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Wewa girl lifters win state championship
They made it look easy, winning both the Olympic and traditional divisions of the Class 1A girls weightlifting title RP Funding Center Saturday in Lakeland. But it was by no…
Local News
Liars to take the stage Feb. 27
The Liars will be out and about again at the Haughty Heron. On Thursday, Feb. 27, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. ET, everyone’s invited to the 11th annual Liar’s Challenge…
Friends of the Governor Stone president to speak
The Corinne Costin Gibson Memorial Public Library this Tuesday will host Colleen Reilly, president of the Friends of the Governor Stone, to share the efforts of the organization which is…
Author to speak on Indians of Wewahitchka
On Thursday, Feb. 20, Dale Cox, an award-winning author and historian, will present a program on American Indians who lived in Wewa, Apalachicola and the surrounding areas. The entire community…
Sports
Port St. Joe ousted in regional semis
The Port St. Joe Tiger Sharks basketball squad’s stellar season came to a sudden end last week in the regional semifinals, as they were nudged 59-54 by the Munroe Bobcats….
St. Joe swamps Franklin, falls to Crossroads
It was quite a week for Port St. Joe Tiger Sharks boys basketball team on the hard court, as they swamped the Franklin County Seahawks 63-27 in the district semifinals…
Tiger Sharks swamp Seahawks, take on Crossroads Friday night
It’s been four years since the Port St. Joe Tiger Sharks were part of a lopsided 50-point victory in their rivalry against Franklin County. On Dec. 20, 2020, St. Joe…
State News
Pot ruling affects police searches
In what could be a first-of-its-kind ruling in Florida, an appeals court Tuesday said a drug-sniffing dog’s alert did not justify police searching a car…
Pronoun debate could shift to cities, counties
Two years after Republican lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis approved a controversial measure restricting the use of personal pronouns in schools, legislative debate about the…
Local folks recall their days with Jimmy Carter
In 1976, when the peanut farmer from Plains, Georgia first ran for the presidency, and again in 1980, when he sought a second term in…
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Opinions
It takes Juan to know Juan
If Elon Musk can overcome the swamp in D.C. and cut what we all know to be a lot of waste and spending, he will…
Why skilled trades are safe from AI
Here’s the bad news: many jobs are going to be eliminated by artificial intelligence, and, with the speed at which AI is evolving, it’s going…
DEI, end of an error
Trump has the woke mob so turned around with the reality he is imposing on our government that they don’t know what to do —…
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Community & Faith
Flower contest to showcase marigolds
The Port St. Joe Garden Club, in collaboration with the Gulf County libraries, announces its third annual flower contest, which this year will feature marigolds…
God don’t love tacky people
My cousin laughingly told me about attending a product demonstration event years ago in Nashville. Reba Rambo, daughter of well-known Christian artist Dottie Rambo, sang…
Global Methodists find new home in Anglican church
Back in the decades in school when teachers picked top action words to display on a paper strip on a word wall, there was one…