There will be a prescribed fire today, Friday, Feb. 21 in Franklin County on the Apalachicola River Wildlife and Environmental Area conducted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “The burn does have the potential of sending smoke into Apalachicola and will be visible from the surrounding area due to the large scale of…
A pair of dump trucks collided Wednesday morning on U.S. 98 near Carrabelle Beach, with neither of the drivers suffering serious injury. According to a news release from the Florida Highway Patrol, at about 10 :50 a.m., a fully loaded dump truck, driven by a 52-year-old woman from Quincy, was traveling westbound on US-98 near…
For the past 22 years, on President’s Day weekend, Apalachicola has been the site of an annual African-American History Festival, at Sixth Street Park adjacent to the Holy Family Senior Center. Last weekend was no exception, in fact it was an exceptional festival, with a large crowd taking in the events that ran all day…
There was a time, not too long ago, when the vibe on St. George Island was much different than it is today. The island was populated for the most part by people who were there year round, who could afford to live in their homes without renting them out for weeks or even months at…
A large audience greeted Franklin County’s two legislators in Tallahassee when they came last week for the annual delegation meeting, and a large number of issues of concern were presented to them. But none was bigger and more important than the matter of reopening Apalachicola Bay to oyster harvesting in January 2026. State Sen. Corey…
The Mystic Krewe of Salty Barkers will be celebrating Mardi Gras Apalach-style bigger and better than ever this year, with a two-day party for dogs and their people. The celebration includes a lively street festival and of course the 14th annual Mardi Gras Pet Parade and takes place on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 21 and…
At age 77, Eastpoint’s Jackie Sukkau is on limited income and her knees are not as strong as they once were. She recently bought a new trailer that is twice as high off the ground as her old one, and getting in and out is a challenge. “The other trailer had three steps, this one…
During a week that started out cold, there were plenty of warm hearts in celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. In Apalachicola, organizer Dolores Croom and her committee moved the event to Sunday afternoon, Jan. 19 so as not to conflict with the inauguration at noon on Monday. During the program at…
Tillman and Amy Nelson drove for the third straight year 500 miles up from Margate to attend the Butts and Clucks Cookoff on the Bay BBQ event in Apalachicola. It turned out to be a charm. “We had been working at doing this for 13 years and now that I brought my electrical engineer wife…
Families around Franklin County got the chance to build snowmen with the ice that came with the winter storm. Many areas in Franklin County were covered in ice.
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