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NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP: Fort Walton Beach will pick up your unwanted household items in August
The City of Fort Walton Beach is set to hold its August Neighborhood Clean-Up event, offering residents a free opportunity to dispose of large household items. Throughout August, trash collection crews will pick up unwanted household items such as furniture, appliances, and mattresses at no charge. These items, typically too large for normal trash collections, can be placed on the curb for removal.
Okaloosa County Schools address crowding with $175 million in construction projects
OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. -- With almost every school in Okaloosa County currently at -- or over -- capacity, the school district has approved $175 million in construction projects, including a new K-8 school in Crestview. "Once you get to about 80% capacity at schools, experts say that you should start...
Okaloosa and Walton counties retain A ratings in new Florida school district ratings
Okaloosa and Walton counties retained their A ratings in the most recent school district ratings released by the Florida Department of Education. The 2023-24 school district grades were released Wednesday under a new grading scale approved by the State Board of Education. With the new scale, elementary schools in Florida reverted to a grading scale from 2014 to 2022, and all other school types used the new scale. ...
Burned out shell of Spirit of Norfolk heading to Florida
The burned out shell of the Spirit of Norfolk will soon be headed to its final resting place. Earlier this month Okaloosa County, Florida leaders voted to buy the Spirit and turn it into a reef off the coast of Destin-Fort Walton Beach.
Report: Florida's property insurance rates have risen by 42.5% since 2019
(The Center Square) — A new report shows that insurance rates for property owners in the Sunshine State have increased exponentially over the past few years. Florida TaxWatch released an in-depth analysis of Florida's property insurance market, examining underlying factors contributing to its instability and 42.5% rise since 2019. These include damages from hurricanes and litigation, which have put pressure on insurers and forced some to leave the state. According...
Florida Mom Arrested & Charged After Allegedly Crashing Her Car While Under The Influence & Leaving Her Child Behind
Josefina Lopez, a 21-year-old Florida mom, has been arrested and charged after allegedly crashing her car while under the influence and leaving her child behind. RELATED: ‘Empire’ Actor Bryshere Gray Arrested In Florida More Details On The Florida Mom’s Charges According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Lopez was arrested and booked into custody on Thursday, [...] The post Florida Mom Arrested & Charged After Allegedly Crashing Her Car While Under The Influence & Leaving Her Child Behind appeared first on The Shade Room.
Florida has an election in August. Here’s how your vote gets counted and verified
ORLANDO, Fla. – Special tests on voting machines are being conducted ahead of the Aug. 20 election and you can see those tests take place. Orange County held its logic and accuracy test on Friday, and it was open to the public. According to Florida law, every county is required to do this.
Florida Lobster Diver Finds Cocaine Instead Of Dinner
A Florida lobster diver looking for lobster approximately one mile offshore of Tavernier on the oceanside, found a package of suspected cocaine instead of a delicious dinner. The discovery was made just after 2pm, and rather than hit the clubs, the diver turned the package over to authorities. The Monroe County Sheriff then turned the package over to the U.S. Border Patrol.
JetBlue Airlines suing Florida over what it calls too much in corporate income tax
JetBlue Airways is suing the state of Florida for overcharging the airline by more than $631,630 in corporate income tax, according to its complaint that was filed in Leon County. The complaint, filed July 19 in Leon Circuit Civil court, says the airline contested the "entire amount of the additional corporate income...
Florida hopes to reduce ‘diagnostic odyssey’ for children with rare diseases
Tiem Strouse seemed like a perfectly healthy baby boy when he was born in 2013 in St. Petersburg. But at about 13 months, his development stalled. The baby words that had come early stopped. He would only walk on the balls of his feet and at times would spin around for no reason, mom Liz Strouse said. He also appeared to be suffering from night terrors.
Southwest adds seasonal flights to two Florida cities, roundtrip football flights
It's been a busy week for airline news in Florida. Avelo announced it was adding nine new Florida flights at three different airports in the Sunshine State, and would be making Lakeland International Airport, LAL, the airline's Central Florida base. The airline JetBlue said it would be adding new routes to Florida even as it unexpectedly yanked nonstop service from Tallahassee to Fort Lauderdale and filed a lawsuit claiming Florida made the airline pay too much in taxes. ...
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