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Friends, family remember missing Crestview resident

CRESTVIEW — A group of relatives and friends gathered March 27 in honor of Calandra Stallworth, a Crestview resident who has been missing for a year.Lighted candles and flowers surrounded Stallworth's photo placed on a chair on her grandmother's porch, just a few feet away from the  house Stallworth once rented for herself and her two daughters.Daniel Jackson of Crestview, an assistant minister, [...]
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Church members gather for annual Cross Walk

DESTIN — Members of area churches gathered at Morgan Sports Center on Good Friday for the annual Cross Walk.The ecumenical event was open to everyone who wanted to walk the 14 Stations of the Cross in honor of Jesus’ crucifixion.Jason Belcher, a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Fort Walton Beach who has organized the event for six years, looks forward to Cross Walk every year.He built a 12-foot-tall cross out of cedar that he brings for people [...]
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‘This little pup deserves a chance’

MILTON — When Jennifer Harp-Hoyt rescued a young, abandoned dog diagnosed with a severe case of parvovirus, she didn’t expect to get such an outpouring of help and support from the community.On March 22, Jennifer came across a small dachshund puppy on a Facebook site. The post said the dog was found dumped on the side of the road, and the person who found her couldn’t care for her. So Jennifer stepped in.When she went to meet the dog, she fell in love. [...]
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Hurricanes delivered ‘wake-up call’ on inland flooding

By Dinah Voyles Pulver, dinah.pulver@news-jrnl.com Florida emergency management officials are often quick to make a flip remark when asked about flood insurance. If you’ve got a Florida driver’s license, they say, chances are you’ll one day be faced with a flood. “There’s no such thing as a home that doesn’t flood in Florida,” said Larry […] Read More


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Visit Panama City Beach

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