Farm Share provides goods to 94 Liberty County households
A line of cars, trucks and SUVs stretched from the Bristol Boat landing almost to the Health Department parking lot were set to receive their portion of goods offered through a Farm Share Distribution...
View ArticleGoat Day 2015
More than 4000 people attended Saturday’s annual Goat Day, enjoying the weather and the animals as they checked out the wares offered by more than 60 vendors. Funds raised at the event, sponsored by...
View ArticleLiberty County Once Upon a Homecoming 2015
The Liberty County Bulldogs enjoyed a celebration on Friday as they set off for their annual Homecoming parade. Later that night, Jordan Chaney and Ann Marie Brown were crowned Homecoming King and...
View ArticleHosford PTO Fall Festival
Families and friends from the Hosford community gathered for the annual Fall Festival Saturday. The event kicked off with a parade down SR 65 where costumed riders went through town in a line of...
View ArticleSidewalk artists make their mark at the park
A group of young artists found plenty of room to draw when they took part in Saturday’s Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest at Sam Atkins Park in Blountstown. The kids spread out along the walking path at the...
View ArticleTa Ta Trot
Sixty-five runners, walkers and supporters gathered for Saturday morning’s ‘Ta Ta Trot’ across the Trammell Bridge to remind women of the importance of getting screened for breast cancer.
View ArticleBOO BASH at the Pioneer Settlement
All sorts of frightening creatures of the night were roaming the grounds as the spirit of Halloween haunted the dark trails and old cabins at the Panhandle Pioneer Settlement during Friday night’s Boo...
View ArticleKinard Halloween Carnival
It’s estimated that between 1500-2000 people made their way to the tiny community of Kinard to take part in the annual - and now legendary - Halloween Carnival. Kids as well as adults wandered along...
View ArticleThe Haunted Jail
People are usually happy to leave jail but visitors to last week’s Haunted Jail were especially grateful to get outside after a frightening tour. The jail, operated by the Calhoun County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleBristol Volunteer Fire Department receives $4,000 Georgia-Pacific Bucket...
Hosford – The Bristol Volunteer Fire Department is among 45 grant recipients of Georgia-Pacific’s Bucket Brigade program this year. The department will receive $4,000 to help fund equipment needs. “We...
View ArticleRCC will host prom for people with special needs on Feb. 12
Marianna – Rivertown Community Church will serve as one of the more than 100 churches around the world that will host ‘Night to Shine’ sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation simultaneously on Friday,...
View ArticleHonoring our Veterans
Former service members were treated to a day-early celebration of patriotism and community spirit at Tuesday’s special Veterans Day program at the football field in Bristol. Following the invocation...
View ArticleYates, Shiver united in marriage on Nov. 7 at Pioneer Settlement
William Shiver and Kimberly Yates were united in marriage on Saturday, Nov. 7 by Pastor Tim Faircloth at the Panhandle Pioneer Settlement. Kimberly is the daughter of Robert Jr. and Jessica Yates of...
View ArticleClyde Roberts Ministry Building dedication held
A dedication ceremony was held Sunday for the newly-refurbished offices of the Calhoun-Liberty Ministry Center, located on SR 20 in Blountstown. Since establishing its thrift shop in a larger building...
View ArticleVFW appreciates respect shown to veterans with recent program
To the editor: The Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 12010, would like to send a heartfelt “Thank You!” to all those who took part in honoring our local veterans at the LCHS football field on Tuesday, the...
View ArticleNatGeo honors Gulf Specimen founder Jack Rudloe
PANACEA - Even after a decade of expansive globe-trotting, photographing thousands of beasts great and small from the storied savannas of central Africa and the densely inhabited tropical rainforests ,...
View ArticleNew florist shop opens on Evans Ave.
by Teresa Eubanks, Journal Editor Benjamin Walden is a busy guy. The Blountstown High School graduate is attending college at Gulf Coast, working nights at Hungry Howie’s and has just opened his own...
View ArticlePanhandle Pioneer Settlement Craft Show
Despite the high winds, many flocked to the Panhandle Pioneer Settlement on Saturday, Nov. 14 to take part in the annual Craft Show. Visitors got a start on their holiday shopping and took home plenty...
View ArticleAltha & BHS cheerleader to take part in first-ever Varsity Spirit Spectacular...
Madison Peacock from Blountstown High School and Katie Cox from Altha High School are two of more than 800 high school cheerleaders and dancers from across the country that will represent the camp...
View ArticleHosford student becomes honorary ‘Rumble Rider’ during Heritage Day
A motorcycle group affiliated with the “Rumble Against Cancer” charity made a special visit to Liberty County to surprise Hosford seventh-grader Jonathon Dart, who has been diagnosed with Ewing’s...
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