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It warmed the cockles of this city boy’s heart when Coker, Ala.,-born Betty Adcock drawled that she’d been raised on a farm, and when I asked her to tell me details, she hit the cotton-pickin’ field  a-runnin’:

Howard “Stump” Young took his final ride on March 2 when he lost his battle with cancer following surgery.

Santa Rosa County commissioners completed their commission meeting on Feb. 28 in 18 minutes, approving all the items on the agenda.

The Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office recently became the first sheriff’s office in the state to introduce its own smartphone application. The free app is downloadable to iPhone, Android and iPad devices.

Nope, this Al Smith ain’t “that” Al Smith, and his brother, John Smith, ain’t “that” John Smith.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s been almost seven months since a bomb exploded on a strip of dirt in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Leonard Anderson can only remember a reassuring voice.

The calendar says it’s February, but you sure can’t tell it by the fishing action. February is generally considered to be one of the slowest months of the year, but my Super Bowl-weekend, half-day fishing trips out of Carrabelle proved otherwise.

The Gulf Breeze Zoo is springing up with baby animals.

Many of the babies have been born in the past month, including a gazelle; a lamb; an antelope; emus; and patas, spider and squirrel monkeys.

Award-winning songwriter, performer and recording artist Steve Key will be one of several prominent presenters at the Sounds that Transcend Time music conference and concert.

Accomplished musician David Seering and the Michael Walker Band, in concert with special guest Gina Walker, delighted a sellout crowd and raised almost $24,000 for Children in Crisis.