The first day of school for Kentucky’s Lee County School District was August 9, but by Friday, attendance had already dropped to 82%. By Monday, it was 81%, and 14 teachers had called out sick—so classes were canceled Tuesday and Wednesday, with remote learning planned for Thursday and Friday. Extracurricular activities were also canceled so… Read More »
In the face of four trumped-up (no pun intended) criminal indictments, Donald Trump received good news by gaining the support of renowned legal expert and Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz. Dershowitz said, ‘Many so-called progressives have been willing to ignore procedural safeguards and due process in their campaign to get former President Donald Trump’. He argues this is a ‘misuse’… Read More »
Franklin became the first major hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season early Monday, as it crawled north through the Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center said in its 5 a.m. EDT update that the storm had intensified overnight, gaining maximum sustained winds of 115 mph, which makes it a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind… Read More »
The Washington County Board of County Commissioners will hold an Emergency Board meeting on August 28, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. Please see attached agenda and Notice of Public Meeting. NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING 08.2023 (1) Emergency Board Meeting 08.28.2023
Would you hire someone for your business if they had already successfully sued you? Then why would you possibly elect or hire someone who had successfully sued your municipality or county? Litigation against ‘deep pockets’ organizations, corporations, and municipalities has become the new hedge against inflation and possibly an alternative to getting up to go… Read More »
Forecasters are warning of possible flash flooding and landslides across the eastern Yucatan peninsula and western Cuba, and Florida braced for a possible hurricane by midweek, as a weather system off the coast of Mexico was expected to become a tropical storm by Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared… Read More »
National Hurricane Center advises that Tropical Depression Ten, now close to entering the Gulf Of Mexico, is a potentially dangerous storm. Tropical Depression 10 is forecast to become a tropical storm today and a hurricane by Tuesday. While the cone of uncertainty is very wide, it does include Northwest Florida, including Washington, Holmes, Jackson, and… Read More »
Co-owner Chris Vickers and the staff at All American Tuning and Fabrication in Chipley, Florida is looking for a Mandrel Pipe Bender technician to run the shop mandrel bender. Additional duties may include work with plasma cutter and CNC machine, with the right candidate. All American Tuning and Fabrication is a climate-controlled environment… Read More »
Former Gov. of Alaska and vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin has warned a second American Civil War seemed possible due to the federal investigations into Republican frontrunner Donald Trump. Palin, 59, even seemed to call for a civil uprising on the August 24, 2023 edition of Newsmax. Palin was speaking to Eric Bolling in the hours after Trump’s arrest… Read More »
The National Hurricane Center upgraded Tropical Storm Franklin, located in the Atlantic Ocean, to a hurricane on Saturday as Florida officials kept a close eye on a new tropical system called Invest 93L. The latter storm is gaining strength in the Gulf of Mexico with the NHC predicting it will become a tropical depression in… Read More »
Everyone with a camera is a photographer, and those who manage to shoot a few photos successfully invariably start a photography ‘business’. As disingenuous to unsuspecting ‘customers’ as this may be, the new shutterbug is unaware of his or her incompetency, and, following the Dunning-Kruger Effect, becomes that lamentable ‘unconscious incompetent’, and simply does not… Read More »
As if they did not learn their lesson the first time around… or the second… President Biden said Friday, August 25, 2023, that he plans to request additional funding from Congress for the development of a new COVID-19 vaccine, adding he may require everyone to take it, regardless of whether they previously received a vaccine… Read More »
A northwest Florida County now has a new Supervisor of Elections, as Governor Ron DeSantis appoints a replacement. Howard Williams is the second consecutive person Governor Ron DeSantis has appointed to the job in Holmes County, Florida. Williams currently works as a permit manager for the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and remains active in… Read More »
On the first of July, Florida’s new concealed carry law officially went into effect. Signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis in April, House Bill 543 allows most adults to carry weapons and firearms without the need for a permit. This does not mean there are no restrictions, though. In fact, there are a handful… Read More »
A massive heat dome spread triple-digit temperatures and smashed record highs across a vast stretch of the nation’s mid-section and prolonged the persistent searing heat in the South. However, a cold front is bringing some much-needed relief. July was the record hottest month for dozens of cities in the southern U.S., as well as for the planet.… Read More »