Chipola College in Marianna, Florida will presents the Donnie Tyndall Basketball Camp on Monday through Wednesday, July 17-19, 2023, for grades K-12, from 9AM-3PM daily. The event will be offered at a cost of $125 in advance or $150 at the door, and for more information call Coach Estell at 205-253-4670. Plyers should bring a… Read More »
After leading Panama City Beach Police on a chase which included the Coast Guard, Florida Wildlife Commission and the Bay County, Florida Sheriff’s Office Air One helicopter, Panama City Beach, Florida Tourist Jadakiss Thomas escaped into the Gulf of Mexico this week. Thomas has now been apprehended and charged with Resisting Arrest and Felony Criminal… Read More »
Tropical Storm Don has now strengthened and is moving west-northwestward, with movement toward the US mainland, but does not at this time present danger to Florida. As of Thursday, July 20, 2023 morning, Tropical Storm Don was located 855 miles west-southwest of the Azores, with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, moving west-northwest at 7… Read More »
Phone scams are increasingly becoming a nuisance and a threat to financial security for those that are on the receiving end of calls. Washington County Sheriff, Kevin Crews, is warning residents of scammers who are presenting themselves as Florida Public Utilities-Power Company. Impersonators making the calls will claim you have an overdue power bill that… Read More »
Calvin Leon Tidwell, age 55, of Graceville, Florida passed away July 14, 2023, at Northwest Florida Community Hospital in Chipley, Florida. He was born January 15, 1968, Chicago, Illinois. Calvin was preceded in death by his father, Rev. Bobby Lee Tidwell and one brother, Phillip Tidwell. Calvin is survived by… Read More »
Here’s the first part of a candid ‘Real Florida Magazine’ interview with Tommy Sasser, Chipley, Florida Ward 2 Councilman for the past decade, on Thursday, July 13, 2023.
The City of Vernon, Florida City Council held a regular Monthly Meeting on Monday, July 17, 2023, at 5:30PM, as seen in the video (below).
The City of Chipley Public Works Department will be closing the Southbound lane of Hwy. 77 (Main Street) from Old Bonifay Road to Hwy. 90 (Jackson Avenue) for emergency water line repairs beginning @ 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. The detour route will be as follows: Southbound traffic on Hwy. 77 will turn West onto Old Bonifay… Read More »
WD-40, also known as ‘Water Displacement #40’ began as a research for a rust preventative solvent and degreaser to protect missile parts. WD-40 was created in 1953, by three technicians at the San Diego Rocket Chemical Company, and the name comes from the project that was to find a ‘Water Displacement’ compound. They were finally successful… Read More »
On Saturday, July 15, around 5:30 a.m., Jackson County, Florida Sheriff’s Office deputies received a call from a victim stating that he found a man sleeping in a vehicle in his (the victim’s) yard. When the victim attempted to make contact with the suspect, the suspect started frantically reaching around inside his vehicle. … Read More »
Here’s a look back ten years ago to 2013, with Part 2 of an interview with Dalton Carter, Founder of the Wausau Possum Festival. The Annual Wausau Possum Festival takes place in Historic Wausau, Florida on the first Saturday in August, this year occurring August 5, 2023.
KuttaKyle (Kyle Aycock), FLAChoppas Barbershop and Cut N Dye are teaming up to offer free ‘back to school’ haircuts for K-12 returning students on Saturday, August 4, 2023, at the Chipley, Florida High School gymnasium. Music, food and fellowship will be offered at the event, starting at 8:30AM and continuing until 5:30PM.
The Panama City Beach, Florida Police Department reports the arrest of three suspects, including Damien Marrell Chhoeung, Elijah Chhoeung, and Hunter Hatfield following the reckless discharge of a firearm which resulted in the gunshot wound to the leg of an 18-year-old tourist from Dallas, Texas, at Majestic Towers Resort on Saturday, July 15, 2023. Reports… Read More »
When hearing of the need for software at Florida Panhandle Technical College in the Digital Video Technology and Digital Photography programs last year, from FPTC Instructor Paul Goulding, then-Washington County School Board candidate Cheryl Williams immediately offered to purchase the software- as a matter of fact, offering to purchase multiple copies of the required programs,… Read More »
On Saturday afternoon, July 15, 2-23, Walton County, Florida deputies were searching for Lance Diamond Johnson near W C Currington in Ponce de Leon. Johnson, 25, fled from U.S. Marshals Task Force members after they attempted to serve him with a warrant for felony violation of probation. Johnson’s original charge was felon in… Read More »