Most Franklin County residents went to bed Tuesday night in warm houses but fully half of them awoke to cold ones, as a storm marked by freezing temperatures and sleet took out power lines from Alligator Point to Apalachicola. Crews brought in by Duke Energy from as far as Inverness, Ocala and Milton streamed in…
MILWAUKEE — The Republican National Convention has turned into a kumbaya moment for the press corps and Team Trump. Donald Trump certainly has moderated his tone. I hear that Saturday’s brush with death has changed him. Maybe all will be as it was come Thursday night, but for now the pugilist has hung up his…
A 24-year-old Panacea man suffered serious injuries Sunday evening when his car struck a tree while he traveled north on U.S. 98 just east of Carrabelle. According to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol, at about 9:16 p.m. the vehicle was about a half-mile north of Gulf Avenue (County Road 30-A) when the driver,…
Community programs celebrate Dr. King holiday In keeping with the nationwide theme of “Living The Dream Starts With Me,” both Franklin and Gulf counties marked the observance of Monday’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday with walks down the main public street, followed by a program to celebrate the legacy of the famed civil rights…
At a small dinner party Dec. 28 at the Red Pirate Family Grill & Oyster Bar in Eastpoint, the family of Apalachicola’s Buddy Wayne Butler celebrated his 80th birthday. Atop the cake was emblazoned a photo of Buddy Wayne and his late wife Carolyn, working together in Apalachicola Bay on the oyster boat that they…
As of 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, the county emergency management office has rescinded all evacuation orders, both mandatory and voluntary. Due to a combination of Hurricane Idalia and the rising tide, Bayfront Drive in Alligator Point and Patton Street on St. George Island are under water. Please use extreme caution when in this area. Because there…
TALLAHASSEE — A Leon County circuit judge Thursday heard arguments in a battle about a congressional redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through the Legislature last year, amid clashing positions about the Florida Constitution and the U.S. Constitution. Voting-rights groups argue that DeSantis and the Republican-dominated Legislature violated the state Constitution in overhauling a…
It’s been a labor of love, an act of providence, a modernizing and an upgrading, and at a festive celebration Sunday, attended by the bishop, St. Patrick Catholic Church put a giant exclamation point to the nearly two-year-old effort. “It’s beautiful,” said Bishop William Wack, who oversees the Catholic Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, as he enjoyed…
Faced with robust growth in the county tax base of nearly 15 percent, commissioners decided at last week’s day-long budget workshop to speed up the granting of employee pay hikes it originally planned to spread out over five years. With unanimous support, commissioners backed going beyond granting the raises initially planned for the 2023-24 fiscal…
The online tax certificate sale went well last month, driving down the interest rate that delinquent taxpayers have to pay to redeem their property It went especially well for five out-of-county investment groups, who bought up 90 percent of the tax certificates that were offered for sale. Watson said 58 entities registered to bid in…
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