Eastpoint resident Ricky Jones is seeking re-election to the District 1 county commission seat, which encompasses all of St. George Island and portions of Eastpoint. Jones, 53, of 258 Sago Drive in Eastpoint, is facing a challenge from Republican Russell Turner, 68, who resides at 419 US Highway 98 in Eastpoint. At the primary election…
Seaman Jamal Robinson, a native of Apalachicola, serves aboard USS Lassen, a U.S. Navy warship operating out of Mayport. Robinson, who graduated from Franklin County High School in 2022, believes the skills and values needed to succeed in the Navy are similar to those found in Apalachicola. “My hometown taught me not to let things…
Incumbent school superintendent, Republican Steve Lanier, 66, 126 Hickory Dip Road, Eastpoint, is facing a challenge from Democrat Jill Rudd, 52, 74 Rose Street, Sopchoppy. The following statement is provided by the Rudd campaign. Hello, I am Jill Rudd, and I am aspiring to be your next superintendent of schools. With a rich educational background…
Incumbent school superintendent, Republican Steve Lanier, 66, 126 Hickory Dip Road, Eastpoint, is facing a challenge from Democrat Jill Rudd, 52, 74 Rose Street, Sopchoppy. The following statement has been provided by the Lanier campaign. My name is Steve Lanier, and I am running for re-election as your Superintendent of Schools. Over the last four…
Annual Mullet Toss goes swimmingly With the exception of a little blow-up at the end, the 32nd annual Mullet Toss on St. George Island went pretty darn well. The crowd was enormous on the beach adjacent to the Blue Parrot Oceanfront Cafe, and the number of participants who signed up in the divisions, from little…
Gulf Coast State College has been named a “Military Friendly School” with Gold Distinction for the 2024-25 Military Friendly Cycle, ranking in the top 10 in the nation for small public schools. The Military Friendly Schools list recognizes colleges, universities and trade schools that do the most to embrace America’s armed service members, veterans and…
Last year the newly renamed Bring Me A Book Forgotten Coast held its first Book Bonanza with a grant from Duke Energy Foundation. The non-profit gave away books to elementary students in Franklin County at the end of the school year to ensure kids had reading material of their own choosing to engage them over…
Judge accept prosecutor’s recommendation Following an emotional hearing Friday afternoon in the Apalachicola courthouse, in which convicted murderer Christina Araujo broke down in tears as she expressed remorse for the killing, Circuit Judge Jonathan Sjostrom handed down a 25-year sentence. With about five-and-a-half years of credit for time served, both in the Franklin and Liberty…
More than six years after a North Miami woman was beaten to death in a Eastpoint motel, and discarded on the side of the road, the second of her two killers is about to learn her fate. Christina Araujo, 44, of Palm Beach, is asking that due to her cooperation with prosecutors, and to the…
Memorial Day week celebrates sacrifice From one end of the Forgotten Coast to the other, from Beacon Hill to St. James Bay, Memorial Day marked much more than the traditional start of summer. It stood for that which has protected America since its founding, and remembered not only the fallen, but those who have disappeared…
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