Lakewood Park News

SAM WOLFE Correspondent Marine Pfc. Erin Jewett, right, gets a hug from her grandmother, Jeanne Kuklinski, while visiting the staff of Dyer Chevrolet on Tuesday afternoon.

The Christmas tree was so big, it took 7-year-old William Millar a few minutes to get used to it.

Lucie County sheriff's deputies said. Authorities suspect William Beck, 54, used a .32-caliber gun to shoot his wife Jacqueline Beck, 54, twice - once in the face and once in the chest - before killing himself inside his home in the 8400 block of Fort Walton Boulevard shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday.

A man tried to kill his wife and then committed suicide in a St. Lucie County home, police said.

Then-St. Lucie Commissioner Chris Craft reviewed U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney's voting record last August, and what he saw clinched his decision to challenge the first-term incumbent.

The Escambia County Health Department is rescinding the health alerts for the following bathing areas in Escambia County: - Bayou Chico at Lakewood Park - Bayou Grande, Navy Point-North of Sunset Bridge - Bayou Texar at Bayview Park Water quality in these areas has improved due to the reduction of bacteria levels, according to the Health ...

Registration is underway for youth soccer leagues at Lakewood Park Regional Park and Lawnwood Regional Sports Complex.

The Escambia County Health Department has issued health alerts for three county bayous.

Published: Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 11:05 p.m. Two locked, barred doors secure Lakewood Park Elementary, a school that resembles a detention center.