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Homeless dropoff

October 9, 2024 /

Ochlockonee Bay merchants say Franklin County is leaving men there

A screenshot from surveillance video at Tide Creek Coastal Market in Ochlockonee Bay showing a Franklin County deputy dropping off a shirtless, shoeless man on Sunday, Sept. 29 at 5:56 a.m. The man was at the store all day asking store employees for food, customers for money until Wakulla deputies were called at closing.

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

The surveillance video shows a Franklin County deputy sheriff’s truck pulling into the parking lot around sunrise and letting off a man in shorts, shirtless though he’s holding a shirt, and shoeless. The deputy drops off the man and then drives away, headed back across the bridge to Franklin County.

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Hurricane Helene misses us

October 2, 2024 /

A last minute wobble sent the Category 4 hurricane east of St. Marks into Taylor County

Stan West of Riverside Cafe in St. Marks takes a pause from cleaning out mud from his restaurant. He was all smiles: ‘We expected a lot worse.’ (PHOTO BY WILLIAM SNOWDEN)

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Warned of Hurricane Helene becoming a Category 4 and possible storm surge of as much as 20 feet, Wakulla county commissioners issued a mandatory evacuation order for the entire county on Tuesday, Sept. 24.

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