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Gulf Coast Rip Current Forecast for Louisiana Beachgoers
So many people from South Louisiana will be traveling I-10 in the next day or two for their Fourth of July celebrations and they'll soon be on their favorite beach. For the Fourth, beachgoers from across Acadiana will want to cool off or relax in places like Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Pensacola, and Destin, Florida. Sadly, we've had several reports of drownings already this summer and the gulf may be a bit unfriendly days after Independence Day.
A week after winning $97K, Destin fishing team hauls in $153K at another billfish tourney
For the second weekend in a row, Team Supreme has risen to the top in a local billfish tournament. After placing first in the release division in the Emerald Coast Blue Marlin Classic at Baytown Marina in Sandestin the weekend of June 21-23, Capt. Chase Lake and the crew aboard Team Supreme took top honors in the same division in the Bay Point Billfish Classic June 27-29 on Panama City Beach.
Carrot Top Designs, a one-stop shop for home design, opens in new Miramar Beach building
Carrot Top Designs, which prides itself in being a “one-stop-shop" to help you take your home from conceptual to completion, celebrated its grand opening June 21. The design center at 12870 U.S. 98 in Miramar Beach, is in the old Lovelace Interiors location. “The building is 20 years old....
SWFD firefighters rescue entrapped driver in Walton County
WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – On Tuesday around 5:00 a.m., South Walton Fire District responded to the Point Washington area for a single-vehicle accident with entrapment. When officials arrived on the scene they found a heavily damaged vehicle lying on its side. The occupant was trapped near the driver’s seat, according to authorities. Firefighters had […]
Fort Walton Beach ER doctor warns of fireworks dangers ahead of July Fourth celebrations
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. -- People are preparing to celebrate the Fourth of July with fireworks, but lighting them or using sparklers can be dangerous. Kevin Bryan is an Emergency Room Physician at HCA Florida Fort Walton Destin Hospital. He says roughly 10,000 people are hurt by fireworks each year.
Fort Walton Beach's Mount Rushmore: Vote for who should join football, 1990s stars
Fort Walton Beach High School was the "it" athletic program of the 1990s in the area. The football team won state titles in 1991 and 1995 as the home to Heisman Trophy winner Danny Wuerffel. The girls basketball team won state titles in 1994 and 1999, and the boys basketball program made back-to-back Final 4s in 1996 and 1997, the latter finishing state runner-up. No school in the area could match that big-sport success, and more than...
Florida drug eradication fund helps FDLE seize enough fentanyl to kill 18.5 million people
One year after Florida's State Assistance for Fentanyl Eradication (S.A.F.E.) program began, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced Tuesday that 19 people were arrested locally for various drug-related offenses. FDLE received a portion of the near $15 million allocated throughout the state after Gov. Ron DeSantis approved the program,...
Florida woman stuck in Turks and Caicos pleads guilty
Sharitta Gier, the Florida woman arrested alongside others in Turks and Caicos after ammunition was allegedly found in their luggage, has pleaded guilty to her charges -- and hopes to return home to Orlando soon. It's been 52 days since she was arrested. In that time, others have gone through their cases, were sentenced to a fine, and allowed to return home.
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