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Click it or ticket: New seat belt law begins today
Starting today, you don’t have to be speeding or swerving to be pulled over by a law enforcement officer.
Motorists now can be stopped for failing to wear a seat belt and fined $93 as part of the primary enforcement of Florida’s safety belt requirements, according to a new law. Before today, failing to buckle up wasn’t reason enough for an officer to pull over a car.
Are you OK? Walton deputies want to know
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Are you OK? Walton deputies want to know
The Walton County Sheriff’s Office is inviting residents to sign up themselves or elderly family members on the “Are You Okay?” call list.
According to a Sheriff’s Office news release, dispatchers call all of the approximately 40 residents on the list each morning, and if they [...]
Most Influential Doctors Database
Most Influential Doctors, an analysis by the medical information firm Qforma, lists thousands of physicians considered the “thought-leaders” in more than 300 U.S. metro areas. These are the doctors other doctors listen to, send patients to and can influence care.
Websites for CINS/FINS Services
Families In Need of Services (FINS): A family that has a child for whom there is no pending investigation of abuse, neglect, or abandonment or no court ordered supervision by the Department of Juvenile Justice or the Department of Children and Family Services for an adjudication of dependency or delinquency. The child must also have been referred to a contracted agency of the Department of Juvenile Justice for:
SENATE VOTES IN CONGRESS SERVICE
CREDIT-CARD INTEREST CAP: Senators refused by a vote of 33-60 to put a statutory cap on credit-card interest rates. The underlying bill (HR 627) remained in debate. A yes vote was to adopt an amendment that sought to impose the same 15 percent usury limit that now applies to lending by credit unions
Organize a blood drive, win a scholarship
Northwest Florida Blood Services is offering a scholarship to high school and college students who successfully plan a summer blood drive.
Six $1,000 scholarships are available for students who plan a blood drive that meets specific criteria and collects 50 units of blood. Six $500 scholarships will be awarded to winners who meet the criteria and collect a minimum of 35 units of blood.
Immune system researchers win $500,000 prize
The nation’s richest prize in medicine and biomedical research was awarded Friday to three immune system researchers for work that led to new treatments for rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes.
Cashier’s Check Fraud
Cashier’s check fraud is one of the most popular crimes in the internet age. Once thought to be safe, cashier’s checks now require extra attention from sellers. Make sure you know all the red flags of cashier’s check fraud so you can avoid expensive scams
Northwest Florida Water District Gets Nearly $7 Million From FEMA To Update Flood Maps
ATLANTA, Ga. — A federal grant of nearly $7 million will help the Northwest Florida Water Management District improve flood maps in its area of Florida.
Home, swapped home
Let’s face it. Times are tough. But that doesn’t mean you have to sit home this year
You can travel all over the world on a budget, swapping your house with someone who wants to come here. Sometimes, you can even trade cars, boats or RVs.
That’s how I, an underpaid single mom, ended up at a cafe along the Italian Riviera, gazing at the blue Mediterranean Sea while the kids played on the beach in front of me.
