Last week, the Sneads Pirates brought home a win of 72-42 over the Freeport Bulldogs. It’s not unusual to see the Sneads Pirates football team winning and listed as one of the top Florida teams in Regional Playoffs but this year they topped that normalcy with a perfect 10-0 first season. The Pirates may have…
Monday, July 4 saw a large and festive crowd gathered at River Landing Park in Chattahoochee to celebrate Independence Day with live music, food, and fireworks. A stage was set up in the park, with food and craft vendors nearby. For the kids, BJ’s Party Factory set up a large inflatable water slide and bounce…
Devin Barnes (UNL class), Hunter Tyus (219 class), and Donovan Hodges (119 class) have qualified and are headed to the state weight meet in Port St. Joe! In March of this year, Hunter Tyus placed first in the 219 pounds “Guys vs. Gravity” weight meet, and at the beginning of this month, he won the…
“I knew from when I was a small kid that I wanted to pursue some nature-based career,” said Dr. Jaret Daniels, an associate professor at the University of Florida, an assistant director and assistant curator at The Florida Museum, as well as a lepidoptera researcher and insect conversationalist. “Insects always intrigued me.” Lepidoptera is an…
Do you have a young sports enthusiast looking to get involved in a local team? The City of Chattahoochee currently has open registrations on the city’s Wee-Ball, Tee-Ball, and Dixie Youth baseball teams for the 2022 sports seasons. The Wee-Ball team will be open to children in ages 3-4, the Tee-Ball team will be for…
Things got heated at the Sneads’ Town Council last meeting during a discussion about the town’s recreation facilities. The meeting was finally held on Tuesday, January 25, after being pushed back for two consecutive weeks due to COVID-19 concerns and illnesses among the council members. Council Vice-President Donovan Weeks said, who is the council member…
Cypress Cove Nature Park, in Chattahoochee, is easy to miss, but is a valuable spot for locals to visit while exploring their home county. The park can be found on Jinks Crossing Road, which is located off of Highway 90 on the east side of Chattahoochee. The park is maintained by The State of Florida…
The Sneads boys’ varsity basketball team were off to a great start at the beginning of the season, but recently suffered four game losses in a row. On December 21, they lost to the Altha Wildcats 53-43, on December 28 they lost to the Kinston Bulldogs 46-30, then the Gadsden County Jaguars 43-34 on December…
Steve and Sarah “Harley” Bolinder have quite a unique story and it leads straight to the heart of Gadsden County. Steve and Sarah’s journey together started in 2005 when they were married and later led to following a shared dream. Steve was a barber and Sarah was an attorney. As several years passed by, the…
The Florida Forest Service will be celebrating Florida Arbor Day with a Tree ID Quiz Bowl on Saturday January 15 at the Bear Creek Educational Forest located at 8125 Pat Thomas Parkway, in Quincy. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon, during which time participants will have a chance to identify as…
