Vicki Pugh, 57, of Gulf Breeze was seriously injured today in a collision on Scenic Highway.

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Fla. food stamp system down, millions effected

MIAMI (AP) -- Millions of Floridians can't use their foods stamps because of a technical glitch.

The Department of Children and Families said a national outage Friday at JPMorgan Chase is preventing about 3.6 million recipients from being able to use their food stamp debit cards to buy groceries.

Crews are working on the outage, which began around 7 a.m. The agency couldn't estimate when the outage might be fixed.

Stores can choose to run a manual processing of up to $40. Wal-Mart stores can also process manual transactions of up to $100.

By KELLI KENNEDY
Associated Press

Santa Rosa County’s annual Beaches to Woodlands Tour will celebrate its 10-year anniversary next year, but some members of the Tourist Development Council are questioning whether the TDC should continue to financially support the month-long event.

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A Milton man was arrested on Nov. 2 in Escambia County after a warrant was issued by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office. 

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