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U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz has tested negative for coronavirus.Gaetz reported the test results Tuesday afternoon, one day after he learned he had been exposed to someone later identified as a carrier of the disease.“I've just been informed that my COVID-19 lab result was negative,” Gaetz reported via Twitter. “In an abundance of caution, I will remain under self-quarantine at the advice of medical professionals through Thursday at 2pm. I continue to feel fine and show no symptoms.”

Oversupply concerns around the world are making a major impact on crude oil, and in turn could mean the lowest gas prices locally since 2016.Just two weeks ago, crude oil was being traded for $53 per barrel - Sunday night that price had dropped to $33 per barrel. The drop in price is a result of concerns regarding outbreaks of COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, across the world.Those concerns have led to less demand for jet fuel and gasoline, causing the price of crude oil to plummet.

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The affected individual is "elderly with severe underlying conditions," DeSantis said. "He had been doing international travel. He's not in shape to fully answer all the questions, so there's an investigation ongoing, but that is a presumptive positive. It has not been confirmed by the (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)."Still, DeSantis said the Department of Health will be releasing more information on the case, but it is assumed the infection will be confirmed by the CDC.

A Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office captain was demoted to a lieutenant following allegations he sexually harassed a subordinate.The Sheriff’s Office launched an internal affairs investigation into the conduct of then-Capt. Scott Haines in late 2019 after a female employee accused Haines of making sexual advances toward her and showing her a sex toy he kept in his office. Haines admitted to the incident involving the sex toy, but denied claims that he made sexual advances toward the subordinate.

MILTON—A 70-year-old Milton woman was killed in a head-on collision Monday afternoon.Nancy Lou Graham was struck by a 2018 Jeep Cherokee as she was traveling east on Berryhill Road, near Preservation Boulevard. Graham was driving a 2014 Kia Sportage

After his 21-year-old daughter, Jolisa, died in a car accident, Joseph Roadcap struggled with his grief . He lived that way for a while until he usedc his daughter's life insurance money to purchase a property on Grove Street in Garcon Pointe, where wildlife like glass lizards, bald eagles and black bears are common sights. For the last year, Roadcap has been living in a house on the land and renting out the back portion of his property, which he turned into a Christian Airbnb campground with two small pre-built cabins, a bathhouse and a tent site.
But now what Roadcap calls his daughter's legacy may be in jeopardy. Zoning code for his property, currently designated as residential, only allows for one secondary structure and his request last week to rezone to an active park designation was denied by Santa Rosa County Commissioners.
Only one cabin can be reopened after building inspectors ensure it's up to code and Roadcap must wait a year before reapplying for the rezoning again, which could allow the second cabin, bathhouse and tent site to reopen, said Shawn Ward, planning and zoning director.