U.S. senator visits Mexico Beach to discuss hurricane preparedness: Atlantic hurricane season begins this week
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U.S. senator visits Mexico Beach to discuss hurricane preparedness: Atlantic hurricane season begins this week

U.S. Senator Rick Scott picked a location with a view of the water for his press conference held in Mexico Beach last week, a setting he felt would highlight the point of his visit to the community. “Hurricane season is coming,†he said. “We need to be prepared if and when another storm hits.†Mexico…

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Devin Collier named new judge for 14th Circuit

On Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Devin Collier to fill the vacancy on the 14th Judicial Circuit left after the retirement of Circuit Judge John Fishel II.  Collier, 38, a prosecutor for the State Attorney’s Office from Panama City, will take office on Feb. 1, handling Circuit felonies in Gulf County. He was one…

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Suspect nabbed in Cape San Blas burglaries

The Gulf County SheriffÂ’s Office has identified and obtained warrants for a man suspected in six residential burglaries on Cape San Blas. According to a statement released in the late afternoon on Sept. 2, investigators first began looking for the man, Kevin Schoelles, 36, of Apalachicola, in mid-August after a cooler was reported stolen from underneath a residentÂ’s…