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Steak salesman charged with stealing package off porch

SANTA ROSA BEACH — A salesman is behind bars after he allegedly stole a package off the porch of a man to whom he tried to sell steaks.Deputies were called to South Church Street in Santa Rosa Beach about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in reference to a theft, according to a press release from the Walton County Sheriff's Office. The caller told them a man in a white older model Chevrolet pickup with a white deep freezer in the truck bed stopped at his home a few days [...]
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Snowbirds flock to Winter Guest Fest at Emerald Coast Convention Center

OKALOOSA ISLAND — Sheldon Haig showed up for the Winter Guest Fest on Friday morning wearing a Destin sweatshirt and an Indian Bayou ball cap.He’d have passed for a local if he wasn't wearing shorts."I don’t think I’ve had long pants on since I got here in December," the Ontario native said.Haig and his wife Pam have been snowbirding in Northwest Florida for five years now. They like to play golf and "not shovel snow," according to Pam. [...]
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House passes plan to bar ‘sanctuary cities’

 TALLAHASSEE — With reported comments by President Donald Trump inflaming an already-raw immigration debate, the deeply divided Florida House on Friday passed a proposal to ban “sanctuary cities’ in the state.The 71-35 vote by the Republican-dominated House came after two days of debate, with GOP supporters pointing to a need to uphold the “rule of law” and Democratic critics contending the bill (HB 9) is unconstitutional and could lead [...]
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