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Emerald Coast 'troubled youth' goes from roller derby to roll call
FORT WALTON BEACH - Shortly before her 16th birthday, Kassandra Sandaker dyed her wavy blonde hair black and ran away from home. She left Choctawhatchee High School one morning in camouflage pants and a white shirt and hitchhiked across Florida. Back...
Gearing up for Snowbirds
OKALOOSA ISLAND - Once again, the Emerald Coast is getting ready to welcome the annual migration of visitors who have the year's earliest impact on our local economy. Hello, Snowbirds. Over at the Emerald Coast Conference Center, Brenda Farne of the...
Hubbard Street dance group cancels local performance
NICEVILLE - The Hubbard Street Dance Chicago performance scheduled for Feb. 23 at the Mattie Kelly Fine & Performing Arts Center at Northwest Florida State College has been canceled by the dance company. The group cited the current economic climate...
New paternity leave rules take effect for military
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE - For new military fathers, a recently passed law in Congress means a few extra days to adjust to life with a newborn. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 authorizes 10 days of non-chargeable paternity leave...
Destin applies to dredge the harbor mouth once again
DESTIN -- Sand is great on Destin's beaches, but not so much fun at the entrance to Destin harbor. "At low tide, it's nearly impassable for any boat drafted in the neighborhood of six feet," Captain Jim Westbrook of the New Florida Girl told The Log....
Milton man killed in one-vehicle accident
SANTA ROSA COUNTY -- A Milton man died Sunday evening after his car left U.S. Highway 90 and struck a pine tree at about 7:45 p.m. Chad Deshane Fernstrom, who is 34, was driving westbound just east of the intersection with Timbercrest Road when the accident...
Lockheed Martin: F-35 production on schedule for Eglin
FORT WORTH, TEXAS -Lockheed Martin's F-35 production is on schedule and nearing its goal of a 2010 delivery to Eglin Air Force Base. Last month, the makers of the new Joint Strike Fighter rolled out two more F-35s that are now ready to be tested. "AF-1...
Honoring Standing Bear (with VIDEO)
FORT WALTON BEACH - Dennis "Standing Bear" Compos was honored Sunday in the same way that he lived, with friends, family and Native American tradition. About 100 of his associates and loved ones gathered together at the City of Fort Walton Beach Heritage...
Downtown business owners take interest in streetscape project
FORT WALTON BEACH - Many downtown business owners are expected to participate in the upcoming effort to upgrade the streetscape and sidewalks. Fort Walton Beach officials have finalized a deal with ValleyCrest Landscape Development of Santa Rosa Beach...
'I've seen horror' (with VIDEO): Man says he was abused at Florida Industrial School for Boys
MARIANNA - More than a hundred years after the Florida Industrial School for Boys opened, a locked cinder-block building still reminds Bryant Middleton of torture. But for years, he said nothing. "You can go in that building and you can literally feel...
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