Cell phone alert sends residents into a full-blown panic as Emergency Management Agency tries to determine how it happened

MARY ESTHER — Youths braved the cold water of Santa Rosa Sound on Saturday in hopes of emerging with a special blessing during the 43rd annual Epiphany Cross Dive hosted by Saints Markella and Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church.It was only a matter of seconds before 17-year-old Efstathios Sneeder, unperturbed by the water's temperature, surfaced with the white ceremonial cross held high.All of the youths received a blessing from the Rev. Thomas Guerry. Sneeder, [...]

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The officer asked him if his license was valid, to which he replied, “it should be.”

While completing his shift, officers arrived to find he had $380 worth of $20 bills in his pocket.

Some of the most valuable portions of my time off from work in 2017 were spent going north to learn more about the South.

The man was able to tell the officer he had been drinking and was on his way home from Niceville to Santa Rosa Beach.