Church on Eighth Avenue catches fire
CRESTVIEW - A church on Eighth Avenue reportedly was burning Wednesday night. Several fire departments were sent to the scene at 7:30 p.m., according to the North Okaloosa Fire Department. Onlookers...
View ArticlePolice investigate stabbing on Davis Lane
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS - Police were investigating a stabbing Wednesday afternoon. After receiving a 911 call about a person being stabbed, officers went to 226 Davis Lane about 3:45 p.m. and found the...
View Article'I am sorry; no good; it's OK'
FORT WALTON BEACH – A Honduran man said nothing about a stabbing accusation except “I am sorry; no good; it’s OK,” according to an arrest report. On May 26 Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputies went to a...
View Article'I ain't (redacted) leaving and you can't make me'
OKALOOSA ISLAND – A drunk man who was shouting profanities at children and others on the beach was arrested after he resisted an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy. The incident occurred May 26 on the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Church destroyed in evening fire
CRESTVIEW — The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a Wednesday night fire that destroyed a church on Eighth Avenue. Firefighters were called to Full Gospel Tabernacle Church at 7:05 p.m....
View ArticlePolice searching for attempted murder suspect
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS - Police are asking for help to find a suspect in an attempted killing. Investigators have obtained warrants for burglary to an occupied dwelling while armed and attempted...
View ArticleOfficials discover marijuana plants during training exercise
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS - Officers discovered a marijuana garden Wednesday while conducting a training exercise near Fish or Cut Bait Road, according to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office. Officers at Walton...
View ArticleMan convicted in sexual battery case
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — A 22-year-old man was found guilty today of sexual battery on a minor. Riordan Edward Boblitt was convicted of lewd and lascivious battery on a victim 12 years of age or older but...
View ArticleTwo arrested after meth lab found in home
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Two people were arrested Wednesday after a welfare check at a home revealed a methamphetamine lab. Chad R. Graham, 32, and Tasha A. Pettit, 24, face charges after law officers found...
View ArticleGlee Camp students will perform ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie Junior’
NICEVILLE — Three years ago, Lauren Abel wasn’t sure what she was getting into when she attended Northwest Florida State College’s Glee Camp. Now, the 15-year-old will have a lead role in the summer...
View ArticleSanta Rosa approves sale of Navarre Community Center
MILTON — The sale of the Navarre Community Center has been approved. County commissioners on Thursday unanimously accepted the Navarre Area Board of Realtors’ offer to purchase the building for...
View ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: View the latest beach photos
OKALOOSA ISLAND — As the temperatures rise and summer begins, crowds of people came out to the beaches today near the Okaloosa Island fishing pier. View the latest beach photos >>
View ArticleCozzie tapes close testimony in murder trial
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS —Assistant State Attorney Bobby Elmore let Steven Cozzie’s own words put the final touch Thursday to his case for conviction of first-degree murder. Two weeks after his arrest for the...
View ArticleTwo killed in wreck on U.S. 98
MARY ESTHER — Two people were killed and six others were injured Thursday afternoon in a six-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 98 just east of Hurlburt Field’s main gate. Both fatalities were in the same...
View ArticleTwo men charged with burglary
MILTON - Two men have been arrested in connection with a burglary on Panther Drive early Thursday. The homeowner woke up just before 3 a.m. and noticed her TV and several other items were missing from...
View ArticleUPDATE: FHP releases more details on Thursday's fatal wreck
In the wake of Thursday’s fatal seven-vehicle wreck on U.S. Highway 98 near Hurlburt Field’s gate, officials say they know it is a dangerous stretch of road and that improvements cannot come quickly...
View ArticleWoman pleads no contest to Easter Sunday bicyclist death
FORT WALTON BEACH — A 28-year-old woman accused of killing a cyclist on Easter Sunday last yearhas pleaded no contest. Rhea Reynolds of Niceville is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 21 for leaving the...
View ArticleMan who beat, robbed elderly couple sentenced to 30 years
FORT WALTON BEACH — Doris Guthrie remembers being calm as she approached the front of the courtroom Thursday, where the man who beat her and her husband after breaking into their home last year waited...
View ArticleAttempted murder suspect turns himself in
A stabbing suspect turned himself in to the Walton County Sheriff's Office at about 10:25 a.m. Friday, according to the DeFuniak Springs Police Department. Ronnie Lamont Phillips, 47, of DeFuniak...
View ArticlePolice say rock band associates went on wild golf cart ride
NICEVILLE – Officers are looking into incidents involving bears, hell-raising rock band members, and air-conditioner thieves, according to paperwork from the Niceville Police Department. On May 23 a...
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