Port St. Joe News

Fifty local children have a new set of winter clothes thanks to a partnership among the Junior Service League of Port St Joe, the Tapper Foundation and Sears.

FCAT celebration time is here! Our 3rd-6th graders will celebrate their accomplishments on last year's FCAT with a party at ROCKET LANES on Nov.

For one night, they relived their youth. Port St. Joe High School alumni returned home, reunited with lost friends and danced until midnight in the Centennial Building.

A 19-year-old man was in critical condition following a car crash early Sunday morning just west of the town.

For the second consecutive year, ExxonMobil has awarded grant money to all three local schools in Port St.

Adam Jack Richards was born Sept. 7 to proud parents Latisha and Adam Richards of Port St.

Gulf County Sheriff Joe Nugent hopes to foster more positive interactions between his department and the public.

Every fall for the last 4 years, a special event has taken place in Port St. Joe in support of the St.

Third-grader Jaden Grantland jogged up to Port St. Joe Elementary School physical education instructor Chuck Gannon and checked in for another lap on the high school track.

The St. Joseph Catholic Church Men's Club of Port St Joe will be hosting its annual spaghetti dinner on Saturday evening, Nov.

Port St. Joe's Ghosts on the Coast celebration highlights the area's rundown of Halloween activities.

Last week, Gulf County received its first shipment of the 2009 H1N1 vaccine to protect residents against a new strain of the influenza virus known commonly as "swine flu." The Gulf County Health Department received 100 units of the vaccine in nasal spray form and 100 units in shot form from the state Department of Health .

From around the country they descended in Gulf County a few weeks ago. There was a mother from Wewahitchka, one from Taunton, MA, another from Georgia, one from South Florida and another from Louisiana.

October 22, 2009 10:09 AM In his second general epistle the Apostle Peter wroter that "in the last days scoffers would come, walking according to their own lusts" and destroyed most of the living things on the earth.

This Sunday, First United Methodist Church of Port St. Joe will recognize the "Breast Cancer Awareness Month." Everybody in our community has been affected by this through a friend, a family member or personally.

County voters will get their chance to decide if "fast" time or "slow" time suits them.

Plans for a major roadway to connect Highway 98 in Gulf County with Highway 231 north of Panama City and Highway 98 in Bay County are slowly moving forward.

An informational meeting concerning the Gulf Coast Parkway will be held Oct. 20 at the Centennial Building.

Colton Raker, son of Billy and Donna Raker, turns two on Thursday, Oct. 15. He will celebrate with a "Cars" party at 2 p.m. CT on Saturday, Oct.

Chelsea Dimitrijevich seemed as stunned as anybody when she was named the Homecoming Queen 2009 at Port St.