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State Road 123 backed up for hours after series of morning wrecks

Northwest Florida Daily NewsLocal

NICEVILLE — A single-vehicle wreck early-Monday morning led to a series of crashes on a local roadway, but no serious injuries. The first two crashes caused State Road 123 to be shut down in both directions for an hour. Then the northbound lanes... »

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BREAKING NEWS: State Road 123 now open

Northwest Florida Daily NewsLocal

NICEVILLE — Both lanes of State Road 123 are now open after two wrecks closed the road for more than three hours. Traffic was diverted through Niceville to U.S. Highway 85 while officials looked into the early morning wrecks. According to FHP, the... »

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NWF State negotiating for new legal representation

Northwest Florida Daily NewsLocal

NICEVILLE — Northwest Florida State College is getting a new attorney for the first time in more than 30 years. The college and its board of trustees are negotiating with the Conerly, Bowman and Dykes law firm in Destin, according to Sandy Sims,... »

Okaloosa still accepting applications for airport police

Northwest Florida Daily News

VALPARAISO — Okaloosa County officials are still accepting applications for the new police department at Northwest Florida Regional Airport. A national search for a police chief, a sergeant and eight officers began in November, but the county has... »

Monday night wreck shuts down State Road 123

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EGLIN AFB — A wreck Monday night closed down State Road 123 for several hours and sent two people to the hospital with minor injuries, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Steven Marcus, 61, of Freeport, was driving his sport utility vehicle... »

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Today in Tallahassee: Budgets, Abortions, and ObamaCare

Orlando Sentinal Political Pulse

TALLAHASSEE — Lawmakers return to a full slate of committee hearings and floor action today on environmental bills, health-care and higher education budget proposals, and abortion bills. But the House (11 a.m.) and the Senate (9 a.m.) go into session b... »

Monday Morning Reads: Hospital cuts, prison privatization and presidential polls

Orlando Sentinal Political Pulse

TALLAHASSEE — Welcome back to another week of the 2012 legislative session. We’ll see both chambers on the floor this week and more on a number of huge issues that arose this last week as well. So with that, we give you the top five stories you should ... »

Senate passes congressional maps 34-6

Orlando Sentinal Political Pulse

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate passed its version of a new congressional map late Tuesday afternoon by a 34-6 vote. Senate President Mike Haridopolos called it one of the Senate’s “finest hours” and hailed it as a bipartisan product given that seven ... »

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Florida Senate passes its own new map, over complaints of racial ‘packing’

Orlando Sentinal Political Pulse

TALLAHASSEE – Over complaints that its work continued decades-old gerrymandering, Senate Republicans rammed through a proposed map for their own 40 seats that more evenly divides population gains over the last decade and maintains an electoral advantag... »

Florida redistricting plans bound for legal fight

Orlando Sentinal Political Pulse

TALLAHASSEE – After more than two years of bickering over reforms meant to curb political abuses, the Florida Senate Tuesday plans to debate maps for congressional and legislative districts that preserve Republican majorities and, its authors say, meet... »