Its a tangled tale of a trolley, and the city and Main Street want to unknot it. But until they work it out, the city cant dispose of it, and recoup whatever monies it may be worth. The story begins five years ago, when Greg Russell. a Tallahassee-based broker of surplus government equipment. offered to…
Franklin County has received the states highest tourism marketing award for the Floridas Forgotten Coast mobile app. Visit Florida, the states marketing entity, presented the prestigious first place Henry award in the rural marketing category to the Franklin County TDC. Receiving the award at the annual Governors Conference in Hollywood. on Sept. 8, were Franklin…
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…
The Gulf County Sheriff’s Office has identified and obtained warrants for a man suspected in six residential burglaries on Cape San Blas. According to a statement released in the late afternoon on Sept. 2, investigators first began looking for the man, Kevin Schoelles, 36, of Apalachicola, in mid-August after a cooler was reported stolen from underneath a resident’s…
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…
One of two escaped inmates from the Gulf County Detention Facility has been apprehended, the other remains at large. The search for Chad Edward Johnson, 43, expanded outside of Gulf County on Wednesday after he escaped with his cellmate, Rex Aaron Veasey, Jr., 29, some time before 12:30 a.m. Tuesday. The two inmates, both last…
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.
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.
All the non-profits that applied for grants from the Tourist Development Council for the 2021-22 fiscal year received them. But with $228,000 budgeted, and only $188,000 claimed so far, $40,000 will remain in that line item in the budget to be rolled over for the next year. The applications were opened Aug. 4, and after…
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