The Walton County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in a stabbing death that happened yesterday in Ponce de Leon. Deputies responded to 911 call on County Highway 183 South in Ponce de Leon on Sunday shortly after midnight and found 39-year-old Cory Frank Graves of Westville dead from stab wounds. 30-year-old Brandon Mitchell of…… MORE
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GULF POWER STORM TEAM
A 76-person Gulf Power storm team is delaying its departure to the Carolinas to assist with power restoration following Hurricane Florence. Gordon Paulus, Gulf Power spokesperson, said with the storm weakening as it approaches land the anticipated crew levels are being adjusted. Paulus said once the utilities in North and South Carolina assess how much…… MORE
WALTON COUNTY TEACHER DISCIPLINED
A Walton County teacher who left a 6-year-old asleep and unsupervised under a desk in a classroom last year has been disciplined by the state. Doralyn Sue Sasser was a kindergarten teacher at Maude Saunders Elementary School, and left the child for about 25 minutes in May of 2017. She told school officials she was…… MORE
MISSING WOMAN IN DESTIN FOUND
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said a 77-year-old Ohio woman with Alzheimer’s was found alive but barely conscious Thursday afternoon, 10 hours after she was reported missing from her Destin hotel. Joyce Troutman, was severely dehydrated and was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast, after landscape workers found her in some bushes.… MORE
POSSIBLE POWER PLANT PURCHASE
The Northwest Florida Daily News is reporting that the Destin City Council has voted to exercise an option that preserves the city’s right to buy Gulf Power’s electric plant and other property within the city. The council also agreed to continue to negotiate a potential new franchise agreement with Gulf Power. Destin entered into a…… MORE
WALMART BONUSES
More than 915,000 Walmart U.S. hourly associates across the country will receive a share of more than 200 million dollars in cash bonuses for the second quarter. The bonuses reward associates whose stores achieve sales and customer service goals. Associates in Florida earned more than 17.3 million dollars in bonuses. In January, Walmart announced plans…… MORE
OXYCONTIN COVERAGE DROPPED
Tennessee’s largest health insurer will stop covering OxyContin prescriptions as part of several measures to combat opioid addiction, a trend that may spread to other parts of the country. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee will encourage doctors to recommend two alternative opioid pain relievers, which are designed to be more difficult to abuse. The insurer will…… MORE
DEATH PENALTY UPHELD
Circuit Court Judge David Rimmer has upheld the death sentence of a double-murderer. Jonathan Lawrence was sentenced to die for the 1998 murders of two people and the attempted murder of a third in Santa Rosa County. A rehearing of the penalty phase of his trial was required by the Florida Supreme Court, which ruled…… MORE
RED TIDE IN THE PANHANDLE
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission says red tide has been detected in low quantities off Bay County and Panama City Beach after dozens of dead fish began washing ashore Sunday afternoon near Saint Andrews State Park. Red tide was also detected in very low concentrations in Walton County. Red tide has impacted 125 miles of…… MORE
STATE ROAD TO BE RENAMED FOR SENATOR EVERS
A portion of State Road 4 will be named after former state Senator Greg Evers, who died last year in a single-vehicle traffic crash. Signs will be placed at both ends of State Road 4 between Munson Highway and State Road 189 in Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties designating that portion as “Senator Greg Evers…… MORE
