Hurricane Ida made landfall near Port Fourchon, Lousiana around 12 p.m. CDT Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph and a central pressure of 930 mb. The tropical system has now weakened to a tropical depression status. As of the 4 a.m. CDT Tuesday advisory from the National Hurricane…
Tropical Depression Nine strengthened Thursday and became Tropical Storm Ida just before 4:30 p.m., according to the National Hurricane Center. Tropical Depression Nine formed late Thursday morning. Air Force Hurricane Hunters investigated the system around 5 p.m. and found the depression had strengthened to Tropical Storm Ida with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. According…
VERNON – The Vernon football team is extremely young this season. Out of the 22 players on their roster on MaxPreps, nine of them are freshman. “ItÂ’s gonna be a lot different. WeÂ’re gonna be totally opposite. I think itÂ’s gonna be good, I like it,” Vernon senior quarterback Kaden Tharp said. Their roster lost…
Chipley alum Trent Forrest will get to stay in Salt Lake City for a little while longer as the Utah Jazz re-signed him to another two-way contact on Wednesday. Forrest stepped up when Donovan Mitchell and Mike Conley were out with injuries and played 30 games with the Jazz last season, four of them were…
VERNON – Vernon recently announced that Jamie Bukowski will be leading their baseball program this season. Bukowski comes to the Yellowjackets from Rutherford High School, where he was the head baseball coach for two seasons. In two years with the Rams, he complied a record of 10-17, with his first season getting cut short due…
GRACEVILLE – The Graceville football team is once again entering the season with a roster lacking numbers but expects to fill positions with youth and more size. The Tiger had a rebuilding season in 2020 under first-year head coach Randy Mckinnie, going 1-10 on the year, but, sophomore lineman, Mason Merrit, said he has high…
CHIPLEY – The Chipley football team is under new leadership this year in head coach Marcus Buchanan and heÂ’s focusing on one thing for the Tigers this season: toughness. “I donÂ’t want to hear about no scratch or bump or bruise, if a boneÂ’s not sticking out weÂ’re playing,” Buchanan said. The players have adopted…
BONIFAY – Holmes County head football coach Jeff Lee says the Blue Devils have been working hard this offseason, rallying behind their motto, G.A.T.A., which stands for “get after them aggressively.” “WeÂ’re tough. I think weÂ’re gonna be tough. We got stronger, we got bigger this year, we got faster itÂ’s always good when you…
PANAMA CITY — Fred is expected to gain strength back to a tropical storm by Saturday. The storm will have to deal with wind shear and a less than ideal environment for a tropical system. The wind shear should keep the intensity down from gaining strength above a tropical storm. There is the off-chance the…
TALLAHASSEE — Bobby Bowden, the former head football coach of the Florida State Seminoles, announced that he has a terminal illness. The Tallahassee Democrat is reporting that Bowden released a statement about the situation Wednesday. “IÂ’ve always tried to serve GodÂ’s purpose for my life, on and off the field, and I am prepared for…
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