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Volume: 123 No. 64, Tuesday, February 24, 2026
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TWO MEN KILLED IN ELEUTHERA SHOOTING Suspect on bail and a roofer gunned down at Harbour Island bar By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net A WAITER out on bail for murder and a roofing worker three weeks into a two-month job were shot dead outside a Harbour Island bar shortly after midnight yesterday. Khristen “Tum Tum” Francis and Michael Lancelot Reckley, both in their 30s, were standing outside Sammy’s Bar when a man dressed in black approached and opened fire.
Francis, a local waiter who was on bail for murder, was pronounced dead at the island’s clinic. Reckley, a father of a young girl and an autistic boy, died at the scene. Witnesses told his family that his last words were to tell his wife he loved her. Residents said the men had been inside the bar moments earlier. Francis told friends he was stepping outside to smoke. Reckley stood beside him. Seconds later, witnesses heard about MURDERS - SEE PAGE FIVE MICHAEL RECKLEY (LEFT) AND KHRISTEN FRANCIS (RIGHT)
Concord Wilshire shoots MAN CHARGED FOR COURT DENIES DAUGHTER CONTROL OF PARENTS’ AFFAIRS down ‘dead deal’ rumours GB BOMB THREAT A SUPREME Court judge has dismissed a daughter’s seven-year bid to take legal control of her elderly parents’ affairs, ruling that the Mental Health Act cannot be used as a vehicle to settle a bitter family dispute over property and control. In a detailed judgment
delivered in the Family Division, Justice CV Hope Strachan found that the application by Libbye Darville to be appointed permanent guardian of her parents, Minard Ulric Johnson and Eloise Butler Johnson, failed to meet
By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
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GRAND Lucayan Resort in Grand Bahama. By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE government yesterday teamed with the Grand Lucayan’s purchaser to vigorously assert the deal remains “on track” through plans to develop “two major cruise line resorts” and unveil a demolition and construction start date “within the next two weeks”.
Concord Wilshire, the Miami-headquartered developer, moved swiftly to “categorically refute” speculation in other media that its $120m acquisition of Grand Bahama’s ‘anchor property’ had collapsed and been “dead for four months” by finally providing some kind of timeline for when actual on-site construction and demolition will start. SEE BUSINESS FOR FULL STORY
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A 32-YEAR-OLD Grand Bahama man was arraigned Monday over a bomb threat that led to an emergency shutdown of the Grand Bahama Power Company’s generation plant and prompted the GBPC to turn off power island wide. Ezra Green of Nelson Road, an employee of GBPC, pleaded not guilty to causing public terror before Magistrate Uel Johnson in the Freeport’s Magistrate’s Court. He was granted $5,000 bail with one or two sureties. The matter was adjourned to May 21. Police said they received a report shortly after 7am on February 19 of a possible bomb threat at the power plant on West Sunrise Highway and Peel Street. Operations were shut down and the facility evacuated. The outage lasted several hours as police, firefighters and a bomb assessment team searched the premises. No explosive device was found.