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Graffiti Found at African Burial Ground Memorial Spreads Around Portsmouth

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office marine unit recovered the body of a man who drowned at Crab Island Tuesday.

The man reportedly jumped off a rental pontoon boat in water deeper than he had anticipated.

Destin Beach Safety helped search for this body until they had to call off their search due to lightning.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating the incident, according to local officials.

Michele Nicholson of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said she believed it was a visitor from Texas who was in his 40s.

Reports of Shots Fired at Pease Air and National Guard Base due to False Claims

New Plan for McIntyre Federal Building Said to Sustain Market

7 Units Damaged in Fire at Hampton Beach

See You In The Morning -Daily Savannah Morning News Headlines - July 10, 2019

Loggerhead sea turtles break nesting record in Georgia

Bravo for the music at summer kids camp by BRAVO Music Co.

High schools' accreditation stands, but leadership capacity is cited

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Batters are on pace for a record 6,668 home runs this season, which would be a 19 percent increase from 2018 and shatter the previous mark of 6,105 set in 2017. 

The pitchers, most notably star Justin Verlander, are speaking out. Commissioner Rob Manfred is calling it a conspiracy theory. But the numbers don't lie. In 2019, it's not the players who are juiced, it's the baseballs.

The headlines in Monroe, Michigan, during July 1919, included the naming of the local American Legion post in honor of of Carl F. Payson of Monroe, killed in the recent war. Taking a ride in an airplane was the latest trend in Monroe; and electricity lines were starting to be extended just past the city limits. A "skyrocket" struck a woman who was standing on the piers; she was not seriously injured. And residents of Petersburg and Deerfield were making investments into what would be called Deerfield Oil and Gas Company; in hopes of finding petroleum, natural gas or minerals underground. These were among the headlines in The Monroe Evening News; the Monroe News reprinted them as part of its "100 Years Ago" history column this month. Audio production by Paula Wethington of The Monroe News.

Palomar is seeking MAPS 4 funding to build a new, permanent facility. The family justice center, which opened in 2017, brings a variety of agencies together under one roof to provide comprehensive services to children and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking and elder abuse.

A first reading for an ordinance to vacate property on Wilson Avenue was read during a Panama City Commission meeting Tuesday.