FWC finds body of missing Crab Island swimmer
DESTIN — The body of a missing swimmer was found Monday evening near Crab Island by officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Divers with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s...
View Article23-year-old man dies from gunshot wounds
A 23-year-old Fort Walton Beach man has died after being shot outside his residence Monday night. According to the Fort Walton Beach Police Department, officers arrived at 23 Maples Street at...
View ArticleNWF State budget similar to 2014-15
NICEVILLE — Northwest Florida State College’s overall budget will remain largely unchanged in the upcoming budget year. After delaying the final approval because the state was slow to pass its budget,...
View ArticleCommission delays decision on Confederate flag
SANTA ROSA BEACH – This civil war will rage on for two more weeks. Walton County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday evening to hold off voting until their next meeting to decide whether they’ll...
View ArticleNAACP to address racial climate in schools
The Okaloosa County branch of the Florida State Conference of the NAACP is hosting a town hall meeting at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Life Missionary Baptist Church in Crestview. Dale Landry, the...
View ArticleThe little spacecraft that could: After 3 billion miles, New Horizons sweeps...
CAPE CANAVERAL — In a day of both jubilation and tension, scientists waited anxiously Tuesday for NASA's New Horizons spacecraft to send word across 3 billion miles and confirm it got humanity's first...
View ArticleDeath marks city’s third homicide of 2015
A 23-year-old Fort Walton Beach man died early Tuesday after being shot outside a house on Maples Street. He is the third victim of a homicide in a recent string of fatal crimes in the city. The...
View ArticleMan facing drug charges after trying to flee and crashing into a patrol car
FORT WALTON BEACH - A 28-year-old Fort Walton Beach man is facing drug charges after a search warrant was served at his home. Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office members served the warrant on June 26,...
View ArticleWoman accused of leaving five young children home alone
FORT WALTON BEACH - A 22-year-old woman is charged with leaving five children between the ages of 1 and 5 home alone. Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputies were called around 12:30 a.m. by a neighbor who...
View ArticleMan pulled over for fleeing while 'practicing' on motorcycle
MARY ESTHER - A 27-year-old Mary Esther man is charged with fleeing Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputies after being called in as a possible drunken driver on a motorcycle. Deputies spotted the...
View ArticleMan arrested for truck theft after crash
FORT WALTON BEACH - A 36-year-old Fort Walton Beach man is accused of taking an acquaintance's truck without permission and crashing it. Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputies responded to the crash at...
View ArticleTeen accused of taking truck bumper
DESTIN - A Florala, Alabama, teen is accused of removing the bumper from a truck in an apartment complex parking lot and driving away with it. Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputies were called about the...
View Article3:50 p.m. UPDATE: Shots fired at car, victim airlifted
FORT WALTON BEACH — Authorities are investigating yet another shooting in Okaloosa County. Emergency responders were called out to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard around 10:20 a.m. Wednesday after a...
View ArticleOne injured in rollover off of 331
FREEPORT - A Freeport woman was seriously injured in a single vehicle crash Wednesday morning. Jennifer T. Nick was in the U.S. Post Office Parking lot at 77 Breckyn Loop when she “became incoherent”...
View ArticleConfederate flag comes down after more than 50 years
CRESTVIEW — City workers last week quietly removed the rebel flag from its East First Avenue post at the William “Bill” Lundy Memorial. It had fluttered in the city, though not always in the same...
View ArticleNorth Okaloosa residents worry about dog disappearances
BAKER -- Some residents of North Okaloosa County fear there’s a ring of thieves stealing their pets. “We are having a major problem in our area, and we desperately need your help. There are currently...
View ArticleWCSO releases ages of boys involved in incident with NFL coach
The Walton County Sheriff’s Office released the age of the teenager punched by NFL coach Aaron Kromer Wednesday, the same day the coach’s son was also charged with misdemeanor battery. Walton County...
View ArticleNew Humana, HCA deal not disclosed
A new contract or another expansion to the deadline in Humana and HCA’s contract negotiations had been reached Wednesday, but details of the deal have not been released. A spokesperson for the Fort...
View ArticleBig Kahuna’s opens new slide with fundraiser
DESTIN — Sometimes a day at the office isn’t so bad. Especially when the office sends you down the newest slide at Big Kahuna’s Water & Adventure Park. Wednesday morning, local leaders celebrated...
View ArticleOne injured in drive-by shooting
FORT WALTON BEACH — Authorities are investigating yet another shooting in Okaloosa County. Emergency responders were called out to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at about 10:20 a.m. Wednesday after...
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