The Krystal Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the fast-food restaurant, awarded a $750 grant to St. Mary School science teacher Laura McNeill, who intends to purchase a high-intensity digital light microscope to teach students about cells and cell structures.In other St. Mary science news, five students placed at the Florida Science and Engineering Fair: Katie Casey, second, microbiology; Maura Liles, second, physics; Ashleigh Perry and Alysha Miner, fifth, mathematics; and Rachel [...]

FORT WALTON BEACH — While the 2018 Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival in June will include a massive Mardi Gras-style parade, live music, fireworks and fancy costumes, it won’t feature a treasure chest hunt on the beach, a water-ski show or an exploding pirate fort.Simply put, times have changed.Just ask Tom and Peggy Rice, who own The Magnolia Grill on Brooks Street. They remember attending [...]

Video footage appears to show the promotion's most bankable star throwing a hand truck at a bus full of fighters on Thursday after a news conference for UFC 223 at Brooklyn's Barclays Center.

PANAMA CITY BEACH — Emergency personnel say one person died in a home fire this morning in Panama City Beach. A fire at a single-wide trailer at 231 Rose Lane was called in just after 6 a.m. Emergency crews said one person was pronounced dead on scene, and another was taken to the hospital with burns and smoke inhalation and remains in critical condition. A third person was uninjured and is being assisted by the Red Cross. One dog and at least two cats also [...]

DESTIN — An Okaloosa County School District bus was involved in a rear-end collision accident Thursday afternoon.According to a release from the Florida Highway Patrol, just before 4 p.m. the school bus, which was carrying 43 children, rear-ended a Nissan Altima on Commons Drive East.There were no injuries.The driver of the bus, 55-year-old Bibiana Lough of Navarre, was charged with careless driving. 

It's a typical rite of passage for college graduates to take a big trip before they enter "the real world."Two longtime friends from Navarre not only are going on a seven-day adventure through Europe, they're doing it with only cans of Red Bull as currency.And right before finals."I've done a fair bit of traveling, but it does get expensive," Navarre High School alumnus Brennon Williamson said. "When I saw this opportunity, I immediately went for it. A [...]

The company says it has been removing Zuckerberg's messages from the inboxes of various people for several years

Friday's deaths brought to 29 the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire over the past week, including 23 protesters.

AT&T cellphone users in Santa Rosa Beach might have noticed spotty-to-no service over the past three weeks.A first tower went down on March 23 and another followed shortly after, said a representative at AT&T's corporate office. One of the two faulty cell towers that is down is north of U.S. Highway 98 off Bishop Tolbert Road, and the other is located on Windancer Lane, she said. "Due to the city replacing a water tower, we have had to relocate some of [...]

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