Man confesses to auto burglaries
SANTA ROSA BEACH - A man confessed to taking items from two cars at Edgewater Condominiums earlier this week, according to the Walton County Sheriff's Office. On Monday, deputies investigated the...
View ArticleMan critical after caught in rip current
MIRAMAR BEACH — A 45-year-old man was pulled from the water Wednesday morning after getting caught in a rip current near Surf-side Condominiums. The man, whose name has not been released, was...
View ArticleTropical Storm Andrea bearing down on Fla.'s southern coast
MIAMI — Heavy rain was pouring across much of Florida early Thursday as the first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season headed toward the state's western coast and a new tropical storm...
View ArticleValparaiso men arrested for manufacturing meth
VALPARAISO — Two men were arrested at a home on Carie Way on Wednesday morning for manufacturing methamphetamine. A resident near the home called the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office concerned that...
View ArticleWoman slaps daughter, gets herself arrested for abuse
CRESTVIEW – A woman was arrested by Crestview Police after she allegedly slapped her daughter in the face, scratching her neck. The confrontation occurred May 20 at a Southern Court residence. It...
View ArticleHomeless man takes cab ride, then says he can't pay
CRESTVIEW – A homeless man was charged with theft after he took a cab ride from North Okaloosa Medical Center to a parking lot on James Lee Boulevard and was unable to pay the bill. The incident...
View ArticleReport: Woman slaps and claws boyfriend over cheating
CRESTVIEW – A local man learned the hard way it doesn’t pay to cheat on your significant other, especially when your significant other might wallop you in the eye. Crestview Police say that on May 20,...
View ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: School's out for summer
VALPARAISO — With just hours left in their eighth-grade year, a trio of best friends wandered the halls of Lewis School, recording the journey on their iPhones. “My last day of middle school,” Justin...
View ArticleBaker boy dies after ATV accident
BAKER — An 11-year-old boy died Wednesday night following an ATV accident. Wyatt Oglesby was riding on the front cargo rack of a 1997 Honda FourTrax driven by 14-year-old Taylor Oglesby about 4:45...
View ArticleEOC exams again will not hurt Okaloosa students’ grades
Okaloosa County’s end-of-course exams once again will not negatively impact students’ grades. School district officials made the announcement Thursday morning during a School Board workshop. “We...
View ArticleOkaloosa officials sorting through initial FCAT results
Okaloosa County school officials still are in the early stages of sorting through the first batch of FCAT results. The unexpected scores showed the number of students passing the writing exam had...
View ArticleWalton EDA hears strategic report
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Walton County’s Economic Development Alliance was receptive Thursday to some pointed suggestions aimed at improving the local business climate. Alliance members — three county...
View ArticleTropical Storm Andrea closes Gulf to swimmers (VIDEO, GALLERY)
Tropical Storm Andrea closed local waters Thursday as she made her way through Florida’s Big Bend area. The first-named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season made landfall at 5:40 p.m. EDT about 10...
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View ArticleSwimming still banned at Morrison Springs
CARYVILLE - Swimming at Morrison Springs will continue to be prohibited until further notice. Water samples taken on Wednesday found high levels of fecal indicator bacteria. The springs have been...
View ArticleMan charged with accosting women
CRESTVIEW - A man was arrested Thursday for accosting two women in a parking lot, according to Crestview police. The women accused L’Vaughn Trai Carlisle, 32, of pinning them in their vehicles at a...
View ArticleDeputies make arrest in connection with N.H. homicide
PACE — A 30-year-old New Hampshire man was issued a warrant for his arrest for his connection in a 2010 homicide at a state prison in Concord, N.H. Thomas Bradford Milton, who was living in Pace while...
View ArticleRoommate gives cat away; owner searching
FORT WALTON BEACH — A Fort Walton Beach woman is searching for her pet of nearly eight years — a special needs cat named Dante. Alex McAllaster returned from a six-week sailing trip to find her cat...
View ArticlePersonal watercraft hits bridge; two injured (GALLERY)
SHALIMAR — A personal watercraft carrying a father and son was pushed by a wave into one of the pilings for the Shalimar Bridge on Friday morning, according to rescue workers. The accident happened...
View ArticleObama defends phone data collection program
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama vigorously defended the government's newly disclosed collection of massive amounts of information from phone and internet records on Friday as a necessary...
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