The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s (FDEP) Florida Park Service finalized an agreement last week to seek sponsors for seven state trails, including the Blackwater Heritage Trail in Santa Rosa County.
Lake Mary, Fla. (AP) – A wildlife officer fatally shot several bears that exhibited dangerous behavior during an investigation of an attack in a central Florida neighborhood.
Washington (AFNS) – The Air Force’s top enlisted Airman, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody, along with top enlisted members of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee’s subcommittee on personnel, about the impact budget decisions have on the enlisted force, April 9.
Charlene Mauro, project director of the Marine Science Station, saw a need in the community for an event welcoming families with autism spectral disorders and started Autism OdysSea, first held in 2013. About 150 children and their families, totaling 450 people, attended the second annual event held April 12.
Amie Remington, general counsel for Landrum Staffing, admitted right at the start of her presentation to the Gulf Breeze Area Chamber of Commerce April 10 that the Affordable Care Act is not everyone’s favorite topic and making it understandable is a daunting task.
A chocolate manufacturer headquartered in St. Louis issued a national recall April 9 for chocolate bunny ears. Karl Bissinger’s LLC is recalling its Dark Chocolate Bunny Ears because one lot was mislabeled and contains undeclared milk. The recall was initiated after a customer discovered milk chocolate products in the dark chocolate product packaging.
Chalmette, La. (AP) – When a BP oil well began gushing crude into the Gulf of Mexico four years ago, fisherman George Barisich used his boat to help clean up the millions of gallons that spewed in what would become the worst offshore spill in U.S. history.
Sinco, Inc. is recalling for sale Archer Farms Chocolate Hazelnut Swirl Gelato 30 FL OZ, imported from Italy and sold exclusively at Target stores nationwide. The company announced April 11 that the product may contain traces of peanut protein, which is not declared on the lable.
Bariatric surgeon Patrick Gatmaitan, M.D., recently performed the first robotic sleeve gastrectomy in the region at Baptist Hospital. The da Vinci® S HD Surgical System has been in use at Baptist Hospital since 2007 and will now be utilized for weight-loss surgery as a compliment to the Baptist Bariatric Surgery Program.
A man convicted of sexual abuse against three young girls when he and his family lived in Pace was sentenced to 330 years in prison. Donzell Kevin Nuckles, 40, was sentenced by Santa Rosa Circuit Judge John L. Miller, State Attorney Bill Eddins announced Tuesday.
