Apalachicola News

From city officials to business leaders, when those in leadership positions in the Crestview area need the advice and wisdom of someone who has been there before them, they call on Foy Shaw.

Rehearsals are underway for "The Christmas Gift," the third annual Christmas program presented by the Methodist Churches of Apalachicola and St.

Scientists a manatee captured in Alabama is headed for the warmer waters of central Florida.

The Big Bend Scenic Byway, once an orphan in state custody, has found a home. The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration announced on Oct.

Miami's police chief is stepping down from his post. City officials said Chief John Timoney would stay until a new chief is chosen.

Big Bend Hospice and the Franklin Advisory Council will host the annual Service of Remembrance on Sunday, Nov.

The Apalachicola River at Blountstown is forecast to remain above flood stage to at least Saturday November 21.

At a time when Americans are tightening their wallets, the tourists flooded in like a storm surge.

The Women's Christian Fellowship Circle, a ministry of the Lanark Community Church, hosts their annual fall bazaar and bake sale on Saturday, Nov.

A blood drive will be held at the Franklin County School on Thursday, Nov. 12 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., sponsored by Bay Medical Branch of the Southeastern Community Blood Center, a division of Florida Blood Services, Inc.

The first Apalachicola Seafood Festival was Nov. 2, 1963. I was 11. Daddy was still alive and so was President Kennedy.

Kenneth Tucker's memoir of his adventures as a tail gunner on a B-17 bomber go full circle, from his upbringing in Eastpoint all the way through to his return there after the war.

When he was growing up in Eastpoint, Kenneth Tucker dreamed of one day flying airplanes.

Apalachicola, Fla: From seafood to oyster-shucking, hundreds have a reason to make the drive down the Apalachicola Bay.

Put aside the frustrations of economic hard times. Have the FDA take a chill pill for their heavy-handed plan to over-regulate the seafood industry.

The corpse of an unknown marine mammal washed up in Eastpoint last week and the owners of the beach where it came ashore want some answers.

USDA FOREST SERVICE NEWS RELEASE: Tallahassee, Fla. a ' The U.S. Forest Service will close a motorcycle trail in the Apalachicola National Forest to the public Thursday until further notice as the Leon County Sheriffa TMs Office conducts an investigation into a plane crash that occurred last night.

The priority populations are as follows: Pregnant women; people who live with or care for infants under age 6 months; health care or emergency medical personnel; children and young adults ; and persons age 25 to 64 with high-risk medical conditions.

Congressman Allen Boyd today spearheaded an effort amongst the Florida, Alabama and Georgia Congressional Delegations urging the governors from the three states to resume negotiations on a water-sharing agreement regarding the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint System.

The Franklin County Children's Toy Project is a newly formed coalition of Apalachicola city government, county health department, sheriff's office, schools, churches; Emergency Medical Services and the volunteer fire departments.