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SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT TO APPEAL
After being suspended by Florid Governor Ron DeSantis, Okaloosa County Superintendent of Schools Mary Beth Jackson, has requested a formal hearing from the Florida Senate to challenge the suspension. ...
Jan 17, 2019
GULF POWER RECEIVES AWARD
Gulf Power Company has been presented with the Emergency Recovery Award by the Edison Electric Institute for their work restoring power to 120,000 customers after Hurricane Michael devastated the Flor...
Jan 17, 2019
SANDESTIN GROUND-BREAKING PROJECT
A groundbreaking ceremony has been held for Osprey Pointe, an addition to Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort. It will have five buildings with 77 two, three, and four-bedroom condominiums, a community ce...
Jan 17, 2019
STUDENTS AND JURY DUTY
Many full-time students in Florida could be excused from serving on juries, under a proposal filed Tuesday in the Florida House. The bill would allow people to be excused from jury duty if they are 21...
Jan 16, 2019
SEXUAL ASSAULT ARREST
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says a 42-year-old Jay man has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a teenage girl several times in October 2018. Robin Diamond was arrested aft...
Jan 16, 2019
ALLEGIANT AIR TO OFFER MORE FLIGHTS
Okaloosa County Airports Director Tracy Stage said Allegiant Air has announced it plans to offer non-stop service from the Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport to Omaha's Eppley Airfield and Tulsa Interna...
Jan 16, 2019
MISSING SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER
The Crestview Police Department and U.S. Army are searching for a soldier who failed to report for duty Monday morning. 23-year-old Sergeant Greco Tucker Jr. with the 7th Special Forces Group, was las...
Jan 16, 2019
AMBULANCE BURGLAR ARRESTED
The Jackson County Sheriff's Office arrested a 23-year-old woman after she took off her clothes and broke into a parked ambulance after taking methamphetamine. Deputies responded to a call about a wom...
Jan 14, 2019
FLORIDA ANTI-FRACKING BILL
A bill has been filed in the Florida House to ban the oil and gas-drilling process known as "fracking". Environmental groups and some lawmakers have long wanted to block fracking in Florida, but legis...
Jan 14, 2019
COUNTERFEITING ARRESTS
Four individuals from Mississippi have been arrested in Panama City Beach on counterfeiting charges. 35-year-old Kelly Gladney, of Ocean Springs, Mississippi and 31-year-old Megan Ann Bonderer, of Bil...
Jan 11, 2019
