There are many people who have made their mark on Tallahasseeby impacting the community and creating a legacy around change – one such name being added to the list of difference makers is Jamey Shouppe, who is transforming the community around sports, one baseball team at a time. Shouppe was raised in Gadsden County’s Chattahoochee,…
On Saturday morning, May 8, 15 people gathered at Chattahoochee’s River Landing Park for a historical tour and cleanup sponsored by Apalachicola Riverkeeper. Pam Medley, the president of Chattahoochee Main Street, welcomed the group to the park before Medley had to rush off to a family gathering later that day. While the tour was scheduled…
Weighing in at 180 pounds and standing 5’ 10” tall, Calvin Stringer was one of the seven seniors honored at the Sneads High School baseball game on April 20. For a total of four years, Stringer has played baseball, but this year was his first playing varsity baseball with the Sneads Pirates. Coach Andy Shelton…
Pirate flags waved in the breeze as seven Sneads seniors were celebrated and honored Tuesday afternoon (April 20th). Justin Tye (#1), Calvin Stringer (#2), Bowden Howell (#5), Zach Thomas (#8), Russell Allen (#13), Hunter Grooms (#16), and Parker Hayes (#18) were presented with beautifully framed keepsake boxes containing team memorabilia. — After the ceremony —…
A Chattahoochee couple, both long-time members of the business community of West Gadsden County, will soon be celebrated at a community day held in their honor. Jewel and Mildred Dixie have owned and operated Dixie Groceries for over 40 years. The hometown grocery store is located at 669 Lincoln Street, in Chattahoochee. The honorary community…
County unveils $800,000 makeover after Hurricane Michael “Marco,” the boy with his eyes tightly closed calls out. “Polo,” another boy, just out of reach, answers. Another “Marco,” follows, and the youth clambers towards the sound, with both hands outstretched. Here, in the chilly waters of Jackson County’s Blue Springs Recreational Area, a children’s game…
Pirates prepare for a second shot to play the Cowboys Standing on the clay mound with a weigh-in of 170 pounds and height of 5’11, Justin Tye (#1) owned the baseball field with his professional-style pitching skills Friday night, April 5. Tye represented the Sneads Pirates in a battle against the Madison County Cowboys at…
Countless environmental studies have bemoaned the devastation and destruction wild, feral hogs have wrought upon Florida’s priceless, fragile ecosystems. From saw palmetto scrub to wetlands to upland pine stands and every habitat in between, these non-native omnivore generalists are wreaking havoc from Pensacola to Jacksonville, and all the way down to the southernmost tip of…
World views Gadsden-born compassion in young angler’s heartwarming viral video “One day we gonna meet back again,” young Quincy angler Kemari Cooper says as he releases the monster largemouth bass caught moments earlier back into the dark, tannic waters from whence it came. “I hope you go back and be better.” Since being uttered this…
12-foot Lake Seminole colossus bagged first night of Florida’s annual alligator hunt A few weeks ago we featured a City of Chattahoochee employee rescuing a small, downright cute juvenile American alligator from the yard of a local residence, into which the little bugger had wandered, uninvited. A gator has made our front page once again,…
