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Town hall set for Patriots Park discussion on Sept. 3
CRESTVIEW, Fla. — Okaloosa County Board Chairman Paul Mixon will host a September town hall meeting in Crestview to gather public input on Patriots Park, a new county park to be built in north Okaloosa. The meeting is scheduled for Sept. 3, 2024, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m....
Two restaurants in and around Fort Walton Beach have announced closing dates in September
FORT WALTON BEACH — Two businesses in and around Fort Walton Beach have announced they will close permanently next month. Here is what you need to know: Rick's on the Island ...
Miami is banking on immigrants to help with the city's imminent teacher shortage
A critical shortage will be affecting students across the state of Florida soon, according to a recent study by Florida Tax Watch which uncovered that school administrators have been scrambling to find enough qualified teachers for the 2024-25 school year. A lot of it, unsurprisingly, has to do with wages....
Crestview hosts first-ever photo contest — winners get ‘limited-edition’ swag
CRESTVIEW, Fla. (WKRG) — Taking photos of Crestview could score you some exclusive swag. The city has kicked off its first-ever photo contest, “My Favorite View.” According to city officials, the contest, which was launched in celebration of World Photography Day, invites photographers of all skill levels and experiences to show their love of Crestview […]
College Football fans drink Dublin dry as stadium 'runs out of beer in first quarter'
Florida State faced Georgia Tech in the first College Football game of the 2023 season and with fans inside the stadium reportedly drinking an incredible amount that the stadium struggled to keep up
DJ Uiagalelei hit with the memes after losing season debut for FSU
DJ Uiagalelei may be with a new team, but he’s still having the same results. Uiagalelei on Saturday made his debut for the Florida State Seminoles. The team lost 24-21 to Georgia Tech in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin, Ireland. Uiagalelei, who began his career at Clemson before transferring to Oregon State... The post DJ Uiagalelei hit with the memes after losing season debut for FSU appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.
Florida State’s HC Mike Norvell Gets Trashed By College Football Fans After Another Loss Without Jordan Travis
Florida State got pantsed by Georgia in their December Orange Bowl contest. The Orange Bowl was FSU’s consolation prize after being knocked out of the College Football Playoff last season. The committee kept FSU out of the playoffs after Jordan Travis suffered an injury against North Alabama. Florida State...
Downtown GetDowns will return to Tallahassee in limited form this football season
Downtown is coming back as a gathering place for football season this year. The Tallahassee Downtown Improvement Authority announced in a press release Friday the limited return of Downtown GetDowns in the fall of 2024. ...
Southern pine beetles at ‘epidemic’ level in Alabama forests
A destructive insect capable of devastating timber harvests is at “epidemic” level in Alabama, with the state’s forest management agency saying the problem is the worst it’s been in more than 20 years. The Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC) has issued an alert about the Southern pine...
Busch Gardens Confirms Permanent Closure in September, Offers Guests a Chance To Say Goodbye
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay confirmed some sad news today. Walt Disney World Resort and Universal Orlando Resort may steal most of the attention in Florida, but Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is one of the OGs of the state’s theme park scene. Years before Walt Disney started scouting out land for his next project, the park opened in 1959 as a simple brewery tour offering free beer samples, the park was originally called “The Dark Continent” and was designed to give visitors a taste of Africa through animal exhibits and gardens.
Auburn Completes Waterway Study in Terry Cove and Cotton Bayou
Orange Beach, Ala. – (OBA) – The Cotton Bayou/Terry Cove bodies of water are part of the Perdido Bay watershed. This system connects to the Gulf of Mexico through Perdido Pass and has traditionally provided nursery habitat for aquatic and bird wildlife. Development over the years has replaced...
'No doubt at all': Gulf Breeze football beats South Walton after 80-yard drive in final minute
Picture the scenario: needing to drive down the field 80 yards with 1 minute, 2 seconds left in a football game. You’re down by three points. A field goal ties it. A touchdown could seal the game, depending on how much time you drain. You have a couple timeouts. ...
‘End it Now’ rally marches through Downtown Mobile
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Rally goers took the streets of Downtown Mobile Saturday, bringing awareness to different forms of abuse. “It’s about encouraging and advocating for the end of human trafficking, the end of domestic violence and all forms of abuse,” organizer, Robert Soto said. Soto is a local pastor and has been spearheading the […]
$1.13M Gulf Breeze home offers lavish finishes, elegant spaces | Hot Property
Editor's note: Home of the Week is a paid sponsorship and prints in our Friday Real Estate Section. This four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath residence on Deer Point “has been gutted and fully remodeled to offer the epitome of modern luxury,” says Realtor Jamie Turner. The three-story home finds a two-car garage and storage space located on the ground level, living areas on the second level, and bedrooms on the third story. ...
Agreement to cancel medical debt for 193,000 needy patients in Southern states
“A New Orleans-based system of hospitals and clinics serving Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama is working with a New York nonprofit to wipe out $366 million in medical debt for about 193,000 needy patients,” The Associated Press reported. “The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported Wednesday that the deal involving Ochsner Health was arranged by Undue Medical Debt, a donor-funded organization that negotiates with hospitals, doctors’ offices and ambulance services to purchase and erase the outstanding medical debt of those least able to afford it. Ochsner is the largest health system in Louisiana and has 46 hospitals and 370 clinics and urgent cares in the three states it serves. ‘Ochsner is proud to have worked with Undue Medical Debt to enable the organization to acquire and cancel past one-time debts for eligible residents,’ the company said in a statement. The deal followed a Monday announcement of an agreement between Ochsner, Undue Medical Debt and New Orleans to wipe out more than $59 million in medical debt for about 66,000 patients in that city. The city had agreed last year to provide Undue Medical Debt with $1.3 million in federal money from the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act, a pandemic program to acquire qualifying debt and erase it. Lempert said that in addition to the pandemic dollars, his organization used money it received from donations and grassroots fundraising both locally and nationwide to purchase the debt from Ochsner. He declined to say how much it paid, but based on what the organization has said it typically pays — about 1 cent for each dollar of debt — the amount would be around $3.6 million.” “Agreement to cancel medical debt for 193,000 needy patients in Southern states,”
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