Eastpoint News

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.

The Franklin County Sheriffa TMs Office reports that at approximately 11:00 p.m. Wednesday night, a 2003 Kenworth semi-seafood truck was stolen from Barbera TMs Seafood in Eastpoint, Florida.

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.

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.

TALLAHASSEE - Drilling for oil and natural gas within 10 miles of Gulf of Mexico beaches is the focus of a statewide forum on Wednesday featuring a panel of experts and lawmakers.

Arne Larsen, of Haugesund, Norway, has traveled to Carrabelle to meet his extended family and honor his great uncle's lost grave.

Officers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Division of Law Enforcement rescued two stranded oystermen off Porter's oyster bar late last month.

I am very upset about how my situation regarding transporting my son from Eastpoint to Apalachicola was handled.

Free mammograms are available at Weems Memorial Hospital for women without insurance.

October 08, 2009 2:00 PM By Lois Swoboda The first ever Lanark Village Gumbo Cook-off was both a culinary and monetary success.

Jessica Ward rose early Saturday morning, grabbed a piping hot cup of coffee and headed west.

Pastor Bobby Shiver and The United Baptist Church, 37 Brian Street, in Eastpoint will be celebrating their 27th annual Homecoming on Sunday, Oct.

On Friday, October 2, 2009, Members of the Franklin County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant on the residence of Douglas J. Topham, located at 135 Daisey Street in Eastpoint, Florida Topham was using two rooms of his mobile home as a marijuana grow operation.

Jessica Ward rose early Saturday morning, grabbed a piping hot cup of coffee and headed west.

First thing - our Sunday covered dish is on the third Sunday of each month, at Chillas Hall.

Globally, wetlands harbor 5,000 plant and 190 amphibian species, a third of all bird life, most of our fish nurseries and half our threatened or endangered species.

Joyce Estes, of Eastpoint, was sworn to her third term as a member of the Northwest Florida Water Management District Governing Board on Sept.

Bobby Wayne Burke was born April 8, 1933, in Camilla, Georgia, to the now late Robert and Effie Burke.

The county's animal control department is going to court to prohibit Alice Dawn Kerkvliet from owning animals, in this county or anywhere else in Florida.

Scattered flooding has occurred across the county and at least one new record has been set in the past week.