If you have a police officer as a friend or family member, National Law Enforcement Day on January 9 is the perfect time to show officers we understand how difficult their job is. So it’s important to show officers how much we understand their difficult work and appreciate their sacrifice and risk. For a while… Read More »
Washington County, Florida schools will be closed on Tuesday, 9, 2024, due to inclement weather.
Mary Hill Henson, 89 of Marianna, Florida, went home to be with the Lord on January 7, 2024, at Marianna Health and Rehab. Mary was born on April 17, 1934, in Palatka, Florida to Fred and Annie Vaughn Hill. Mary was a lifelong resident of the Florida Panhandle and attended Round Lake Baptist Church. She… Read More »
ommy Gene Wise, 73 of Cottondale, Florida passed from this life on December 25, 2023, at Jackson Hospital in Marianna, Florida. Tommy was born on December 6, 1950, in Cottondale, Florida to Ambus Wise and Blanch Hayslip. He was a lifelong resident of the Florida Panhandle and served in the United States Navy. Tommy worked… Read More »
National Clean Off Your Desk Day takes place on the second Monday of January each year. When was the last time you cleaned out your workspace? Did you know the average work desk can be 100 times filthier than a kitchen table? Nasty, right? But there’s more. A work desk is probably 400 times less… Read More »
Tips have long provided a convenient way to foist payment obligations onto others, according to Zach Helfand, as he wrote in ‘The New Yorker’ magazine. Kerry Segrave, the author of the comprehensive history “Tipping,” identified the gratuity’s potential origins, in Europe during the late Middle Ages. By the seventeenth century, visitors to aristocratic estates were… Read More »
Magnesium deficiency is an electrolyte disturbance in which there is a low level of magnesium in the body. It can result in multiple symptoms. Symptoms include tremor, poor coordination, muscle spasms, loss of appetite, personality changes, and nystagmus. Complications may include seizures or cardiac arrest such as from torsade de pointes. Those with low magnesium… Read More »
Hang out with Gen Z long enough, you’ll be told your language, dress sense, and ideology is just not with the times. In short, you’ll feel old. But ironically, Gen Z – those born between 1997 to 2012 – are ageing faster, in terms of appearance at least. That’s according to a cosmetic doctor who has… Read More »
Two weather systems will affect the region through early next week. The first system which starts tonight bears watching, but the second system on Monday night and Tuesday has potential to be a significant severe weather event, plus other impacts too. Two briefing packets are attached to focus separately on each event, plus an overall timeline graphic.… Read More »
Ready for Gumbo? The weather certainly is, and you can get all the ingredients at Main Street Market at the intersection of Hwy 90 and Hwy 77 (Main Street) in downtown Chipley, Florida. Here’s my no-fail Gumbo recipe, which my wife claims as her own, and I love her so much that I never… Read More »
Join Real Florida Magazine for the Annual Panama City Beach, Florida Mardi Gras and Music Festival on January 26-27, 2024 in Pier Park on beautiful Panama City, Florida, as seen in these photos from the 2017 event on Saturday, February 25, 2017 by Paul Goulding Photography.
Old Rock Day, despite some misconception, is not a day of celebrating classic Rock ‘n’ Roll tunes of days gone by but is, in fact, the day that geologists and amateur rock enthusiasts take it upon themselves to show their appreciation of all things fossilized and stony. A rock is a solid mass that is… Read More »
Joe Ann Christy, 90 of Chipley, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on January 2, 2024 at Washington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Chipley, Florida. Joe Ann was born on April 24, 1933 in Hartford, Alabama to John and Valley (Rogers) Swoope. Her faith in Christ was evident in her… Read More »
Norman Donald Barber, 87 passed on January 6, 2024. Norman Donald “Don” Barber was born to Roy Douglas Barber and Eula Shores Barber on March 1, 1936. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lois Faye Broom Barber; his mother and father; his sister: Avalyn Gayle Barber; his brothers: Albert Douglas Barber, Paul Burton Barber,… Read More »
Anna M. Hall, age 87, of Chipley, FL passed from this life on Friday, January 5, 2024. She was born on February 28, 1936 in Newton, OH to the late Joseph C. Middlebrooks and Josephine (Brown) Middlebrooks. Along with her parents she is preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Gary… Read More »