Hurlburt Field – Boy Scouts from Troop 509 posted the colors during a proclamation-signing ceremony delegating April as Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Month of the Military Child at the community park here April 2.
For Shana Robinson, the intensive 90-day Body Challenge at the Betty J. Pullum Family YMCA is already paying off. Only halfway through the program, she has lost 25 pounds and is learning how to live a healthier lifestyle.
Due to problems with the car seats’ harness buckles, both Graco and Evenflo recently issued recalls of select toddler convertible car seats and harnessed booster seats.
Tallahassee, Fla. (AP) – There is one simple way for a Florida medical clinic to avoid being licensed and undergoing an annual inspection: Don’t accept insurance.
Colorful powder filled the air April 5 in Fort Walton Beach as hundreds of runners and walkers participated in the third annual Going the Distance for Autism Color Run. The event supported the Autism Society of the Emerald Coast, a nonprofit that provides support for individuals with autism and their families.
Due to redistricting following the 2010 census, Santa Rosa County Commission Chairman Jim Melvin and Commissioner Bob Cole, both Republicans, are vying for the District 2 seat against Wallis Mahute, an independent candidate. Melvin and Cole faced off April 3 in Milton at a debate hosted by the Central Republican Club.
In February 2009 three Santa Rosa County Commissioners voted to purchase 88 acres of land from Navarre developer Bill Pullum at a price which triggered a federal grand jury investigation and is blamed for the downfall of former commissioner Gordon Goodin. That property on Hwy. 87 South, named the Northwest Florida Interstate 10 Industrial Park, remains vacant five years later.
The former provider of marketing services for the Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council is being blamed for late and unpaid vendor bills. The problem has been brewing since the Navarre Beach Fishing Rodeo last June and still isn’t resolved.
Two people were seriously injured in a one-vehicle crash early Monday morning on Highway 87 at River Road. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the driver, 30-year-old Adam Frederick of Mary Esther and his passenger, 31-year-old Clinton Culliver of Opp, Ala., were transported to Baptist Hospital. The report noted neither the driver nor the passenger was wearing a seatbelt.
A couple from Fort Walton Beach was charged April 1 for neglect of their three children, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office news release.
