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Girl Scouts plan projects at Altha Community Center
Three local Girl Scout troops paid a visit to the Altha Town Council to make a presentation at the beginning of last week’s meeting. The girls, who are from Altha Troop 39, Blountstown Troop 30 and...
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Chipola Brain Bowl team finishes sixth at Nationals Feb. 28
The Chipola Brain Bowl Team finished 6th in the nation Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Community College Championship Tournament (CCCT). Chipola competed with 24 teams from around the nation for the national...
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Christine Sikes 94th birthday celebration set
The children of Christine Sikes are hosting a chicken pilau on Saturday, March 21 at 12 p.m. (ET) in celebration of her 94th birthday. All friends and family are welcome to join us at Woodman of the...
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Girl Scouts plan projects at Altha Community Center
Three local Girl Scout troops paid a visit to the Altha Town Council to make a presentation at the beginning of last week’s meeting. The girls, who are from Altha Troop 39, Blountstown Troop 30 and...
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First responders complete training
The newest group of Liberty County First Responders have completed their training after taking four-hour classes twice a week for two months. “They are required to do a 40-hour course, but they do...
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Chipola Brain Bowl team finishes sixth at Nationals Feb. 28
The Chipola Brain Bowl Team finished 6th in the nation Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Community College Championship Tournament (CCCT). Chipola competed with 24 teams from around the nation for the national...
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New Miss Altha queens crowned
Four young ladies were crowned in Saturday’s annual Miss Altha Pageant. The girls will represent the community by attending ribbon-cuttings, riding in parades, taking part in fundraisers and helping...
View ArticleTown Council to hire interim employee in Gable’s absence
by Teresa Eubanks, Journal Editor The Altha Town Council is looking for an interim employee after being notified that longtime Public Works Director Wayne Gable will be taking family medical leave for...
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Church restoration
The Chipola Primitive Baptist Church of Altha, founded in 1870, is beginning to look like it originally did as a longtime restoration project is being carried out. The exterior now reflects how the...
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Altha Middle School Softball team wins Panhandle Conference 2nd straight year
from LeAnna Hall, Altha Public School The Altha Middle School softball team won the Panhandle Conference for the second straight year. Seeded number one in the tourney, the Lady Cats first faced number...
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Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative hosts Washington, D.C. Youth Tour contest
WEWAHITCHKA – Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative recently held its annual Washington, D. C. Youth Tour Contest at the Honeyville Community Center in Wewahitchka. Each year, the Cooperative sponsors the...
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Judge Elijah Smiley unanimously selected as Chief Judge Elect
The Judges of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit unanimously selected The Honorable Judge Elijah Smiley as Chief Judge-Elect. Chief Judge-Elect Smiley will succeed Chief Judge Hentz McClellan, who has...
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Hosford fifth graders tour the Governor’s mansion & Capitol
Hosford School’s fifth grade hit the road for a field trip in Tallahassee Friday, March 6 for a tour of the Governor’s Mansion and the Capitol. The students enjoyed seeing the manatee sculpture and the...
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Broadway veteran to perform Titanic Show for Chipola Artist Series April 2
MARIANNA – The Chipola College Artist Series finishes the season with Broadway veteran, Deborah Jean Templin in Unsinkable Women: Stories and Songs from the Titanic, Thursday, April 2, in the Center...
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Altha Wildcats end last week 2-1
from Derek Causseaux, Altha Wildcats Baseball Coach The Altha Wildcats had a great week of baseball, due in large part to combined efforts on the mound. Last week the team was 2-1 against Loudon, TN,...
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More lighting going up at the Altha Rec Park
A utility crew is shown adding more lighting around the track at the Altha Recreation Park Friday afternoon. The next phase of improvements at the park will be to install no smoking signs and posts to...
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Upward Basketball
Kids from Bristol, Blountstown, Hosford, Altha and Fountain recently completed the eight-week Upward Basketball program, organized by the First Baptist Church of Bristol. Approximately 140 children...
View ArticleLegal Notices – March 25, 2015
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR LIBERTY COUNTY, STATE OF FLORIDA CASE NO.: 14-133-CA CENTENNIAL BANK, as successor in interest to GULF STATE COMMUNITY BANK, Plaintiff,...
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Clarksville Collision
A Tallahassee motorcyclist was injured in a collision with an SUV in Clarksville Thursday afternoon. According to the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, Timothy D. Blackwell, 36, of Panama City was...
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Bike Florida brings over 600 cyclists to Calhoun County
Domenick Esgro Photo from Kristy H. Terry, Executive Director Calhoun Co. Chamber of Commerce BLOUNTSTOWN – Visitors from all over the United States, and even a few from Canada, were in Calhoun County...
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