According to the Washington County, Florida Emergency Management Center, dangerous heat will continue through the weekend.  In addition, a tropical disturbance expected to move into the eastern Gulf of Mexico early next week. The oppressive heat will continue through the weekend, peaking on Saturday and Sunday, with high temperatures in the triple digits for many… Read More »

A tropical disturbance currently located near Central America is being closely monitored as forecasts indicate it could head for the Gulf of Mexico over the next several days. It is too early to know for certain where it is headed or what it will be when it gets there, but now is the time to prepare if you live along the… Read More »

After battering the Dominican Republic, Tropical Storm Franklin is over the open waters of the Atlantic and is forecast to become a hurricane in the next couple of days. Late Thursday morning, the storm was about 90 miles east-northeast of Grand Turk Island. It was moving to the northeast at about 7 mph with sustained winds… Read More »

Douglas Shane Smith Sr., 56, of Chipley, FL passed away Friday, August 18, 2023 in Carencro, LA of natural causes.   He was born on August 16, 1967 to the late Janie Redmon and spent most of his childhood with his grandparents, the late Lloyd and Mary “Peggy” Redmon of Chipley, FL who adored him.… Read More »

The Town of Wausau, Florida Citizen’s Task Force has scheduled a meeting on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 4PM, as seen in the agenda (below). AGENDA CITIZENS TASK FORCE

The Town of Wausau has scheduled a Meeting on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, at 4:30PM, in the Wausau Town Hall at 1607 Second Avenue, Wausau Florida, as seen in the agenda (below). AGENDA AUGUST 29 2023

Weight loss is a famous side effect of Ozempic, the Type 2 diabetes drug, but patients often find they must avoid certain foods on Ozempic. It’s a similar story with Wegovy, the form of Ozempic approved for weight loss. Both contain semaglutide, a synthetic version of a hormone known as GLP-1, which the body releases into the intestine… Read More »

The Town of Wausau held a Meeting on Thursday, August 17, 2023, at 5PM, in the Wausau Town Hall at 1607 Second Avenue, Wausau Florida, as seen in the video (below).

The City of Vernon, Florida City Council held a regular Monthly Meeting on Monday, August 21, 2023, at 5:30PM, as seen in the video (below).  

The ongoing war on women’s sports took a major setback that will undoubtedly infuriate far-left social activists. 40-year-old transgender woman Anne Andres recently set a new world record in female powerlifting that sparked widespread backlash. Andres defeated the second-place finisher by more than 450 pounds. Andres, who is a biological male, now holds multiple powerlifting records in the female… Read More »

On Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, around 11 p.m., deputies conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for driving with only one working headlight. During the course of the stop, K-9 Dutch was deployed and alerted to the odor of narcotics in the vehicle. When deputies searched the vehicle, they found two black scales, 18 grams… Read More »

On Sunday, August 20, around 9:30 a.m., deputies were called to assist the Graceville Correctional Facility regarding someone they believed to be smuggling drugs into the facility. When deputies arrived, they found that the suspect, Brittni Danielle Davis, was hiding several small packages in and on her person. Davis admitted that she was bringing the… Read More »

Start Here- Get There. On Monday, August 21, 2023, the Television Production Technology students at Florida Panhandle Technical College in Chipley, Florida worked in Studio B, the campus production facility, with a variety of lighting scenarios and equipment, as seen in these photos of and by FPTC students.   Thank you, Washington County Superintendent of Schools… Read More »

An emergency boil water notice has been rescinded in Vernon, Florida on Monday, August 21, 2023. The emergency was precipitated by a water main break on Roche Avenue and a subsequent loss of water pressure.

Five people in the Tampa, Florida, area have died from a rare flesh-eating bacteria , which is also the recent cause of death for three others in Connecticut and New York. The Vibrio vulnificus bacteria, which can be found in raw or undercooked seafood, saltwater, and brackish water, led to the death of two people since January in Hillsborough… Read More »