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One of the first questions she asked Superintendent Bill Husfelt was if there are exit interviews conducted to find out why employees are leaving. Husfelt said it s the law that exit interviews are conducted.
Before Husfelt went any further, he called Arnold High School Principal Britt Smith up to the podium to describe what has been said to him in the exit interviews. He has several people leaving Arnold. The first one I spoke to, excellent teacher, loved by parents and so forth, the statement on his resignation is to pursue better economic opportunities, Smith said. And that was a math teacher, upper-level math.
TYNDALL AFB Tyndall Air Force Base is hosting more than 2,000 personnel and more than 70 fighter jets from all over the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy for Checkered Flag training.
Checkered Flag is one of the largest air-to-air combat simulation exercises the Department of Defense has to offer. Pilots get real-life training by shooting live missiles at targets.
Checkered Flag started last week and will run through Friday. Tyndall hosts Checkered Flag twice a year, with the other one usually scheduled in November.
Tyndall resembled the Air Force base of old on Friday with the number of jets that were on the flight line. Tyndall has been in rebuild mode since it was devastated by Hurricane Michael in 2018. There were F-18E Super Hornets, F-22 Raptors, F-15E Strike Eagles and the F-35A Lightnings, which will land at Tyndall with three squadrons in 2023.
PANAMA CITY A three-vehicle crash on U.S. 231 on Friday night killed two people and put a toddler in critical condition.
The crash occurred about 9:35 p.m., according to a press release by the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), which did not identify the victims. A 65-year-old man from Altha, Florida, was driving a sedan south on U.S. 231 when he crossed into the northbound lane and struck a car that was traveling north in the inside lane.
The vehicle that was struck had a 29-year-old man who was driving, a 21-year-old female passenger and a 1-year-old child, all from Panama City, the FHP reported. The driver suffered serious injuries and the toddler was in critical condition. The woman was taken to Bay Medical Center, where she died.