Investigators are awaiting results from the Medical Examiner’s Office to confirm the identities of a man and woman found stabbed to death in a Mossy Pond home.
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Report cards are in for schools across Florida with Calhoun County earning an “A” overall as a school district. Although four out of five schools in the county brought in A’s, there is one blemish on the report card that has educators working towards improvement: a “D” at Blountstown High School.
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Chipola Primitive Baptist Church was founded in 1870 by Tyus Lundy Hansford, a doctor and minister. The church is the oldest one in Altha and one of the oldest in Calhoun county. It is located on the west side of Highway 71 in Altha. Doctor/Minister Hansford contracted with Daniel I. Richards to build the church in 1873. He also built the pulpit at the same time. The pulpit along with some of the original pews and the communion table are still in the church today.
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Is your organization planning an event this year? In an effort to keep from overlapping activities, the Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce is creating a county calendar of events. Chamber Director Kristy Halley Speers (left) and Chamber board member Mary McKenzie review event information they have received thus far.
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Little Jada Owens who nearly drowned over a week ago at Camel Lake in Bristol had the chance to meet the folks who helped save her young life Friday afternoon.
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Investigators are awaiting results from the Medical Examiner’s Office to confirm the identities of a man and woman found stabbed to death in a Mossy Pond home.
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A representative from the Florida Trail Association (FTA) was on hand at last Tuesday night’s Blountstown City Council meeting where Mayor Winston Deason signed a proclamation to designate Blountstown as a Gateway Community on the Florida Trail.
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A Bristol man is clinging to life following a single vehicle crash last Wednesday night.
James Oren Shuler, 20, is in critical condition at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.
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A Blountstown man was arrested on a warrant Friday, accused of selling $40 worth of crack cocaine to an undercover officer back in February.
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A bounty of fresh crops are in season prompting Blountstown Main Street members to expand the downtown farmers’ market to every Saturday throughout the summer months. [Full Story »]
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