Tennessee Titans cheerleaders visit Destin for annual calendar shoot...
DESTIN — Tennessee Titans cheerleader Whitney looked straight at the camera with the Gulf of Mexico behind her as she finished her photo shoot Tuesday morning. Whitney is one of 21 women who traveled...
View ArticleIzzo challenges incumbent Henkel in Niceville election
NICEVILLE — Incumbent Daniel Henkel will face opposition July 16 for his Group 4 seat on the City Council from Armand Izzo, a fellow military contractor. It will be the only contested race this year...
View ArticleOkaloosa continues TDC theft recovery (DOCUMENT)
More than a year after discovering former tourism head Mark Bellinger illegally purchased a house in Destin with a BP oil spill grant, Okaloosa County still is waiting to recoup its losses. Attorney...
View ArticleCollege sophomore will graduate from Choctaw Friday
FORT WALTON BEACH — Just over a year ago Sam George took a chance. Rather than staying on the traditional high school course, she set off to complete her senior year and begin her freshman year at...
View ArticleAirman receives Bronze Star after deployment (GALLERY)
EGLIN AFB — An airman with the 33rd Fighter Wing was awarded the Bronze Star on Tuesday for his service during his nearly year-long deployment in Southwest Asia. See pictures of the ceremony. >>...
View ArticleFHP finds Walton deputy at fault in beach accident (DOCUMENT)
The Florida Highway Patrol did not issue a citation to a Walton County sheriff's deputy who ran over a woman sunbathing on the beach last week. Although the FHP investigated the crash, troopers do not...
View ArticleMan hospitalized after house fire
FREEPORT - A house fire on Laird Drive sent one man to the hospital Tuesday morning, according to the Freeport Fire Department. Firefighters were called out about 11:40 a.m. after an electrical fire...
View ArticlePolice investigate child’s death
FORT WALTON BEACH - Police are investigating the death of a 13-month-old child. Officers and emergency medical crews were called to the Waterfront Rescue Mission Thrift Store on Hollywood Boulevard...
View ArticleGulf disturbance could become a storm, forecasters say
A weather disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico could strengthen into a tropical depression or tropical storm, forecasters said Wednesday morning. The disturbance was located in the south-central gulf and...
View ArticleChoctaw seniors 'out do what everyone else has done' (GALLERY)
FORT WALTON BEACH — The 2013 Choctawhatchee senior class topped the charts this year with their senior prank by setting up an entire beach scene in the parking lot of the high school. Mary Gates,...
View ArticleMan tells police stepdaughter pitched 'tantrum' over gas money
CRESTVIEW – A “tantrum” over gas money led to the arrest of a 22-year-old Crestview woman. According to a Crestview Police Department arrest report, on May 25 the woman asked her stepfather for gas...
View ArticleVictim says woman attacks her every month when she gets Ambien prescription...
CRESTVIEW – A woman is accused of pushing another female and throwing her to the ground. The victim said she does that every month when she gets her Ambien prescription filled. The incident occurred...
View ArticleMan says he rented laptop, pawned it, because he 'owed people money'
CRESTVIEW – A man who says he “owed people money” solved his debt problem by renting a computer, then pawning it, Crestview Police say. On May 25 the owner of Anything Pawn contacted police and told...
View ArticleHospital begins emergency mental health services
FORT WALTON BEACH — Fort Walton Beach Medical Center has begun providing Baker Act screenings and crisis stabilization services to Okaloosa County. The emergency mental health services were previously...
View ArticleInspiration in the face of cancer
SHALIMAR — Jackie Roy will not let her cancer define her. In fact, she says she will come away from the experience just as positive as before she discovered she had Stage 4 brain glioblastoma, the...
View ArticleTropical Storm Andrea forms in gulf, heads toward Florida
Officials are monitoring local beaches as the effects from newly named Tropical Storm Andrea began surfacing Wednesday. The National Weather Service’s storm track showed Andrea making landfall...
View ArticleCrestview senior overcame deaths, abandonment
CRESTVIEW — Inri Fales’ past has shaped her, but the high school senior has made up her mind that it won’t define her. In the years since her older brother took his own life and her father passed...
View ArticleAudit of FWB band budget reveals no serious problems
FORT WALTON BEACH — An audit of the budget of the Fort Walton Beach High School band has found no serious issues. The band’s finances were reviewed after an investigation of a discrimination complaint...
View ArticleChoctaw band director resigns
FORT WALTON BEACH - The director of the Choctawhatchee High School band has turned in his resignation. Chad Hannah notified school officials about two weeks ago that he would leave at the end of the...
View ArticleWoman injures foot, arm on boat propeller
OKALOOSA ISLAND - A woman was injured by a propeller while boating Wednesday evening, according to the Okaloosa Island Fire Department. Her right foot and left arm were cut. She was taken to Adventure...
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