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The $110,000 subsidy that Santa Rosa County officials have voted to pay for-profit Tough Mudder Inc. in return for staging its military style endurance event near Milton next April is far more taxpayer funding than the New York-based company often receives.

The holidays are a time to spend with family and friends, feasting and often exchanging gifts.  The elderly on your list can sometimes be the hardest to shop for, but with a little creativity and few ideas, you can give a gift from your heart.  One that you will enjoy giving and they will be happy to receive.

The Navarre community is reeling over the unknown whereabouts and condition of Cooper, the dog that has been on the run since April.  Since his great escape, the Navarre community has united in feeding Cooper and passing along his whereabouts, even creating a Facebook page dedicated to him called ‘Catch Cooper.’  Residents have taken photos over the months and posted them on the page so Cooper can be fed and monitored, and so his owners can know he is still OK. 

Charlottesville, Va. (AP) — William Cohen beeped his car horn, making those nearest jump and then laugh. Getting the all-clear from a nearby Albemarle County police officer, the senior driver took off for the parking lot exit in his black SUV.

Montpelier, Vt. (AP) — A fungus has been identified as the cause of a mysterious ailment that has been infecting some snake species in the eastern United States, threatening some isolated snake populations such as the timber rattlesnakes found in western Vermont.

The fall turkey hunting season is underway and little has changed from last year.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Officer David Brady received the agency’s Purple Heart and Award of Valor for his actions in the line of duty at an FWC meeting Nov. 18 in Panama City Beach.

Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. — An explosive ordnance disposal airman here was awarded the 2015 Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs Grateful Nation Award in Washington, D.C., Nov. 16.

Hurlburt Field, Fla — Col. Ted Corallo, Air Force Special Operations Command chief of staff, held his retirement ceremony at the Soundside Club on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Nov. 20, 2015. He graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1989 and went on to undergraduate pilot training at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. In his career, Corallo piloted 10 different aircraft platforms including the Cessna T-37, MC-130H Combat Talon II, and the Osprey and logged more than 3,600 flying hours. Most recently he served as the AFSOC chief of staff for the last 18 months.

Approximately one in 10  adult Americans suffer from Restless Legs Syndrome, also known as Willis-Ekbom Disease; and almost 1 million school-age children  have childhood RLS, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.