Wewahitchka News

The 2nd Annual Olde Tyme Cultural and Craft Bazaar will be held on Saturday, Nov.

The Wewahitchka High School Class of 2010 Project Graduation committee has begun making plans for graduation night.

Ann Nunery with the Wewahitchka, Fla., Search and Rescue team looks for 7-month-old Shannon Lea Dedrick in Washington County.

October 29, 2009 11:25 AM The Woman's Club of Wewahitchka will sponsor a Junior Miss Program at the Wewahitchka Elementary School Commons at 6 p.m. CT on Saturday, Nov.

Last week, Gulf County received its first shipment of the 2009 H1N1 vaccine to protect residents against a new strain of the influenza virus known commonly as "swine flu." The Gulf County Health Department received 100 units of the vaccine in nasal spray form and 100 units in shot form from the state Department of Health .

For decades, Gulf County residents have been split over time. The north end of the county is on Central Time while the south which includes the city of Port St.

From around the country they descended in Gulf County a few weeks ago. There was a mother from Wewahitchka, one from Taunton, MA, another from Georgia, one from South Florida and another from Louisiana.

Gulf County voters will get their chance to decide if "fast" time or "slow" time suits them.

On Wednesday evening, Sept. 30, members of St. James Episcopal Church of Port St.

The Junior Service League of Port St. Joe is proud to host the Junior Miss Program, a national scholarship program for high school seniors.

Skye Hudson is a beauty queen on a mission, and 22 pink flamingos are along for the ride.

Earl Morrogh, of Quincy, will make a solitary trip by kayak from Chattahoochee to Apalachicola to raise money for the Apalachicola Riverkeeper.

Another busy football night is coming to PanhandleVarsity.com. We will have reporters at Arnold, Wewahitchka, Tommy Oliver Stadium, Port St.

St. John's Church and St. John's Village will have a dog show on Saturday, Oct. 19, on their beautiful grounds, Hwy 71, just north of Wewahitchka.

Coming to you on Monday night, Oct. 12, at Glad Tidings Assembly of God Fellowship Hall at 5 p.m. CT and brought to you by: GFWC Wewahitchka Woman's Club and Glad Tidings Church, Rosa Feltrop, President.

The state attorney's office is unlikely to pursue more charges against a 41-year-old Wewahitchka man who walked into a 13-year-old girl's bedroom while he was naked, officials said Thursday.

Gulf County library patrons will immediately have fewer hours to use library services.

In the final budget hearing on Sept. 21, the Gulf Board of County Commissioners unanimously adopted a county-wide millage rate of 5.7679 for the 2009-10 fiscal year.

Published: Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 8:04 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 8:07 a.m. WEWAHITCHKA A North Florida man is facing charges after authorities say he broke into a family's home and walked around naked.

All schools deal with the issue of bullying. Wewahitchka Middle School is taking proactive steps to stop and prevent bullying by adopting the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program.