Apalachicolas Independence Eve celebration in Riverfront Park, cancelled last year due to COVID-19, is coming back. Apalachicola Main Street said this week that the celebration will be back this summer, although somewhat scaled back from previous years. “A plan for COVID precautions is under development,” said Director Augusta West. Live music, food trucks, a veterans…
TALLAHASSEE — With Democrats likening the measure to Jim Crow-era practices aimed at keeping Black people from voting, the state Senate on Monday passed an elections package that would make it harder for Floridians to cast ballots by mail. A single Republican — Jeff Brandes of St. Petersburg — crossed party lines to join Senate…
The Class 1A District 4 Softball Tournament begins today at Wewahitchka High School with semifinal games at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. CST and the Championship game is set for 6 p.m. CST Friday. In the April 29 semifinal games #2 seed Liberty County plays #3 seed Bozeman at 4 p.m., and in the 7…
What drove a 4-year-old male red wolf to leave St. Vincent Island and swim to the mainland can only be surmised. Perhaps it was the excitement of the weekend, or a nagging curiosity, a feral drive towards a mysterious something out there he had to find. Perhaps it was his knowing that a 7-year-old female…
The best high school weightlifters in the state are rolling into Gulf County this week, as they prepare to see which team, and which lifters, are the very best in the state. In a joint arrangement between Wewahitchka and Port St. Joe high schools, and a first for the Gulf County Schools, the district will…
History is replete with stories of sages. These individuals have attained wisdom far beyond the level of the common man or woman. As such, these special people are able to see into the future and accurately predict the outcome of events. While their ability is not a reflection of omnipotence or the all-knowing, their special…
The overwhelming majority of residents over the age of 65 in Franklin and Gulf counties have been vaccinated against the COVID-19 coronavirus, with numbers picking up in those as young as age 50. According to a release issued Friday by the Florida Department of Health covering both counties, Franklin County had completed vaccinations for 2,160…
Yes, they are going to dredge the Eastpoint Channel, and Two-Mile. But it hasnt been easy, and it’s still not clear when. Alan Pierce, the longtime county administrator who has been working with the Army Corps of Engineers in recent years to advance the countys pursuit of the dredging, vented his frustration with the process…
It wasn’t the same big shindig that the Eastpoint Volunteer Fire Department is used to, but the 20th annual charity rib cookoff, which the department sponsors every year the third week of March, still brought in much-needed funds to the department. Chief George Pruett said the pre-sale of Boston butts, corporate sponsorships and entry fees should…
In a case that has drawn interest from a wide range of civil-liberties groups, a federal appeals court ruled Friday that a state inmate can seek punitive damages in a lawsuit that alleged threats by guards at Florida Correctional Institution violated his First Amendment rights. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Conraad…
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