Wewahitchka News

Teachers and students from Wewahitchka Elementary School have been sending Christmas cheer to our military personnel deployed overseas from Wewahitchka.

Santa Claus entered the classroom at Springfield Elementary School last week greeting the students in sign language, causing 3-year-old Emily Locklear to smile from ear to ear.

Austin Pittman gripped the handlebars, looked down at the "Harley-Davidson" decal on the side of this new bicycle and beamed.

The Gulf County Sheriff's Office will be conducting vehicle safety checkpoints and DUI check points during the month of December 2009.

All of the Gulf County flooding on Saturday did not keep a group of underprivileged kids from having a great day.

Wewahitchka, Fla: As flood water encroaches on parts of Gulf County, residents at the river's edge head for higher ground.

A storm system will enter the North Florida region at 10 p.m. ET on Thursday and drop up to three inches of rain over a large swath of North Florida, South Alabama and Southeastern Georgia.

Gulf County, Fla: Gulf County Emergency Manager Marshall Nelson says that the county is declaring a local state of emergency in advance of rising flood waters.

Braidin Jasper Linton was born Oct. 12, 2009 at 10:02 p.m. He weighed 5 pounds, 11.1 ounces and was 18 inches long.

Pastor Joey Smith of Wewahitchka's Glad Tidings Church has some advice for those encountering Flora Blackman during the Christmas season.

The following was written by Charlene Dickens. Charlene is a fourth grader at Wewahitchka Elementary School.

Congratulations to everyone who helped serve or deliver over 700 meals on Thanksgiving Day.

Mr. Billy Dixson, owner of Dixson & Son Cab Co., and Mr. Bob Sutton, owner of the furniture outlet in Wewahitchka, delivered 141 dinners on Thanksgiving Day.

Gulf and Bay County educators played a key role at the annual CFES National Conference in Bolton Landing, NY, on Nov.

Eighty-eight people die every day in Florida from tobacco-related illnesses. That's the message Gulf County Students Working Against Tobacco demonstrated to the community Nov.

When: Tuesday, Dec. 1 from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. CT. Target: General public, seniors, parents, spouses, aunts, young adults, and children at home.

Anyone in Gulf County who wants a swine flu shot has the opportunity. The Gulf County Health Department has been running inoculation centers, or PODs for several weeks, targeting high-risk populations first, as shipments of H1N1 vaccine arrived in the county.

Retired Navy Senior Chief Tim Bowers returned home Wednesday to urge residents to support our nation's men and women in uniform.

A man and a woman are charged with multiple drug offenses following a traffic stop in Marianna Saturday.

The Gulf County Health Department is continuing to administer free H1N1 vaccines to people in the following priority groups: * Pregnant women * Caregivers and family members of infants six months and younger * Individuals six months to 24 years old * People 25 to 64 years old with chronic medical conditions * Health care workers * Teachers and ...