Florida teen fights ‘flesh eating bacteria’
Joziah Thompson, 17, hospitalized with Vibrio vulnificus after swimming with minor scratch at Niceville park
Jun 8, 2026Open source
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South Florida crews return home from Isaias deployment in Panhandle Nearly 90 first responders from Miami-D...
Nearly 90 first responders from Miami-Dade and Broward counties helped areas hit by Isaias, which made landfall near Destin Friday night as a Category 2 storm.
Oct 13, 2026Open source
Four dead as Isaias continues to push across the Southeast US, bringing strong winds and heavy rain
Isaias made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane in the city of Destin in the Florida Panhandle on Friday evening. It has since weakened into a post-tropical c...
Oct 11, 2026Open source
Florida officials take toll of deadly Hurricane Isaias damage after Panhandle landfall
Isaias has been blamed for four deaths while it downed trees and power lines across the Florida Panhandle after it made landfall near Destin on Friday night.
Oct 11, 2026Open source
Isaias pounds Gulf Coast but spares many cities of catastrophic damage: ‘Sense of relief’
Hurricane Isaias made landfall as a Category 2 storm near Destin, Florida, before weakening as it moved north and dumped rain across Alabama, forecasters said.
Oct 11, 2026Open source
Isaias produces over 8 inches of rain in some locations
Although the strongest winds were in the panhandle of Florida when Hurricane Isaias came ashore at about 8:30 in Destin, Florida, the heaviest drains extende...
Oct 11, 2026Open source
Deadly Isaias weakens as it lashes Southeast with rain and flooding Nearly 900,000 people were without powe...
More than 600,000 customers are without power after Isaias made landfall as a hurricane on the northern Gulf Coast.
Oct 10, 2026Open source
Live updates: At least 4 dead as Isaias moves inland
The storm weakened overnight after making landfall as a Category 2 hurricane near Destin, Florida.
Oct 10, 2026Open source
Live updates: Death toll reaches at least four across Florida and Alabama as weakening Isaias advances inland
The storm weakened overnight after making landfall as a Category 2 hurricane near Destin, Florida.
Oct 10, 2026Open source
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Isaias hit Destin, Florida, on Friday evening and clocked in at just 6mph under a Category 3 hurricane.
Oct 10, 2026Open source
Isaias makes landfall as hurricane, hammering US Gulf Coast with powerful winds, dangerous flooding
Hurricane Isaias made landfall as a dangerous Category 2 storm with 105 mph winds about 9:30 p.m. Friday near Destin in the Florida Panhandle, the National H...
Oct 10, 2026Open source
Isaias makes landfall in Destin, Florida; Louisiana spared from major impacts
Slight weakening may not significantly reduce dangerous winds and life-threatening storm surge
Oct 10, 2026Open source
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Alligator-Shaped Xbox Will Be Snapped Up by One Gamer
This iconic Florida critter appears to have swallowed an Xbox just a couple of weeks before the release of GTA 6.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
Tampa-born Florida Avenue Brewing Co. permanently closes its Seminole Heights location
The craft brewery’s closure aligns with an increasing trend of similar taproom closures throughout Tampa Bay.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
GOP sweep: Uthmeier, Ingoglia, Simpson win Florida Cabinet races
Republicans on Tuesday night swept the races for attorney general, chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
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Valparaiso is in Okaloosa County, Florida.
Region: North Florida
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32580
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Alligator-Shaped Xbox Will Be Snapped Up by One Gamer
This iconic Florida critter appears to have swallowed an Xbox just a couple of weeks before the release of GTA 6.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
Tampa-born Florida Avenue Brewing Co. permanently closes its Seminole Heights location
The craft brewery’s closure aligns with an increasing trend of similar taproom closures throughout Tampa Bay.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
GOP sweep: Uthmeier, Ingoglia, Simpson win Florida Cabinet races
Republicans on Tuesday night swept the races for attorney general, chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
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Valparaiso, on the west side of Boggy Bayou across from Niceville, was the creation of a Chicago businessman. Its first settler, Allen Brown Jr., homesteaded the land in 1901. In 1918 Chicago industrialist John B. Perrine, who had seen the area on a boat trip, bought the land from Brown and named the new community after his hometown of Valparaiso, Indiana, itself named for Valparaíso, Chile. The Spanish name means roughly "paradise valley," which inspired the city's motto, "Vale of Paradise." Perrine petitioned the Florida Legislature for a town charter in 1918, and the City of Valparaiso was incorporated in 1921.
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The town's biggest legacy came from another Chicagoan. James E. Plew moved to the Panhandle in 1922 and chose Valparaiso as the most promising place for development. In 1933 the city cleared a 137-acre, arrowhead-shaped airfield, which Plew leased, and in 1934 he offered the federal government 1,460 acres of adjoining land for a bombing and gunnery range. The Valparaiso Bombing and Gunnery Base was activated on June 14, 1935, under Captain Arnold H. Rich, the beginning of what became Eglin Air Force Base. Valparaiso's early role still shows in the airport code VPS, first given to its field and still used by Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport. Today Valparaiso and Niceville are twin cities on either side of Boggy Bayou. Sources Wikipedia: Valparaiso, Florida (citing the City of Valparaiso, the Florida League of Cities and Angell, History of the Army Air Forces Proving Ground Command)
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30.5091970, -86.5009140
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