- Gustav glares at Gulf Coast
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- Bitten once already this hurricane season by inexact forecasts, local emergency officials still aren't shy about naming the next threat.From the easternmost part of the Florida Panhandle to the western... More of this story
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- UPDATED: ACLU sues Santa Rosa schools for promoting religion (with LAWSUIT)
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- Santa Rosa County school administrators have "persistently and pervasively" promoted their religious... Full story»
- Byrne-Riley casts her final Clinton vote at convention (with LIVE FEED)
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- User fee to fund new FWB storm water utility
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Second group of Lewis fifth-graders learns the ropes
VALPARAISO - After a week-and-a-half at Lewis Middle School, fifth-grader A.J. Nipper can breeze through the combination to his locker and find his way around the hallways.He's also survived lunch - a time when all the grades are together - unscathed."None...
Adkinson basks in win, prepares for next test
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS - Michael Adkinson Jr. says he was "absolutely floored" by the support he received in Tuesday's Republican primary, when he easily defeated two-term Walton County Sheriff Ralph Johnson and five challengers."We won by much more than I...
'End prostitution,' says Sylvania Heights man
He spots them on the corner. He sees them when he's at church. He watches them as nearby children board school buses.Now, Theodore Wilkerson said he's not going to allow the community sit and watch prostitution run rampant in Sylvania Heights any longer.Wilkerson's...
Gustav weakens, but 22 killed
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Gustav stalled offshore Wednesday and poured more misery onto Haiti after landslides and flooding killed 22 people. Oil workers began leaving their rigs and New Orleans drew up evacuation plans as forecasters warned the storm...
Gustav wreaks havoc on Haiti, sets course for Jamaica
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Tropical Storm Gustav stalled in the Caribbean early Wednesday a day after hitting Haiti as a hurricane. But the National Hurricane Center in Miami said the storm could regain hurricane strength later in the day or on Thursday...
Election results final; turnout low
Click here for a table of vote totals. STATE, FEDERAL RACES - PUBLIC DEFENDER: Winner James Owens received 35,630 votes opposed to Kelly Richards' 24,745. - STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 1: Winner Greg Evers amassed 14,000 votes. Ryan Gilbert totaled...
Morris in again as Okaloosa sheriff — handily (with VIDEO)
Voters still have faith in Okaloosa County Sheriff Charlie Morris, judging by his drubbing of two Republican challengers Tuesday.Morris nearly tripled the vote total of his nearest opponent, Bill Patterson, to win his fourth term."I'm ready to go back...
Ralph Johnson ousted in Walton sheriff's race
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS -There will be a new sheriff in town.There will be after November, anyway, when Republican Michael Adkinson Jr. faces Democrat Danny Griffith to determine who will be the new sheriff in Walton County."We've run a clean, hard campaign,"...
Two commissioners voted out in Santa Rosa
MILTON - Santa Rosa County voters wanted change as two of three incumbents were defeated in their bids for re-election to the County Commission.Commissioners John Broxson and Tom Stewart were beaten Tuesday by Layne Lynchard of Gulf Breeze and Jim Williamson...
Brad Drake wins District 5 nomination
Walton County resident Brad Drake held serve at home and beat Okaloosa County Commissioner Sherry Campbell on her own turf to take the Republican nomination in the District 5 state House race.Drake, perhaps riding the coattails of his predecessor, Don...
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