Mardi Gras parade fills downtown Port St. Joe
The good times rolled down Reid Avenue on Tuesday evening as the Forgotten Krewe hosted their annual Mardi Gras parade.
Hundreds of people participated in the event, and the sidewalks on …
Gulf Correctional sees increase in contraband
Around Feb. 3, Gulf County Correctional Institution went into lockdown after larger than normal contraband drop was discovered – a cell phone, four lighters, four rolling papers, 172.2 grams of …
South Gulf Fire Rescue sees more women in firefighter training
Raquel Guilbault repeated the drills over and over again – lay the self contained breathing apparatus down with the top facing towards her boots, untangle the straps, kneel down, cross her …
Port St. Joe High School celebrates Black History Month
“What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever gotten?” Maj. Andrew Fingall asked the gathered crowd in the Port St. Joe High School gymnasium on Monday morning.
The …
Drone teams say Yippee ki-yay!
The team from Wewa didn’t ride in on horses, and the competitors from Port St. Joe weren’t wearing chaps.
But on a sunny day Feb. 23 on the football field at Franklin County High …
Forgotten Krewe to host annual Mardi Gras parade Tuesday
The Forgotten Krewe annual Fat Tuesday parade and celebration will be hosted on Tuesday, March 1, beginning at 5 p.m. Eastern on Reid Avenue.
The parade will start at the south end of …
Superintendent commissioned to be Kentucky Colonel
Rodney Herring approached the podium before the Gulf County Schools School Board with a mission and a frame covered by a cloth.
He rested the frame against the back of the podium, then stood to …
Property tax breaks supported for police, teachers, military
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House on Thursday unanimously passed a proposal that would ask voters to increase homestead property-tax exemptions for first responders, teachers and military members, …
‘We’ve been waiting five years’
Five years after Gulf County Commissioners passed a resolution calling for an altered roadside mowing schedule to help conserve local wildflowers, the new schedule had yet to be adopted.
At the …
Gulf County community increasingly invests in Pickleball
The wooden structure will provide some solace from the hot summer sun. Or, at least, that’s the plan.
As the volunteers finished construction on the covered benches overlooking the Frank …