Local News
- Community Checks out Sacred Heart
- By Despina Williams
- A trip to the hospital is not usually a pleasant experience, but Saturday's Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf Open House proved an exception.
Visitors could barely contain their delight as they mingled with the staff of the new Port St. Joe... Full story
- County re-authorizes lighthouse climbs
- By Despina Williams
- Seven months after the Gulf County Commission closed the Cape San Blas Lighthouse, citing insurance liabilities, tours of the historic structure have resumed.
Human Resources Director Denise Manuel notified lighthouse employee Beverly Mount-Douds... Full story
- Gulf Sheriff's Office to host Teen Driver Challenge
- By Despina Williams
- When it comes to driving a motor vehicle, Gulf County Sheriff's deputy Larry Dickey urges teens not to take tips from a country megastar.
"Don’t do the Carrie Underwood and say, 'Jesus, take the wheel,'" said Dickey.
As the instructor of the... Full story
- Deadline for Correctional Officer course approaches
- By Despina Williams
- Slots are still available for the Gulf Coast Community College Gulf correctional officer basic recruit class, which begins March 24.
The four-month course meets 40 hours a week at the Gulf/Franklin Center in Port St. Joe.
Students will study... Full story
- UPDATED: One dead in Beacon Hill stabbing
- Despina Williams
- An early morning stabbing in Beacon Hill has left one man dead and another critically injured.
At 1 a.m. Friday morning, Gulf County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a distress call at 9136 Tulip Avenue, where a large party was in swing.... Full story
- Live Blog: From the Lakeland semifinals
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- Lakeland Bound
- ’This is a special and unique group of kids’
- Tim Croft
- Calvin Pryor sat back in a chair on the bench last Saturday night and took in the scene around him.
Minutes before a thunderous dunk by Willie Quinn to complete a breakaway placed an exclamation point on Port St. Joe’s 55-45 victory over... Full story
- County sides with biomass plant
- Despina Williams
- A citizen-led petition challenging the carbon emission standards of a proposed Port St. Joe biomass plant rankled county commissioners during last Tuesday's regular board meeting.
The petition, signed by some two dozen Gulf county residents and the... Full story
- County approves layoffs, further budget cuts
- Despina Williams
- On Monday morning, three county employees lost their jobs, and more layoffs are in store.
At a special meeting last Tuesday, the Gulf County Commission ordered chief administrator Don Butler and assistant Michael Hammond to reduce the county's... Full story
- Obituaries preserve community's history
- Despina Williams
- Having spent the past two years compiling historical African-American obituaries for a four-volume reference set, Clarence Monette can appreciate a little gallows humor.
As he thumbed through over 1,600 funeral programs and newspaper obituaries... Full story
