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Churchill High School counselor Tibor Bessko defends teachers' right to kneel during national anthem at June 20, 2018, board meeting. [Alisha Roemeling/The Register-Guard]

A 29-year-old Uber driver was found dead in his van Sunday morning. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating. Read more here.

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Savannah Morning News editorial page editor Adam Van Brimmer discusses the effects of the U.S. and China trade war on Georgia. Also, a preview of this weekend's op-ed page.

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STORY

Alexandra Dunn, EPA Region 1 (New England) administrator, is asked if she woud avoid PFAS chemicals entirely in her drinking water if she could, and she and said she'd feel it's OK if levels were below the EPA health advisory.

Danny Barletta of Saugus, a sports blogger and student at the University of Connecticut, talks all things Red Sox and MLB baseball with Wicked Local sports editor Joe McConnell.

Brothers who operated a cocaine ring from a trailer in Godwin for several years are sentenced to life in prison.

Two people sought in an assault and robbery at a Fayetteville motel in May have been arrested in California.

A former Cumberland County jailer is charged with sharing fighting tips with an inmate.

These stories and more on Episode 21 of Crime Time featuring Fayetteville Observer police and crime reporter Nancy McCleary.

From the state's first license to grow marijuana to the opening of a time capsule in Ashland and residents protested for the rights of immigrants

Dr. David Simmons, faculty advisor of the NWFSC Gay-Straight Alliance, organized the 2018 Niceville Pride Walk which attracted more than a hundred LGBTQ supporters.

Lt. Col. Frank Miller served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam before retiring to Fayetteville to run a grocery store in the late '60s and early '70s.