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Santa Rosa County has received six proposals from land owners offering their property for sale as the site of the new courthouse. Commissioners are expected to review those bids at a special meeting Dec. 3. However, voters will likely decide whether or not to fund a proposed judicial facility next year when a local option sales tax referendum is expected to be placed on the ballot.

A Gulf Breeze man was arrested for grand theft after nearly overdosing on pills he stole from a home on Government Drive in Gulf Breeze.

A Gulf Breeze man was arrested after he reportedly broke into a home on Monopoly Court and threatened another man with a kitchen knife because he thought the man was having an affair with his wife.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office was able to help a Fort Walton Beach photographer reclaim most of the $43,000 worth of equipment stolen from him in an Oct. 23 incident.

Unites States Air Force Capt. Gail Leibovich and her dog, Indiana Jones Tyrannosaurus-Rex (Indy for short), are looking for a little help to make their dream a reality.

The partly cloudy skies and gentle breezes last Saturday morning provided a perfect backdrop for the final Heroes on the Water event at Navarre Park.

HURLBURT FIELD – “I was only attached to these guys for just one mission but it was the most important mission of my life,” said Maj. F. Damon Friedman, an Air Force Special Operations Command special tactics officer who was briefly assigned to an Army task force while serving in Afghanistan.

PANAMA CITY — The Bay County Health Department is asking residents to guard against mosquito bites after a horse was confirmed to have a mosquito-transmitted disease.

HURLBURT FIELD – U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller from Florida’s First Congressional District, which includes Hurlburt Field, visited the 39th Information Operations Squadron Nov. 6 here to gain an appreciation for the squadron’s mission.

MIAMI — The HealthCare.gov website will still be a work in progress beyond the end of the month, Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday, appearing to soften a promise that the site will be working by then for the vast majority of users.