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Florida Highway Patrol is requesting the public's help in locating a Volvo tractor-trailer involved in a fatal hit-and-run on Interstate 10 in Okaloosa County.According to a FHP press release, 71-year-old David E. Ingram of Tallahassee was struck and killed at some point early Sunday morning at mile marker 61 on the highway. The fatal hit-and-run occurred in the westbound outside emergency lane.Ingram was impacted directly by the front of the semi, which did not stop. [...]

DESTIN — Two local history buffs pulled off a minor miracle at Destin Middle School on Friday, holding a cafeteria full of fifth-graders in quiet attention as they brought the Civil War to life.Parker Destin, a city councilman and Destin History and Fishing Museum board member, teamed up with P.O. Cole, an eight-grade history teacher at Destin Middle, to give students nearly an hour of insights into the "Great Rebellion."Destin, a student at the middle school a couple of [...]

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Capt. Terry Watkins honored on 40 years as volunteer.

When the weather starts to get nippy and the days shorter, Snowbirds from many parts of the Northland make their plans for the great migration south, and already are descending on Walton County. The Walton County Snowbirds organization includes almost 2,000 members (with new ones added every year). This is the first in a series of articles about the group.Mark your calendars for two registration days: Jan. 2 and 4 from 8:30-10:30 a.m. at Faith Assembly Hall, located at 306 S. [...]

Wind farms generate clean energy. They also produce some unwelcome effects: Strobe-like shadow flicker. Loud, whooshing sounds. And throbbing, air-pressure pulsations. Some living in these wind farms say it's tolerable. Others say it's hell.

Winds sweep fire toward wealthy community area near L.A.

These Florida lotteries were drawn Friday:Fantasy 5: 16-23-30-34-35Lucky Money: 09-24-43-47, Lucky Ball 13, estimated jackpot $1.2 millionMega Millions: 04-12-36-44-57, Mega Ball 19, Megaplier 4, estimated jackpot $208 millionPowerball: estimated jackpot $250 millionPick 2 Evening: 1-2Pick 2 Midday: 0-1Pick 3 Evening: 2-8- [...]