The low frequency droning is unmistakable. The casual flight pattern belies the potential agony of an encounter and the real possibility of a painful attack from multiple directions. Wasps in Franklin and Gulf counties, and most other locales, are known for their dyspeptic nature and vile retaliation if provoked. They are the grumps of mini…
Franklin Countys unemployment picture dimmed in June, as the size of the labor force grew According to preliminary numbers released Friday by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, the preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in June was at 4.5 percent, eight-tenths of 1 percentage point higher than the May rate of 3.7 percent. This snapshot…
When my parents started handing me a weekly allowance, it was just a quarter. Even though RC (Royal Crown) Colas and my favorite snack, Big Fig bars, cost only a nickel each, it seemed to me 25 cents didnt go very far. At 12 or so I got to be a bit of an entrepreneur…
I was recently invited to moderate a ladies high tea for Gospel Express Ministries. I searched until I found the perfect dress. It fit perfectly if I didnt mind giving up breathing for the day. Needless to say, I had to search for a different dress a larger-sized dress. In the middle of…
The only side Allen Boyd concerns himself these days is of beef. And when it comes to trying to fit under a big tent, the only polar opposites he has to draw to the middle are the four legs of the Boyd Farms Fresh canopy tent he puts up when hes at a farmers market,…
A month ahead of budget time, Sheriff AJ Smith is pushing strongly for raises for the people in his department. And now that the county commissioners have the results of a study they commissioned on pay rates and job classifications, it looks like sheriffs office employees, as well as those who work for other county…
The debut of an innovative summer program, that blended arts with fitness, ended with the sound of drums and the sweep of dance. In a July 2 program at the Holy Family Senior Center, the five-week Community Moving Education. Program, under the direction of retired New York City dancer and educator Frenchy Haynes, presented a…
They call themselves Sandlot for a reason and its not to puff up their chests and brag about being elite. Instead, its because this team is down to the red clay earth, a group of Franklin County boys who have grown up together, swung their bats together and played together. Theyre not like the All-Star…
Hi Y’all, Amnesty Day is coming your way this week on Saturday, July 24. Get that junk where it belongs, the dump. The Lanark Village Boat Club pancake breakfast was a huge success. It is so much fun to see your friends again. Many of our residents bring their out-of-town families and company to this…
A 17-year-old Eastpoint girl was killed early Tuesday morning in a one-car collision along U.S. 98, just east of State Road 65. In the report by Florida Highway Patrol Homicide Investigator Cpl. Karen Shipman, no name was released nor a description of the vehicle. The family has confirmed that the driver was Emma Jae Crum,…
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