Last fall Dillion said his goal was to be adopted by the time school was out because he really wanted to be a part of a forever family. Unfortunately that never happened and now he lives in a nursing home.
The articles on the drug issue in Santa Rosa County represent many weeks of reporting by our reporters who worked with numerous county and national agencies to bring us the latest information on the current trends. The drug issue is a huge issue in most communities and we can’t just turn our backs on the issue. It is an ugly truth that needs to be faced head on or it will only get worse. And, when a drug issue gets worse in a community, everything gets worse. This subject tears families apart and feels like it tears out the heart of many parents that watch their children suffer through drug addiction.
Wow, what a surprise the Electoral College was! Who knew that a candidate could win the race for the presidency even though he didn’t get a majority of the actual national vote, like Donald Trump did? Somehow that possibility evaded all the advisers buzzing around Hillary Clinton, who constantly and smugly assured everyone that they were the modern experts with the superior grasp of data, so worry not about Trump defeating Clinton.
Efforts have been made for decades to educate the public about the downfalls of using and abusing mind-altering substances. These slogans, while well-meaning, may not say enough about what drug addiction does to a person, to a family.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – On Friday, December 2, Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier hosted an insurance roundtable discussion with representatives from more than 25 insurance companies operating in Florida. Hosted at the conclusion of the 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season, CFO Atwater and Commissioner Altmaier invited the insurance industry as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency to engage in a public conversation about the successes and challenges related to the first two storms Florida has faced—Hurricanes Hermine and Matthew— in more than ten years.
While temperatures fell low enough to open cold weather shelters, residents in and around Santa Rosa County bundled up to wait outside Milton High School Friday night and into the wee hours of Saturday morning.
Public opinion of fully self-driving cars, known as autonomous vehicles, is varied, but the National Traffic Safety Board (NTSB) would like to put at least partial autonomy in all new vehicles on the road.