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Question of the week

Posted onOctober 16, 2024October 16, 2024AuthorLynda KinseyLeave a comment

Weekly Roundup: Healing after Helene

Posted onOctober 16, 2024October 16, 2024AuthorNews Service of Florida

By JIM TURNER
News Service of Florida

TALLAHASSEE – For the third consecutive week, Florida’s primary focus involved the unnerving anticipation of a major hurricane and the exhausting — and expensive — recovery from heavy rains and battering winds.

PAWS’ Pamper Your Pooch was held Saturday

Posted onOctober 16, 2024October 16, 2024AuthorStaff ReportLeave a comment

A happy fella after being cleaned at Hudson Park on Saturday. (PHOTO BY PERRY DISSMORE)

Homeless dropoff

Posted onOctober 9, 2024October 9, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

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.

Local man has been missing for 6 weeks

Posted onOctober 9, 2024October 9, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

Sheriff’s office says it has no leads on the disappearance of Ian Rogers

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Ian Rogers dropped off Kaylee Evans for her job at Rocky’s at 5 a.m. on Aug. 26.
That’s the last she’s seen of her boyfriend of more than a year.

Another hurricane poised to strike state this week

Posted onOctober 9, 2024October 9, 2024AuthorNews Service of Florida

Central Florida area braces for storm surge, power outages

By JIM SAUNDERS
News Service of Florida

Hurricane Milton strengthened into a Category 4 storm Monday, as Florida officials implored Gulf Coast residents to follow evacuation orders and utilities prepared for widespread power outages.