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Campy Boggy Creek, a “serious fun” camp for children with serious illnesses in Eustis, Fla., is the program for the GFWC Santa Rosa Woman’s Club’s meeting.

It begins in September and runs through November.

Lisa Michelle Hively, 55, is charged with one count of organized scheme to defraud and one count of grand theft, both first-degree felonies.

County Commissioner Dave Piech led the ribbon-cutting ceremony, delivering an address to those in attendance.

Beginning in 2018, the DEA and the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office partnered in an investigation into a Drug Trafficking Organization responsible for distributing kilogram amounts of heroin, methamphetamine, and fentanyl within Okaloosa County.

Named Operation Songbird, the years long investigation utilized numerous investigative techniques to identify members of the Drug Trafficking Organization and locations utilized by the Drug Trafficking Organization.

On Aug. 28, former reality competition contestant Colby Swift, 23, was arrested for DUI and cocaine possession in Navarre. Swift was featured in the 17^th season of American Idol, where he made it to the Hollywood round.

According to his arrest report, Swift was pulled over by a deputy who believed him to be impaired under the influence of alcohol. When the deputy approached the vehicle, he detected a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from Colby’s person. The report states the deputy also observed Swift as having bloodshot and watery eyes and said he was using a vehicle to maintain balance.

White-tailed deer fawning is in full swing in the Florida Panhandle and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission wants people to keep a few things in mind.

Sometimes people assume a fawn found by itself has been abandoned, and they try to “rescue” it. But instead of trying to rescue it, FWC advises that you leave it alone.

Kerry Smith will be the next Santa Rosa County commissioner for District 2.

Smith narrowly won a four-way Republican primary election that came down to machine and manual recounts Saturday.