Chattahoochee News

But don't expect the plentiful rains to wash away the acrimonious battle over water between Florida, Georgia and Alabama.

CHATTAHOOCHEE - U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek of Miami on Monday wound up a holiday weekend Panhandle tour with a reminder that, even in a long-distance U.S. Senate race, all politics are local.

U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek is winding up a holiday-weekend tour of the conservative Florida Panhandle today in his fledgling campaign for the U.S. Senate.

In Tallahassee, you can catch the fireworks at: - The Tallahassee Automobile Museum - Tom Brown Park - Northwoods Baptist Church - Greensboro Town Hall and Football Field - Myron B. Hodge City Park, downtown Sopchoppy - Della's Pub and Grill - Hamilton County Recreation Center - River Landing Park, Chattahoochee In Thomasville, head to: - Remington ...

If a backyard barbecue isn't in your 4th of July plans this year, there are dozens of other events around the Panhandle to celebrate Independence Day.

Multiple law enforcement agencies took part in a manhunt Wednesday afternoon when a prisoner escaped from the Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee, Fla.

This report represents some events the FWC handled over the past week; however, it does not include all actions taken by the Division of Law Enforcement.

Joshua White, age 21, escaped from A.C.I. in Sneads, Florida. He is a white male, 5'10", 150lbs with brown eyes, last seen wearing black pants and a white shirt.

Reductions in the flow of the Apalachicola River have far-reaching effects that could prove detrimental to grouper and other reef fish populations in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, according to a new Florida State University study that may provide new ammunition for states engaged in a nearly two-decade water war.

Bryan Desloge, chairman of the Leon County Commission, is hosting the next in a series of meetings of the Regional Economic Stimulus Group today at 7:30 a.m. at the Leon County Courthouse.

Fan Fan got involved with the startup of Chattahoochee's High School Tutoring Club last fall, but something about it wasn't right for her.

The Gadsden County Sheriff's office is breaking out the K-9's and every other resource to take down criminals with operation D.A.W.G. The D.A.W.G. program will target drug offenders, accidents as a result of speeding, folks with outstanding warrants and gang members.

A search was conducted until sundown Saturday for a fisherman who was thrown from a boat he was riding in on the Apalachicola River, about a mile south of Chattahoochee, said Stan Kirkland, spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

An Indiana money manager plans to plead guilty to crashing an airplane near a Florida Panhandle neighborhood in a botched attempt to fake his own death and escape financial problems and a crumbling marriage, according to court documents filed Thursday.

Authorities are continuing their search for a missing man along the Apalachicola River.

Published: Monday, June 1, 2009 at 9:33 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 1, 2009 at 9:33 a.m. CHATTAHOOCHEE Crews today found the body of a 28-year-old fisherman who was ejected from a boat on the Apalachicola River this weekend.

Search efforts have led to the body of a boater missing since Saturday according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Governor Charlie Crist has asked US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to become more involved in the tri-state water war over the Apalachicola Chattahoochee Flint River System.

APALACHICOLA, Fla. a ' U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson will pay a visit to local shrimpers and oystermen today as part of a week-long swing through Florida.

The father and son team of Rick and Robert Tindell of Leesburg pulled in a five-fish limit weighing 26.93 pounds on a rainy Lake Seminole Sunday to win the $2,000 first prize in the 38th annual Bainbridge Bass Club Memorial Day Weekend Buddy Bass Tournament.