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Band member wins $600 in shotgun raffle
Joshua Goodman, son of Chris and Marie Goodman of Bristol, was the lucky winner of the annual Bristol Lions Club Homecoming raffle. There was a good reason he didn’t step forward Friday night to...
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Liberty Clerk ask for help saving documents packed in basement
Pipes are leaking, rodents are chewing their way through old files and at one point, “There was a mudslide or something in there,” said Liberty County Clerk of Court Kathy Brown about the basement...
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Students recognized for perfect FCAT scores at school board meeting
Students that received a perfect score on the FCAT 2.0 during the 2013-14 school year were recognized for their achievement at the Sept. 9 School Board meeting. Each student received a certificate...
View ArticleAttaway to help Altha Town Council with financial review
Ruth Attaway was very clear. After being asked – more than once – the longtime CPA and former Calhoun County Clerk of Court has agreed to help the Town of Altha get their finances in order. And she’s...
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Three charged in chip mill burglary
HOSFORD – A man who said he had been “asked to help” steal scrap metal from the old Lowry Chip Mill was left behind as two other men fled when deputies arrived and caught the three tearing down an...
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Wewahitchka flathead tournament renamed in honor of Curtis Anders
When the organizers of the annual Florida Catfish Tournament in Wewahitchka approached one of their longtime sponsors with the suggestion that they incorporate their name into the tournament in...
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Nurse, former city council member hope to start Boys & Girls Club in Blountstown
Barely a month ago, Rita Pruette and Clifford Jackson discovered they had the same idea: Blountstown needs a Boys & Girls Club. For Jackson, his first introduction to the program was when he took...
View ArticleAltha Branch of Cadence Bank closing Oct. 23
Cadence Bank’s Altha branch will close on Oct. 23. It is one of 17 branches that are closing in Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. The bank’s Bristol location closed last November. The Altha...
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Remembering Jerry Johnson
Friends and family gathered at Friday’s football game in Bristol to honor the late Jerry Johnson, who served Liberty County as a School Superintendent, teacher and coach for many years. The Bulldog...
View ArticleDeputy reunites mother, son on the phone after 20 years apart
Monday may have been Calhoun County Deputy John Scheetz’s birthday, but he was the one who gave a special gift to someone else. The deputy was called out to Four Mile Creek Park Monday morning after a...
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Five Calhoun students awarded scholarship contracts
Five Calhoun County students signed scholarship contracts with the Take Stock in Children Chipola Program last Thursday. Senator Bill Montford and Chipola president Dr. Jason Hurst of...
View ArticleTwelve counties join forces to bring in jobs
CAMPBELLTON – On October 3, 2014, the Florida-Alabama Mega Team formed by 12 counties in northwest Florida and southeast Alabama, formally announced efforts to lure a large manufacturer to a 2,240-acre...
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Vehicle strikes, kills Wewa man on SR 71 near 73
A 43-year-old Wewahitchka man died after being hit by a car while he was walking on SR 71 in Calhoun County early Saturday morning. The fatality was identified as Carlee J....
View ArticleMan facing amputation after boating accident
A Liberty County man is facing numerous surgeries as doctors at Shands Hospital prepare to amputate his left hand after he was injured in a boating accident Sunday. Jimmy Wilson Jr., 56, of Bristol...
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Torres M. Jacobs
BLOUNTSTOWN - Torres M. Jacobs, 62, of Blountstown, and a former resident of Greenwood, passed away Monday, Aug. 26, 2014 at Bay Medical Center in Panama City, with family and friends at his side. He...
View ArticleSurgeons will try to save Wilson’s hand
He’s not out of the woods yet but doctors at Shands Hospital in Gainesville are going to try to save Jimmy Wilson’s left hand. The 56-year-old Bristol resident was injured in a boating accident on...
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Lake Mystic Baptist Church to celebrate 125th year
BRISTOL – The botanically rich town of Bristol—halfway between Tallahassee and Panama City in the Florida Panhandle—is at least 40 miles from the nearest high-rise urban...
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Tornado touches down in Calhoun County; high winds damage hangers and airplanes
One tornado touched down in Calhoun County and one dark cloud rotation was seen moving across the sky in Liberty County after a hard rain and high winds Monday. A tornado left a debris...
View ArticleAltha Town Council gets preliminary report on finances
CPA Ruth Attaway gave the Altha Town Council bad news about their financial status at Tuesday’s meeting but throughout her presentation, she remained positive. She warned them that hers was “a brutal...
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Blountstown native dies in Bay County altercation
Cars were quickly leaving the scene when deputies responded to a call about an injured man at a spot in the woods off Old Allenton Road in Bay County around 2 a.m. Saturday. A deputy was...
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