UPDATE: Severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 9 p.m. ET
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch in effect until 9 p.m. ET Sunday evening,
The watch includes three counties in southeast Alabama, and 13 counties in Florida’s …
St. Joe girls wrap up 2021 with two wins
The Port St. Joe girls soccer team kicked their way to two wins and a tie to end play in December on a high note and improve to 4-3-3 for the season.
On Monday, Dec. 13, senior Rebecca …
A very COVID Christmas, or the 12 variants of Christmas
The weather turned cold for Christmas week across the country. It was so cold in Chicago, St. Louis and Atlanta that 150 murders had to be delayed.
When asked by one of that rare breed, …
Coach K returns with Class 5A title contender
Derek Kurnitsky returned to Port St. Joe last weekend, receiving a warm welcome from friends, acquaintances, and former colleagues and players when he arrived at R. Marion Craig Coliseum and entered …
FWC to tighten beach-nesting bird rules
The creation of guidelines regarding imperiled beach-nesting birds, approved on first reading by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission last week, will likely have a significant impact …
Aunt Lillian’s timely grace
Seventeen years ago, I reprised a Christmas column I’d written in the 1990s for a Texas newspaper.
The original column and the 2004 interpretation celebrated a holiday prayer conceived by my …
St. Joe boys post three straight shutouts
The Port St. Joe boys soccer team recorded three shutout victories last week.
On Monday, Dec. 13, the Tiger Sharks posted an 8-0 drubbing of the winless Bozeman Bucks. On Wednesday, St. Joe …
Counties back redistricting plan for House District 7
Commissioners in both Gulf and Franklin counties have backed a proposal for reshaping House District 7 that would extend its boundaries to the south and east.
By agreeing to write letters of …
Fight erupts after heated boys soccer game
A bench-clearing brawl after the final whistle sounded marred what had been a tightly-fought physical boys soccer game in Eastpoint Wednesday night.
Port St. Joe walked off the field with a 3-0 …
The swarm war future?
Aggravated bees attack unfortunate honey seekers from all directions. The mad birds in Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” mastered the tactic, attacking en masse residents of a small Northern California …