A Mobile Woman has claimed her prize as the owner of a winning Fantasty 5 ticket sold last week in Walnut Hill in North Escambia County. Georgia Callier purchased the ticket at the Grey Goose in the11,000 block of Highway 97 on Saturday, July 28th. The ticket was worth $223,639.27 and was the only winning…… MORE
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NICEVILLE G.O.P. RALLY
Tomorrow’s G.O.P. rally at Northwest Florida State College will include an appearance by Donald Trump Jr., son of President Donald Trump, who will campaign for Congressman Matt Gaetz and Florida gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis. Both Gaetz and DeSantis have been endorsed by the president, and the event is set for 5:30 p.m. Operations at the…… MORE
MILTON ALLIGATOR WARNING
The city of Milton has posted a new sign at Carpenter’s Park in Milton after two 4-foot alligators were seen at the bayou just south of the boat launch. The reads: “Danger: Beware of Alligators.” Parents are advised to keep an eye on their children in the park and not to feed any wildlife. to the Florida Fish…… MORE
PANAMA CITY ARTS DIRECTOR TO CHANGE PLEA
Vicki Dwyer Middlemas, the former director of Panama City’s Visual Arts Center, is scheduled to change her plea in federal court on fraud charges. Middlemas was indicted in February on 20 counts of wire fraud related to fraudulent wire transfers from the Arts Center bank account for personal use, along with four counts of falsifying…… MORE
GULF POWER SALE
The company that is buying Gulf Power Company says it has completed the purchase of Florida City Gas as part of a multibillion-dollar package announced in May. NextEra – the parent company of Florida Power & Light – says Florida City Gas has about 110,000 commercial and residential natural-gas customers in Miami-Dade, Brevard, St. Lucie…… MORE
SEWAGE SPILL
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection said a water and sewer failure Monday night led to more than 1,200 gallons of sewage escaping from a manhole and leaking into Veterans Park and Choctawhatchee Bay. The Okaloosa County Water and Sewer Island lift station at 1262 Miracle Strip Parkway experienced two system failures about 9:30 p.m.…… MORE
MISSING MAN IN WALTON COUNTY
The Walton County Sheriff’s Office and the Klaas Kids Foundation are searching for a 45-year-old DeFuniak Spring man reported missing near Topsail Hill Preserve State Park. Scott Bradley has not been heard from since Sunday, according to the Sheriff’s Office. His truck was found parked at Grand Boulevard near P.F. Chang’s Restaurant just northwest of…… MORE
BACK TO SCHOOL TAX HOLIDAY
Florida’s back-to-school sales tax holiday starts Friday and runs through Sunday and will allow shoppers to avoid paying state and local sales taxes on most clothes and footwear costing $60 or less and school supplies that cost $15 or less. However, for the second time in six years, electronics are excluded. The state has offered…… MORE
IN GOD WE TRUST
Starting on the first day of school, all public schools and school district buildings in the state will be required to display the Florida state motto “In God We Trust.” The motto must be displayed in a conspicuous location in the more than 4,000 public schools in the state of Florida. School principals can decide…… MORE
SUNPASS INVESTIGATION REQUEST
U.S. Senator Bill Nelson is asking for a federal investigation into Conduent State & Local Solutions, the company that manages the Sunpass toll system in Florida. Nelson has accused the company of mismanagement and transportation officials in Florida blame the company for an upgrade to the system that resulted in delayed and inaccurate charges. Florida…… MORE
