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Songwriters ignite ‘Blast on the Bay’
For 14 years, the Blast on the Bay Songwriters Festival has been going strong, and this year was another outstanding example of that strength. Rotating through six different locations in…
Local News
Wewa hosts District 2 annual meeting
The GFWC District 2 annual district meeting, hosted this year by the Wewahitchka Woman’s Club, was a successful and inspiring event that brought together clubwomen from across the Florida Panhandle. …
Tyndall base historian talks on Ben Franklin
The St. Joseph Bay Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held its October meeting at St. Joseph Bay Golf Club on Wednesday, Oct 23. The meeting was jam…
Sign up now for upcoming JSL pickleball tourney
The Junior Service League of Port St. Joe is looking for participants in its first-ever Pickleball Tournament, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 16 and 17 on the Frank Pate…
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Sign up now for Nov. 16-17 JSL pickleball tourney
The Junior Service League of Port St. Joe is looking for participants in its first-ever Pickleball Tournament, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 16 and 17 on the Frank Pate…
Gators down FAMU for second win
The Wewahitchka Gators followers went home from Tallahassee in high spirits Friday as they saw their football team achieve victory over the host FAMU DRS Baby Rattlers 40-30 in a…
Tigers Sharks clip Seahawks’ wings
With a 6-1 record, the Franklin County Seahawks entered Friday’s football contest with solid hope of knocking off arch-rival Port St. Joe for the first time. But it turned out…
State News
One million more
Florida GOP tops milestone over Democratic voters The number of registered Republican voters in Florida officially surpassed Democrats by more than 1 million on Sunday,…
Shoaf talks bear bill and border visits
It’s been a busy year for State Rep. Jason Shoaf, in terms of both bears and borders. In a wide-ranging interview last week, the Port…
DeSantis signs controversial bear bill
Gov. Ron DeSantis on June 20 signed a controversial measure that will bolster self-defense arguments for people who kill bears on their property. The bill…
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Opinions
You say tomato, we say….
We didn’t go to the movies in 1955. We went to the picture show. ’Course, that was if we could rustle up 15 cents apiece…
Not all lies are created equal
It never ends. The press still does not know how to handle the avalanche of lies that is MAGA’s chief contribution to our national life….
Elon and Trump, birds of a feather
Donald Trump returned to Butler, Pennsylvania where he was almost killed weeks ago. And you thought Tom Cruise was cool because he does his own…
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Community & Faith
Can worship music be unholy?
We sang it recently in worship. It’s a beautiful song about the word of God. It was called “contemporary” years ago but now seen as…
Pioneering Gulf County commissioner dies at 75
Nathan Peters, Jr., who broke ground as the first African American to be elected to, and chair, the Gulf County board of county commissioners, has…
Membership in new local philanthropy to close Oct. 31
Impact 100 Gulf Coast, a newly created chapter of a two-decade old global philanthropy, will wrap up its membership drive Oct. 31, setting the stage…