For the first time in several years, Franklin County High School looks to field to robust soccer teams under the direction of experienced coaches. The girls, under the direction of Franklin County Schools new physical education teacher Anna Bull, have 19 players, and the boys, coached by Bill McCullough, have two dozen, which is a…
The St. George Lighthouse Association, in partnership with SGI Veterans Reveille Group and American Legion Post #106 in Apalachicola will conduct a Veterans Day ceremony in Lighthouse Park on Thursday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. Veterans Day, an official United States public holiday observed annually on Nov. 11, honors military veterans; that is, persons who…
This is an updated version of an earlier story. The sudden and forever taking of a young child out from the loving arms of her mom and dad thundered throughout the county last week with a terrifying crash. Charlie Cate Odom, 5, daughter of Levi and Collette Odom, of Eastpoint, passed away early Friday morning,…
It took an entire season of bouncing back from crushing defeats, but the Seahawks prevailed. Franklin County got off the schneid with grace in Graceville, as they defeated the Tigers 42-34 in Sunshine State Athletic Conference play. The Seahawks scored three times in the third quarter, on a three-yard run by senior receiver Brayden McCall,…
It is a situation which has been repeated countless time over the course of recorded history in countries and continents across the globe. In all likelihood the scenario occurred, albeit on a much smaller scale, in the days which predated the written accountings of the destruction. An assemblage gathered with the sole objective to pillage…
If Jim Rudnick had wanted to keep the 2,300-square foot church building that served for nearly 50 years the local congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, as part of the 2.4-acre land deal he closed on in September, he would have had to agree to conditions he hadnt encountered in 30…
Franklin Countys middle school boys basketball coach has resigned his position, and been placed on administrative leave from his job as a fifth grade paraprofessional, after a relative of one of his players raised strong objections to a comment the coach made pertaining to the young mans sexuality. The incident in question arose following the…
It was about as complete a Halloween week as can be imagined, full of fall festivals, all wrapped up with weekend theatre and a ghost walk and finally Beggar’s Night on Sunday evening. The Live from Apalach production by the Panhandle Players Friday evening, directed by Natalie Parsley, was a lot of fun, with appearances…
Their legendary major league ballplayer father was a master storyteller, and now Jimmy Bloodworths two sons are following in his base path by putting their own stories down on paper. River Rats and Salty Dogs, a debut novel by Apalachicolas Leon Bloodworth, and We Who Remain by Orlando’s Darryl Bloodworth, a legal thriller, both appeared…
The Florida Division of Emergency Management has backed Apalachicolas appeal of a more than half-million-dollar claim that FEMA had rejected based on a recent rule change regarding roads submerged by flooding. If the Oct. 29 decision by Melissa Shirah, FDEMs recovery bureau chief stands, then Leo Bebeau. the citys s finance director, will succeed in…
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