Parrot’s Calls Spark Rescue Response in Destin
A Destin resident alerted fire crews to cries for help from a house on Benning Drive. Firefighters, an Okaloosa EMS unit, and a sheriff’s deputy arrived to discover a parrot on the owner’s arm. The bird was safe and left at home with its owner.
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Destin
Fire Department
Destin Volunteer Fire Department
Okaloosa County Emergency Services
Sheriff's Department
Benning Drive
Terry Watkins
Man Arrested After Disturbance At Sands Lounge
A 26 year old Destin man Phillip Gordon Kelly was arrested April 9 on charges of resisting arrest with violence battery on a law enforcement officer and two counts of criminal mischief after a disturbance at Sands Lounge. He allegedly kicked out a deputy’s window and punched kicked and bit deputies Randy Collette and Steve Ashmore. Vehicle damage was about 150 dollars and glasses damaged about 70 dollars.
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Destin
Sands Lounge
Phillip Gordon Kelly
Pine Street
Okaloosa County
Sheriff's Department
Kelly
Randy Collette
Steve Ashmore
Collette
Youth Injured In Pedestrian Accident Near Holiday Inn
A 17-year-old Destin youth, James Adams Dunton, sustained multiple fractures after stepping from the median strip into the path of 21-year-old John Malcolm Rogers’ 1977 Ford on Highway 98 near the Holiday Inn in Destin. Rogers, resident of Santa Rosa Beach, was not charged. Witnesses estimated 40 mph in a 45 mph zone as Dunton was hit at 11:10 p.m. on April 5 and was taken to Fort Walton Beach General Hospital in stable condition.
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Holiday Inn
Highway 98
Florida Highway Patrol
James Adams Dunton
Kelly Street
John Malcolm Roger
B.A. Stewart
Rogers
Santa Rosa Beach
Dunton
Fort Walton Beach General Hospital
Okaloosa County
UWF and State Plan Coastal Study For Beaches
University of West Florida and state officials launch a two part beach management study to guide erosion control storm risk and coastal planning. A second part will produce a user oriented public beaches guidebook with maps access points and facilities for residents and tourists.
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Vanita Trippe
University of West Florida
Deborah Athos
Athos
Panhandle
Corps Maintains East Pass Site Amid Ongoing Studies
U S Army Corps of Engineers personnel denied developers John Parish and Charles Little a release of spoilage easement 101 E 4 for a four acre Destin Harbor tract. Sam Green said study driven maintenance plans for East Pass keep 101 E 4 held while three proposed fixes and dredging plans are evaluated for long term channel access.
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Ingrid Kreis
East Pass Channel
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Soupey Isle
Sam Green
Corps’ Mobile District
John Parish
Charles Little
Parish
Little
Cit
Destin Harbor
Green
East Pass
Norriego Point
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UWF
Corps
Washington D.C
Washington
Old Pass Lagoon
State Department of Environmental Resources
the Haberdashery
Waterfront
Fred Jones
East Pass Marina
Destin Bank
First National Bank OF
Gulf of Mexico
Hwy. 98
Melvin Destin
Fla
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