According to the Daily News, Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad told attendees yesterday at the Emerald Coast Transportation Symposium on Okaloosa Island that the state is about 10 years away…
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Harbinger for Escambia County?
The Tea Party is much more organized in Fort Walton Beach and started to get involved in the local races. Will it move this direction or grow beyond a few small rallies…
Zoo is making comeback
The Ft. Walton Beach Daily News reports that new owner and CEO Eric Mogensen of the Gulf Breeze Zoo says attendance is about 15 percent higher than what was budgeted. The zoo…
More details on Morris kick-back scandal
Daily News reports: Attorneys for Michael Coup, Sandra Norris and David Yacks, Okaloosa County deputies and officials accused in bonus kickback scheme concocted by jailed former Sheriff Charlie Morris, will be asking…
News: Gulf Region Roundup
Daily News (FWB): Worst fear, greatest hope: Hands Across the Sand buoyed by worldwide support —At 11 a.m. on Saturday, at 417 sites in roughly 300 cities in 43 states and 12…
News: Okaloosa County awaits BP oil onslaught
Northwest Florida Daily News reports: As Walton County beaches witnessed their heaviest showing of tar balls to date, Okaloosa officials are gearing up for a second strong wave of weathered oil to…
Okaloosa frustrated, too
The Daily News reports that officials in Okaloosa County are just as frustrated with BP’s Unified Command post as we are here. Read Okaloosa officials vent at spill bureaucracy Folks, BP isn’t…
South Santa Rosa Co. news
No snow. It’s raining, cold…but no snow. My high schooler is happy nonetheless because she will be able to tell her children and grandchildren that in 2010 she got a “snow day”…
Liberty Counsel to sue Santa Rosa schools
Liberty Counsel, a conservative Christian group that has offices in Florida, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., has told the Daily News that it plans to sue the Santa Rosa County School District for…
Jon Benet Ramsey investigators look at Navarre death
The Daily News reports that the two investigators that worked on the Jon Benet Ramsey case are looking into the February 2007 death of Joshua Whittier, who was found at the water’s…
Monday Panhandle News Summaries
MonDaily Dose It’s Monday which means it’s a light news day at the Pensacola News Journal: Bubba, Bears and beefs. Daily News has plane crash. News Herald writes on crayfish. The slow…