Compass Rose dock plan sparks opposition (DOCUMENT)
VALPARAISO — The Compass Rose restaurant has requested Department of Environmental Protection permission to build a dock extending nearly 100 feet into Tom’s Bayou. The plan has met with opposition...
View ArticleThousands beg for booty at annual Bowlegs parade (PHOTO GALLERY)
Plastic sword hoisted high in the air, 3-year-old Aeryana Tenore showed off her strategy for collecting beads before the 58th annual Billy Bowlegs Torchlight Parade. “Arrghhh, matey,” she growled,...
View ArticleWalton County’s economic development hindered by ‘north-south mentality,’...
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — This week Jim Miller of the Institute of Senior Professionals told the Walton County Commission what he said it needed to hear about the track record of its economic development...
View ArticleTeen sentenced for robbery
CRESTVIEW - A 15-year-old boy was sentenced to 25 years in prison for attempted robbery with a firearm, shooting into an occupied vehicle, burglary of a conveyance, and grand theft auto. In May 2012,...
View ArticleTwo taken to hospital after traffic crash
Two people were taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola in serious condition after an accident Thursday morning on Old Bethel Road west of Staff Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol....
View ArticleSchool bus driver dies from bacterial meningitis
MILTON — A Santa Rosa School Bus driver is dead from bacterial meningitis and some students may have been exposed, according to the Santa Rosa County Health Department. The health department said...
View ArticleLocal pilot makes emergency landing at North Carolina school
Editor's note: This story is special to the Daily News from its sister paper, the Times-News of Hendersonville, N.C. To view the story in its entirety, click here. To view the Times-News website,...
View ArticleNavarre graduate a ‘go-to girl’
NAVARRE— When Jinah Burman stepped into Navarre High School four years ago she wasn’t happy. Her parents had urged her to enroll in the school’s Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps and it was...
View ArticleMiss Captive Queen returns to Bowlegs Festival (PHOTO GALLERIES)
FORT WALTON BEACH — Sheila Morgan still remembers the moment her name was called and she stepped forward to get her pirate hat crown. The 73-year-old woman was named Miss Captive Queen in 1956 and...
View ArticleStudents get Head Start on science
FORT WALTON BEACH — Jaiden Grant leaned forward but kept his hand close to his body as he waited anxiously for permission to pick up a cotton swab coated in red paint to begin his color wheel. The...
View ArticleReport: Woman says she can't be detained because she's a federal attorney
FORT WALTON BEACH – A woman told a Fort Walton Beach Police officer she was a federal attorney and could not be detained in an assault case. Moments later she was on the wrong end of a Taser. That’s...
View ArticleMan says he put his hands on his wife's neck to make her listen
FORT WALTON BEACH – A man told a Fort Walton Beach Police officer he put his hands around his wife’s neck to make her listen. That earned him a felony battery charge. The alleged battery happened May...
View ArticleThe Can Man nabbed for possession of shopping cart
FORT WALTON BEACH – A police officer had his hands full when the Can Man refused to cooperate and tried to use a shopping cart to prevent his arrest. On May 14 a Fort Walton Beach Police officer...
View ArticleLetter claiming anthrax exposure sent to local judge
A “hand-written threatening letter” addressed to Okaloosa County Judge T. Patterson Maney that notified the person opening it they’d been exposed to the poison anthrax was confiscated Wednesday by...
View ArticleNavarre groups looking to expand ecotourism
NAVARRE BEACH — Three organizations are looking to expand services and increase environmental awareness and education on Navarre Beach. The Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce hosted an awareness...
View ArticleScott signs ethanol bill into law
State Rep. Matt Gaetz’s long quest to repeal a requirement that gasoline sold in Florida contain some percentage of the supplement ethanol is over. Legislation that began as H.B. 4001 was signed late...
View ArticleNeighbors mourn loss of Jack the Bicycle Man (GALLERY)
For about 25 years, Leon Sulfridge, better known as “Jack the Bicycle Man,” lined up bicycles he found and repaired in his front lawn. He would spend much of his day sitting on the front porch of his...
View Article2 dead after tornado hits Oklahoma City area
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tornadoes rolled in from the prairie and slammed Oklahoma City and its suburbs on Friday, killing a mother and baby and crumbling cars and tractor-trailers along a major...
View ArticleMorrison Springs closed to swimmers
CARYVILE - Morrison Springs will be closed to swimmers this weekend due to a high amount of fecal bacteria in the water, according to Gerry Demers, Interim Walton County Administrator. The park itself...
View ArticleForest Service asks locals to be cautious with outdoor fires
WALTON COUNTY - The Florida Forest Service is asking locals to be cautious with any outdoor fires until the area receives significant rainfall, according to a news release from the agency. Although...
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