With more than four decades of work experience, Diane Bicker never thought she'd have trouble finding a job - not even in a tumultuous economy.

The Draft Tri-County Growth Management Plan, a study to help local communities respond to the growth at Eglin AFB resulting from the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure commission decisions is available online at www.tri-countybrac.com. Local citizens are encouraged to review the draft document attend one of the public workshops that will be conducted in the coming weeks. 

Before last August, Hamil­ton Boykin was a gregarious teenager who embraced the small town that made him famous.

A track star at Navarre High School, Boykin showed prom­ise as a college athlete.

Now, just five months lat­er, Boykin bears the scars of a brutal attack that nearly cost him his eyesight – and has virtually destroyed his faith in his hometown.

For more on this story, see the Jan. 28 edition of the Navarre Press.