads. In a mailing sent out earlier this month to all of the county’s roughly 7,100 registered voters, the candidates for county tax collector were mistakenly listed as Republican Ashley Lister Forehand and Democrat Candye…
It isn’t often that Franklin County is a place where people come to when there is a hurricane. More often it is where they flee from. But in the case of last week’s Hurricane Milton, evacuees from central and south Florida flocked here to avoid the ravages of the pending hurricane, zeroing in on the…
Twelve kayaking volunteers of Apalachicola Riverkeeper are in the final stages of preparing for a 107-mile journey down the entire Apalachicola River, from Chattahoochee to Apalachicola, The annual Rivertrek launches in Chattahoochee on Wednesday, Oct. 23, and after camping along the way, they’ll arrive in Apalachicola five days later on Sunday, Oct. 27. Family, friends…
A trio of dedicated Franklin County restaurant people – Danny Itzkovitz, Patrick Kelly and Zack Craig – returned Monday to the devastation, wrought by Hurricane Helene in Horseshoe Beach, shown above. The three left Monday evening with a food truck and a camper as they set about serving first responders, work crews and the general…
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