The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has released the names of the two men involved in a single vessel boating accident on the Apalachicola River Saturday afternoon. The FWC said the vessel, with two adult males on board, collided with a tree leaning over the river, sometime before 4 p.m. Gary R. Tibbetts, 64,…
For the 10th time in the 11-year history of the Pink Out, the county’s premier fundraiser to fight breast cancer held in October, they gathered on Labor Day for the preliminary event.The 10th annual Pork Off, held at Paddy’s Raw Bar on St. George Island, was created to raise the funds needed to cover the…
A 58-year-old Carrabelle man riding a bicycle out of his driveway on County Road 67 was struck and killed by a pickup truck Wednesday afternoon. According to a news release from the Florida Highway Patrol, at about 5:35 p.m. the bicyclist was traveling east out of a driveway in the 1600 block of CR 67…
The action at the new Alligator Point – St. Teresa Volunteer Fire Department’s new fire station Saturday afternoon was not about firefighters suiting up on a moment’s notice to rush off to a blaze, or first responders hurrying off to handle an urgent medical call. At least not yet. Rather, it was a giant party…
A 23-year-old Eastpoint man was critically injured early Tuesday morning when the adult tricycle he was riding was hit by a pick-up truck on U.S. 98 in Eastpoint. According to a news release from the Florida Highway Patrol, the bicyclist, who was not wearing a helmet, was traveling east on U.S. 98 at about 6:07…
Franklin County commissioners are about to buy the former Gulf State Community Bank building in Eastpoint, and relocate some county departments there. At a special meeting Aug. 23, commissioners gave the unanimous go-ahead to a possible purchase of the building, for roughly $1 million. Commissioner Noah Lockley was absent. County Attorney Michael Shuler said he…
The Alligator Point – St. Teresa Volunteer Fire Department is all suited up for a big celebratory open house this Saturday for its new fire station.The open house, to be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the new fire station at 101 Tom Roberts Road, will give kids and adults alike to check…
It will cost considerably more than 50 cents a night, and it won’t come complete with “genuine liquors of the choicest quality” or “delicacies of the market served up in the best style.” But the three newly-opened short-term rentals at the corner of Fourth Street and Avenue C in Apalachicola, known as the Apalachicola Exchange,…
As of 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, the county emergency management office has rescinded all evacuation orders, both mandatory and voluntary. Due to a combination of Hurricane Idalia and the rising tide, Bayfront Drive in Alligator Point and Patton Street on St. George Island are under water. Please use extreme caution when in this area. Because there…
Tropical Depression 10, which formed in the Caribbean over the weekend, is forecast to become a tropical storm, then a hurricane over the next few days as it makes its way towards Florida’s northwest coast. Most forecast models show the storm is anticipated to make landfall near the Big Bend region, though direct impacts to…
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