Eastpoint News

The fate of tens of thousands of dollars in rental deposits and rent from the 2008 summer season is unknown after one of the largest Franklin County vacation rental firms abruptly closed its doors.

To capture the triumph of the Gulf County Humane Society's latest fundraiser, we invoke the lyrics of rapper Snoop Dogg.

On Sept. 13, while working in Apalachicola Bay, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Officers Travis Huckeba and Don Walker performed a vessel inspection on a commercial oyster vessel in the Eleven-Mile area.

The United Baptist Church will celebrating its 26th annual Homecoming on Sunday, Oct.

The four foot gator was crossing Patton Street near Millender Park when it was run over by a passing vehicle.

At a surprise birthday luncheon held Sept. 15 at the Water Street Hotel, Fran Edwards, of Eastpoint, right.

The Apalachicola Riverkeeper and the Franklin County Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor the sixth in a series of free educational paddling programs at the county's newly acquired Indian Creek Public ...

's coastline is a lot cleaner this week thanks to some volunteers and a lot of hard work.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is offering a free hunter safety Internet completion course in Franklin County.

Faced with a flurry of complaints regarding having pre-kindergartners riding school buses together with older children, school officials have added an option in Apalachicola to reassure those parents concerned ...

An opportunity for instant cash is still available to anyone who wants to take a chance.

A fish fry and yard sale will be held in Eastpoint on Saturday, Sept. 20, for a family in need.

A mortar platoon sergeant for the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team has been awarded the Army's second highest valor decoration for his actions while battling Taliban forces in northeast Afghanistan one year ...

Recently there has been a lot of talk about ending single member county commission voting districts, but on Tuesday the county commission heard from defenders of the current set-up. The county was forced to ...

Coastal waters have been high for much of the week as the storm churns toward Texas , but the highest waters started Wednesday night and continued through most of Thursday.

The Franklin County Public Library and the Florida Department of Environmental Protections' St.

On Monday, Sept. 8 starting at 10 a.m. the Literacy Center in Eastpoint will host an open house in recognition of National Literacy Day.

The public outcry for countywide voting is getting louder. On Tuesday, Eastpoint resident Joseph Rickards added his voice to the growing group of people calling for the county to give up on single member ...

At a Tuesday afternoon special meeting, the Franklin County School Board decided for the time being not to lay off two secretaries, as had been recommended by the administration.

Tropical Storm Fay spared Franklin County damage from flooding and wind last weekend, as much less rain fell than originally forecast.