Photo Feature
Giant gator landed in Lake Seminole
Randy Hand of Bainbridge, Georgia, his wife Michelle Hand, brother JR Hand and father Willie Hand killed this 13-feet, 4-inches long, 680-pound alligator on Lake Seminole September 16 during Georgia’s authorized alligator hunting season. When water began flooding the boat the four were hunting out of, they rushed to shore, where Hand discovered the alligator…
Johnny Macs opens in Sneads
Johnny Macs Wood Fire Grill restaurant opened in the McDaniels Piggly Wiggly Shopping Center on Route 90 in Sneads this past Thursday afternoon. The restaurant is owned by Jonathan and Molly McDaniel, who also own Piggly Wiggly. McDaniel said they have owned the restaurant building for some time, but that the building had been run…
Donuts with Dads at Sneads High
Sneads High School’s Donuts With Dads event was part of the Florida Department of Education’s “Dads, Take Your Child to School Day,” designed to encourage men to get involved and to spotlight the indispensable role dads play in educating young people.
Chattahoochee Final Fridays, September 31
A lively crowd turned out for Chattahoochee Main Street’s Final Fridays event last week in downtown Chattahoochee. The event featured food, arts-and-crafts vendors, a Kids’ Zone and Southern rock-and-roll performed by Three Billy Goats Gruff.
The Old Person Survey
I often wonder how my name gets on certain e-mail lists. For instance, I get about 25 job offers each day. Many of them are medical related, but some are for truck drivers or maintenance people. Who believes I’m qualified for such jobs? Last week I got an invitation for a forum on gambling. I…
Vengeance Valley, Chattahoochee 1951
Vengeance Vally was showing in 1951 when a photographer photographed downtown Chattachoochee, including the theater where the movie title and its star, Burt Lancaster, were emblazoned across the marquee. The western film was based on a novel by Luke Short and also stars Robert Walker, Joanne Dru, John Ireland and Sally Forest in a classic…
What’s old is new again.
The Chattahoochee News-Herald & Sneads Sentinel is a new newspaper from a publisher with a long history in Sneads and Chattahoochee news. It is published by Priority News, Inc., which also publishes The Herald, Gadsden County’s largest single-issue newspaper, which was started in 1947. The Chattachoochee News-Herald & Sneads Sentinel is a new voice in…
