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 …
Can we talk about abortion without tearing each other apart?
Those of us who have long criticized Roe v. Wade for usurping the power of legislatures to make serious policy decisions must now contemplate the reality that We the People may yet get a chance to …
St. Joe girls tie unbeaten Rickards
In a pair of closely fought contests, the Port St. Joe girls soccer team on Nov. 30 clawed their way to a 1-1 tie against the previously unbeaten Rickards Raiders, of Tallahassee, and then lost …
Dr. Holmes was always the last resort
Phil Early is one of my all-time favorite people. I used to yell at him to “get a move on it” coming out of the chutes on endless afternoons at football practice an eon or two ago. He …
Dr. Oz quacks the code of Republican politics
Sean Parnell, the Trump-anointed candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania, dropped out of the race a week ago after a custody hearing that featured lurid details of his relationship with his ex-wife. …