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…
Mike Youngblood could turn the air conditioning down in the new welding lab if he wanted to. But he doesnt, because he wants his 32 students to sweat. When they go out in the field welding, thats how its going to be, he said. Like when they get a job. And thats what theyre going…
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…
Where the parking lot used to be for the Hut Restaurant, which was hopping up until 2005 when Hurricane Dennis pushed a big chunk of it into the bay, nothings been there ever since, except junked cars that had to be cleared out, and an occasional food truck. But now giant piles of dirt and…
Remember 9/11! Hi Y’all, I hope that you had a wonderful Labor Day holiday. The Lanark Village Boat Club was sorry to have to not have a gathering on Labor Day, but they are hoping to have their monthly breakfast this month. I am once again sad to announce the passing of another Lanark friend….
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 Carrabelle city commissioners plan to adopt the rollback rate, ensuring the city will receive the same amount of ad valorem revenues for the upcoming fiscal year it received during the current year. At the August 25 budget workshop for the general fund and water and sewer budget, commissioners agreed in principle to adopt the…
Apalachicola City Commission Anita Grove swept into her second term of office Tuesday night, capturing two-thirds of the citywide vote. Grove, 61, of 174 Avenue C., tallied 443 votes, or 65.9 percent of the total, to 229 votes for challenger Amy Hersey, 40, of 451 25th Street. Grove won in all three voting categories …
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…
To say the standardized test results for English and math at the Franklin County School were lackluster would be an overstatement. But with a tougher line on discipline and attendance, Superintendent Steve Lanier and Principal Lawrence Pender are hoping a stable foundation of teachers, and a stepped-up effort to encourage parents to get more involved…
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