June 2018
Walton County Provides Free Admission to Two State Parks
From now until Labor Day everyone can enjoy free day-use admission to Grayton Beach State Park and Topsail Hill Preserve State Park. The Walton County Tourist Development Council has covered the cost of entry to increase available pa...
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SoWal’s Nick named Wrestling COY
SANTA ROSA BEACH – Carey Nick's coaching style can be boiled down to a couple of well-worn phrases. The tried and true, “It takes a village,” is the ...
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Just like his bros
SANTA ROSA BEACH — Ethan Pickren has never been complacent on the wrestling mat. Never could afford to. Growing up in a wrestling family will ...
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18-year-old bikes from St. Louis to Panama City Beach to raise money for mental health services
Wade Hahn has a goal of raising $3,000 for the Community Counseling Foundation and to raise awareness for depression and suicide.
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A Florida teacher drowned wild raccoons with his students’ help. Here’s why he won’t be charged.
The teacher explained his agricultural class' farm animals were being killed by the varmints.
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Man arrested after using fake credit cards to withdraw money
DESTIN — A Panama City man faces multiple charges after using fake credit cards to withdraw cash from an ATM machine in Destin early Tuesday morning, according to a press release from Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office.OCSO responded to a call of suspicious activity at the Hancock Whitney Bank at 14075 Emerald Coast Parkway shortly before 4 a.m. after a man was seen covering up the camera at the ATM machine and making multiple transactions with multiple cards, maxing out each [...]
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Rare sea turtle nests at Sandpiper Cove (VIDEO)
staff writer
Monday
Jun 4, 2018 at 4:08 PMJun 4, 2018 at 4:31 PM
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Guatemala ‘Volcano of Fire’ death toll up to 62, expected to rise
Bodies were so thickly coated with ash that they looked like statues, and rescuers were forced to use sledgehammers to break through the roofs of houses buried in debris up to their rooflines to try to see if anyone was trapped inside.
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Navarre Beach sand buildup on boat ramp causes bottleneck
NAVARRE BEACH — 'Tis the season for boating – which means a lot of people are using public boat launches.This past weekend, sand had drifted onto the approach to one of three ramps at the Navarre Beach Boat Ramp, closing one lane to some boat trailers and creating traction issues for others who used it.On Sunday, Amy Burgdoff and her family had issues launching her parent's boat into Santa Rosa Sound from the ramps behind Juana's Pagoda due to the sand [...]
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