A review of boating accident statistics for 2020, issued earlier this summer by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, shows that both Franklin and Gulf counties had a pretty safe, but by no means, perfect year. The Boating Accident Statistical Report report by the Division of Law Enforcement showed each county had five reportable…
TALLAHASSEE — With most students expected to be in classrooms next month, after many learned online for at least part of the 2020-2021 school year, retailers anticipate a surge in shopping during Floridas upcoming back-to-school sales tax holiday. The return of students who remained at home last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic is expected…
The USNS Apalachicola, its name announced to great fanfare two years ago at the Independence Eve celebration, is expected to be launched this November, and be in service by this time next year. The EPF 13, newest of the Navys Expeditionary Fast Transport ships, is now about three-quarters complete as it is being built in…
Once upon a time, Democrats and Republicans worked together for the betterment of the country. Yes, I know it sounds crazy. Nowadays they act like they are trying to co-parent a teenager while going through a bitter divorce. The Democrat party has no discernible agenda. Their petty resist mindset has become transparent now that they…
With a new police chief, Carrabelle is now setting about replenishing its ranks, and has had to alter its rules to do so. Kevin Shuman, 50, was hired in the spring to replace former Chief Gary Hunnings. After starting his law enforcement career in 2006 as an auxiliary officer, Shuman worked full time with the…
If you haven’t visited the Orman House, and the adjacent Chapman Botanical Gardens, you are missing the blossoming back into life of what has become a sprawling portrait of Apalachicola’s history. With the early 19th-century house, administered under the auspices of the Florida Park Service, shuttered during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Chapman Gardens becoming…
The magical season of the Franklin County Darlings team, which took them all the way to representing Florida at the World Series in Prince George, Virginia last weekend, has ended. After losing 20-9 to South Carolina on Sunday afternoon, the team of 7 and 8 year old girls bounced back that afternoon to down North Carolina…
TALLAHASSEE Bobby Bowden, the former head football coach of the Florida State Seminoles, announced that he has a terminal illness. The Tallahassee Democrat is reporting that Bowden released a statement about the situation Wednesday. Ive always tried to serve Gods purpose for my life, on and off the field, and I am prepared for…
When America entered into World War II, Willie McNair Sr. was a man of 22. He would go on to serve overseas in the Pacific, as part of the forces of the U.S. Army that would vanquish and occupy Japan. That was more than 75 years ago, and last Friday evening, on the occasion of…
We left the house and drove up to North Carolina. The mountains were spectacular, the cooler temperatures refreshing and the folks we met along the way were most friendly. Next time Im going in a U-Haul truck. I saw a washing machine sitting out by the road just south of Clyde that looked better than…
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