Franklin County News

The Franklin County Tourist Development Council opens its 2009-10 grant cycle for Off Season and Sustaining Grants beginning July 3. The deadline for returning applications is Aug.

Area residents who are willing and able to donate blood are asked to come out and give next week when the Bay Medical Bloodmobile is in the county.

Much of the Panhandle is going dry amidst a scorching June that has seen little rainfall.

Calling all young actors to attend this week's summer reading program at the Franklin County Public Library branches in Carrabelle and Eastpoint.

The middle schoolers found her at Bald Point State Park in Franklin County. They knew she was unique by her unfamiliar looks, but kept their distance as the students watched her lay eggs.

A 40-year-old Franklin County deputy sheriff received serious injuries Friday after a one vehicle crash east of Lanark Village.

ST. GEORGE ISLAND, Fla. -- The closest Ozzie had ever come to a body of water like this was three summers ago, when he splashed around in the cool, clear waters of 650-acre Hulbert Lake in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

A deputy with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash around 12:30 this morning on Highway 98 just south of U.S. 319, according to a release from the Florida Highway Patrol.

The Florida Division of Forestry is finishing up a prescribed burn of 3,500 acres of forest in Tate's Hell today according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

June 12, 2009 - 2:47 PM The Franklin County Food Pantry is happy to announce that the recent US Mail Carrier Food Drive was a huge success, thanks to the Mail Carriers in Apalachicola and Eastpoint.

The director of The Apalachee Center says the Apalachicola facility, which offers psychiatric services at affordable rates to area residents, could double the number of clients they serve.

Authorities say a 24-year-old Franklin County woman has been indicted and accused of raping a 13-year-old boy.

Willie Speed stands at the door of the new school board room, named in his honor, at the Learning Center in Eastpoint.

Franklin County youth and visitors are invited to participate in this summer's reading program at the Franklin County Public Library, in Eastpoint or Carrabelle.

County commissioners have rejected hiring a particular attorney to represent them in issues dealing with a central sewer on St.

Tax collector James Harris said last week's tax certificate sale was very successful and he managed to sell almost all of the unpaid tax certificates this year.

The battle between county commissioners over purchasing land near the Apalachicola airport ended in another stalemate on Tuesday.

On May 28, members of the Franklin County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Unit along with investigators from Florida Department of Corrections, and K-9 Unit from the Franklin County Sheriff's Office intercepted a vehicle.

Hundreds of Franklin County schoolkids, from kindergarten through fifth graders, got a chance earlier this month to learn about law enforcement and the many allied organizations that support its efforts.

Big Bend Community Organizations Active in Disaster will conduct a tabletop training exercise Thursday for local agencies to practice their hurricane response procedures.