Summer in panhandle Florida is primetime for outdoor fun. The heat and sunshine in Franklin and Gulf counties make water-related activities, either salt or fresh, first rate in the local paradise within easy driving distance. However, there is a serpent in this area-wide Garden of Eden. The calendar indicates the approach of hurricane seasons peak…
Gulf County is seeing continued improvement in its positivity rate for COVID-19, while Franklin County is going in the opposite direction According to a news release from the Florida Department of Health serving both counties, during the first week of August, nearly two out of every five people tested for the coronavirus in Franklin County,…
Max called. With questions. I leaned in a little. He is sometimes hard to understand over the phone. KK, what was the name of your second grade teacher? This test wasnt going to be easy! But I knew this one as my mind raced backwards 67 years, Miss Dorothy Booth. We paused as he wrote…
Do some of your actions contradict your commitment to your Savior? Do some of your choices indicate that you dont love God as much as you say you do? If you tend to excuse your behavior rather than owning up to it, what are you going to do about it? Especially regarding that sin or…
The first significant storm of the 2021 hurricane season to hit Franklin County stormed in with all the finesse of Fred Flintstone and then left with the nimbleness of Fred Astaire. With students hunkered down at home, Tropical Storm Fred made landfall at Cape San Blas around 3:15 p.m., Monday afternoon, flooding roadways and tearing…
It had been a major initiative for former Apalachicola Mayor Kevin Begos, to see Community Redevelopment Agency monies spent on infrastructure projects on the Hill. And while he didn’t live to see it, the CRA’s decided last month to channel thousands towards a list of projects championed by the late mayor. At a July 28…
The Florida Department of Health in Franklin and Gulf counties is pushing forward with a clear message on vaccinations they are effective and a critical tool to keeping what has become a resurgent pandemic under control. And they are taking on misunderstandings and rumors surrounding the shots. The vaccine helps protect you and the…
An announcement by Gov. Ron DeSantis last week that more than $58 million had been awarded to 18 communities in seven counties impacted by Hurricane Michael was well-received in Apalachicola. About $5.3 million worth of well-received. Apalachicola’s chunk of the Rebuild Florida Hometown Revitalization Program was fourth, trailing only Panama City’s $19 million, Marianna’s $7.3 million …
Senator Rand Paul, an MD, has courageously taken on Dr. Fauci and the Deep State over the confusing – and often wrong — advice they have dictated during COVID. I will get ahead of this story right now and say that I dont believe Rand Paul killed himself. I have long said in my columns…
It’s not the largest roster Coach Dirk Strunk has had, and not the most seasoned, but it could be the most dedicated. “They work hard,” said Strunk, as he reviewed the prospects for the 2021 Seahawks, which returns six offensive starters, and six from the defense, on a roster of about 30 players. “The biggest…
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