Sep 18, 2014
The 4 hs in 4H stand for head, heart, hands and health.
“4H has expanded so much, but of course it still includes poultry and cattle,” said Dawn Keeton, whose sons Lance and Landyn are members of the Homegrown Ocean Investigators 4H Club.
Sep 18, 2014
Special Ops prep for deployment with simulation training
“This is a job where, if you rely on the work you’ve done in a hospital strictly to get by, you will fail 9 times out of 10,” said Capt. George Salloum, flight surgeon with the 1 SOSS on Hurlburt Field.
Sep 18, 2014
New eligibility cutoff dates for promotion to tech, master
Washington (AFNS) — Implementation of a series of changes to the enlisted evaluation and promotion systems announced in July by Air Force senior leaders continues with new promotion eligibility cutoff dates for Airmen competing for promotion to technical and master sergeant.
Sep 18, 2014
Florida health centers get $13M grant from feds
Miami (AP) — Florida health centers are getting more than $13 million from the federal government to improve access to primary care.
Sep 18, 2014
Germs go back to school
A rare respiratory illness-causing virus has affected 82 people in the middle of the country, most of them children according to the Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC). Hospitals in Missouri and Illinois are seeing more children with the virus than are typical for this time of year, which has promoted the CDC’s attention.
Sep 18, 2014
Obesity rates stem from lack of knowledge
Sixty-six percent of all Americans and 30 percent of children are considered overweight or obese. Under-eating and lack of nutrition know-how are the two biggest obesity-causing culprits according to Katelyn Roberts, manager of the Metabolic Research Center in Shalimar, Fla.
Sep 18, 2014
Fire districts face busy weekend, preventable fires
Holley Navarre Fire District had higher than usual call volumes the weekend of Sept. 13 and 14 which included one brush fire set by a 9-year-old, an unattended yard fire and an unattended kitchen fire.
Sep 18, 2014
Navarre man killed in auto accident on U.S. 98
24-year-old Jacob McKinley of Navarre was killed Sept. 11 on U.S. 98 after a vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic and crashed into McKinley’s Ford Escape.
Sep 18, 2014
A portion of Hwy. 98 named after community leader
Warren E. “Charlie” Brown was memorialized Thursday, Sept. 11, by the naming of the very road that he traveled tirelessly while he was alive, serving and representing his community, Navarre.