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Times-Union reporter Dan Scanlan talks to host Mark Woods about the recent killing of 7-year-old Heidy Rivas Villanueva at a Westside Jacksonville parking lot.

Tony Simmons talks with Todd Allen Herendeen during the grand opening and ribbon-cutting at the Todd Herendeen DInner Theatre in Panama City Beach. Todd discusses his passion for performing and the people who have become his audience.

Emily Sullivan and Hannah Lee talk with host Mark Woods about the wide range of stories — murder trials, power plant implosions and more — they covered this summer as Times-Union interns.

In a case stemming  from 2017, three Jamaican men living in Lynn Haven were arraigned Thursday in federal court on fraud charges. Authorities dubbed the case a "foreign lottery scam" because unsuspecting victims were promised millions in lottery "winnings" and then aske to pay thousands in taxes and fees up front. The three men pleaded not guilty each to 17 counts of federal fraud and face up to 20 years in federal prison on each count.

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times staff writer C.J. Chivers, one of the leading war correspondents of our time, discusses his new book "The Fighters: Americans in Combat in Afghanistan and Iraq" on this weekend's broadcast of Story in the Public Square.

DeFuniak Springs Police responded to U.S. Highway 90 East near Davis Lane in reference to a traffic crash in which the vehicles hit head on.  Police Officers and Detectives, along with Firefighters from the DeFuniak Springs Fire Department arrived to find an SUV overturned.  Witnesses advised that a Red Jeep SUV was traveling at a high rate of speed heading east in the westbound lane of U.S. Highway 90 when it hit head on with a Silver Mazda Minivan.

Fill your tummy at Cape Cod's best breakfast places, plus Carnival Parade tips, a giant Italian feast in Mashpee and we say goodbye to our awesome interns!

Contrary to views by Gainesville city officials, this Tourism Development Council audio touts the alleged benefits of a Richard Spencer event for local tourism.

A planned roundabout near Mosley High is currently on hold, according to Lynn Haven city officials. A reader asked about its status through the Bay Asked, We Answered series. The proposed roundabout is controversial in the community since some residents don't think it would solve traffic congestion during afternoon school pick-up.

This episode is sponsored by the Georgia Southern Extra podcast. Click the link to listen to episode two.

Savannah Morning News editorial page editor Adam Van Brimmer discusses the Boston Globe's national intiative to combat the president's attacks on the media with reasons why newspapers are more vital than ever. Also, he talks about the future of media.

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