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 A top corrections official offered a stark picture of Florida’s prison system last week, warning that lawmakers must boost salaries of corrections workers to avert a looming disaster as the system grapples with high turnover rates, dangerously low staffing levels and fatigued employees. Department of Corrections Deputy Secretary Ricky Dixon said the agency wants to…

The Carrabelle Chamber of Commerce has hired a new director. Lori Dougherty began in the fulltime job August 24, after the 10-member chamber board selected her to succeed Lisa Munson, who left the job earlier this year. “We wound with seven very, very good applicants,” said Randy Lee, president of the chamber. “We chose Lori…

Carrabelle sports the first of two new murals Carrabelle has emblazoned its self with a giant mural and is soon to get another. Since 2016, board members of the Carrabelle Community Redevelopment Agency have looked to fund a Mural in Art project to celebrate Carrabelle’s beauty and river vistas. But finding a property owner within…

The fact that the 2021 Seahawk football season is a rebuilding year was in evidence Friday night,  as Franklin County fell 35-7 at home to the Rocky Bayou Christian Knights. A promising opening drive by the Seahawks was stymied by penalties, and after Franklin County turned it over on down at midfield, and contained the…

On Saturday morning, Franklin County Youth Football  again took two out of three from their visitors, as they defeated Liberty County on the field in Carrabelle. In the opening Peewee game, coaches Darrian Turner, and assistants  Scott Kelly and Levi Odom engineered their second straight shutout, this time a 30-0 blanking of the Bulldogs. In the …

The Seahawk cross country team ran at the Port St. Joe Home Meet and did pretty well for themselves. While the girls were no match for a dominant Port St. Joe squad, all set a personal record, which is what a team wants to do at this point, continue to post their best times. “Everyone…

It’s called “Devious Licks,” and it’s a destructive game of theft and vandalism among kids across the country. And it’s landed in Franklin County. It’s a viral 2021 TikTok trend in which American students post videos of themselves stealing, vandalizing, or showing off items they stole primarily from their schools, typically from bathrooms. Allen Ham, a school…

For the first time in more than 30 years, Florida fishing regulators are on the verge of allowing for a limited, highly regulated harvest of the goliath grouper. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will take up a staff recommendation to allow for the catch of juvenile-sized goliaths in all state waters except for…

Under sunny skies Saturday morning, Franklin County Youth Football  took two out of three contests on the field in Carrabelle against Port St. Joe at the season-opening Jamboree. In the opening Peewee game, coaches Darrian Turner, and assistants  Scott Kelly and Levi Odom engineered a 22-0 shutout of the Buccaneers. In the  Tiny division, the team…

Women have been associated with the U.S. Navy from as far back as 1776, and have served aboard ships for more than a century, first as nurses and now as admirals. But until now, Camp Gordon Johnston Post 82 of the American Legion has not had a woman command its ranks. On Saturday evening, at…