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Chester Kroeger founded Fudpucker’s in 1983, and the restaurant has had a location on Okaloosa Island since 1986. It was moved from a location on Santa Rosa Boulevard to the current address at U.S. Highway 98 on the Choctawhatchee Bay in 2012. The Fudpuckers in Destin remains open for business

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 76-year-old Ilie Stefan was driving a 2008 Volvo west on U.S. 98 about 2:30 p.m. when a box truck in front of him slowed to make a right turn into Cash’s 98 West Package and Lounge. Stefan did not notice the truck slowing and struck the rear of truck.

Maj. Stephen Del Bagno, the Thunderbirds pilot who died Wednesday in a crash in Nevada, had been assigned to Eglin Air Force Base immediately before he joined the Air Force’s precision flight team.

For the third time in as many weeks, a person was found passed out behind the wheel of a car while sitting at a gas station pump. Narcotics were involved in all three cases. Read more here. 

Authorities say a 30-year-old woman and an unidentified female child passenger were hospitalized with serious injuries following a Wednesday afternoon crash in Navarre. The child had not been wearing a seat belt. Read more here. 

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Listen to an interview between Daily News reporter Jennie McKeon and Dr. Jennifer Zimmerman.

A local wounded warrior has started his own charter fishing business. Bobby Dove says he found solace in fishing while recovering from losing his arm and leg in Afghanistan six years ago. Read more here.