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US unemployment at 9.5 percent

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON – Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate climbed to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent. Workers also saw weekly wages fall, suggesting Americans will have little appetite to spend and the economy's... Full story

Free statewide system informs travelers with up-to-the-minute roadway updates

ORLANDO, Fla. — Travelers making trips through the Sunshine State this Fourth of July holiday can plan ahead with the Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) 511 Traveler Information System. By visiting the new FL511.com Web site, travelers... Full story

NASCAR page online this week

We had some last-minute changes so here is the NASCAR page online this week.... Full story

House committee to begin meetings on Sansom this month

TOM McLAUGHLIN, Florida Freedom Newswire

The select House committee appointed to consider sanctions against state Rep. Ray Sansom won’t meet until the end of July, its chairman said Wednesday. When the five-member committee does begin its work, it will conduct an investigation “very... Full story

Law could sweep DNA of non-felons into database

MATT DIXON, Florida Freedom Newswire

PANAMA CITY — When Gov. Charlie Crist signed Senate Bill 2276 into law last month, he called the legislation “common sense.”     The new law, which went into effect Wednesday, will require anyone arrested on a felony charge... Full story

Sheriff, FWC investigators probe toddler’s death in Sumter County

The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office responded to a Sumter County residence on Wednesday morning after receiving a call that a snake was strangling a child. When the officers arrived on the scene, the child was dead, and the snake was found under... Full story

Right Place at the Right Time

An undercover narcotics investigator with the Special Investigations Division of the Bay County Sheriff’s Office was no doubt in the right place at the right time this afternoon as he walked through the parking lot of a local drugstore, according... Full story

Nine Arrested in Multi-agency Operation in Bay County

Sheriff Frank McKeithen announced at a press conference today the details of a multi-agency operation in which 16 residential search warrants were executed in Bay County. The search warrants were executed yesterday June 30, 2009, and today July 1, 2009.... Full story

Wreck in Esto seriously injures two

Staff Writer

ESTO – A car accident involving two Graceville residents, Brandon Pelham, 17, and Brandon Sadler, 21, occurred just north of Bonifay around noon. According to State Trooper James Bass, Pelham, driver, and Sadler, passenger, were heading southbound... Full story

DOT orders contractors off road during Independence weekend

CHIPLEY - To ease traffic congestion and insure safety along the roadways in northwest Florida, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has directed construction contractors working on state roads to cease operations Friday, July 3.  There... Full story

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