SANTA ROSA BEACH — In 1956, Mary Ann Hobbs Whitney was living in California when she separated from her husband and had two toddlers to support.Then she found herself pregnant again.Whitney called the number the father had given her to his home on the east coast. The woman who answered the phone told her that if she knew what was good for her, she would never dial the number again.Hoping for reconciliation with her estranged husband, Whitney took her two toddlers [...]

Eglin Air Force Base has one prescribed burn planned in tactical training area G-26/B-82 on Saturday.The burn will be 770 acres in the western portion of the reservation, east and north of Range Road 239 and south of Range Road 235 on the western portion of Test Area B-82.The smoke is expected to rise to 2,800 feet with transport winds predicted to be out of the East-Southeast. Smoke impacts should be [...]

These Florida lotteries were drawn Saturday:Fantasy 5: 01-11-24-25-35Lotto: 13-21-32-37-40-44, estimated jackpot $20 millionLotto XTRA: 03Powerball: 04-06-16-30-56, Powerball 18, Power Play 2, estimated jackpot $90 millionMega Millions: estimated jackpot $82 millionPick 2 Evening: 9-8Pick 2 Midday: 3-0Pick 3 [...]

W.H. Rhodes Elementary School received a grant from a national nonprofit organization to implement a reading enrichment program for first-grade classes.