TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – (AP) Michael Keys and his son, Larkin, will hike deep into the open savanna of pine trees and brush, carrying ladders and chain saws. Keys will climb 30 feet up a pine tree and spend three hours carving a hole in the tree to insert a wooden box.

The increased impact of the influenza infection has led Florida Medicaid to temporarily activate payment for Medicaid recipients who are pregnantand age 21 and older now through March.

TC’s Coastal Porch, LLC took over operation of Navarre Beach Fishing Pier Jan. 1, following what one partner described as an eventful transition.  Santa Rosa deputies responded to the county-owned pier four times Dec. 28 after previous contractor Pier, Inc.’s employees were observed using sledgehammers to demolish wooden structures on the deck.  Although one commissioner called for prosecution in the matter, two county officials later decided the demolition had been within the rights of the contractor.

When Navarre High School senior Colton Boney was dealing with the death of his grandparents five years ago, little did he know that comforting words of wisdom from a former teacher would have such a profound effect on him.