Incoming cadets get a taste of Navarre’s Navy Junior ROTC (GALLERY)
NAVARRE — Future Navy Junior ROTC students at Navarre High School are getting an early taste of what to expect in the coming years. The 84 incoming cadets are trying their hands at knot-tying, drills...
View ArticleTools, computers stolen from Habitat for Humanity
FREEPORT — Walton County Habitat for Humanity’s staff members were horrified Tuesday morning to learn that someone had broken into their ReStore over the weekend and stolen more than $7,500 worth of...
View ArticleRelatives describe Steven Cozzie’s troubled life (GALLERY)
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — A young Kentucky girl took the stand Tuesday to describe an attack at Cassine Gardens just one week before 15-year-old Courtney Wilkes’ body was found two years ago. The now...
View ArticleSchool Board renews food services contract
A national food service company will continue to serve meals to Okaloosa County students for another year following the School Board’s approval last week. Sodexo America was hired in July 2009 to...
View ArticleLegislators to speak to ECAR, BIA members
FORT WALTON BEACH — Realtors and builders have partnered to bring Northwest Florida state legislators together to discuss the recent legislative session and its effect on real estate. The Emerald...
View ArticleStudents lobby Okaloosa to fight candy-flavored tobacco
FORT WALTON BEACH— Okaloosa County commissioners on Tuesday put their support behind local high school students working to ban the sale of candy-flavored tobacco products. The board voted unanimously...
View ArticleNWF State president describes repeated efforts to oust him (DOCUMENT)
NICEVILLE — Months of simmering rumors and speculation about the future of Northwest Florida State College President Ty Handy reached a boiling point Tuesday at the board of trustees meeting. Reading...
View ArticleNiceville teen dies after pulled from Gulf
PENSACOLA - A 16-year-old boy from Niceville who was pulled from the Gulf Mexico off Okaloosa Island earlier this month has died. The family of Malo Paul said he passed away Sunday. The teen had...
View ArticleMan convicted of burglary, grand theft
CRESTVIEW - A man has been convicted of breaking into a home and taking a television, clothing and jewelry, according to the state attorney’s office. The victims left their home on Old Bethel Road for...
View ArticleMan caught after fleeing deputies
SANTA ROSA BEACH - A man was arrested Tuesday after he ran from his bail bondsman and Walton County sheriff's deputies. Douglas Alfred Dunnigan, 32, of Santa Rosa Beach, ran away after bondsman Mark...
View ArticleMen rob Circle K on Garcon Point Road
MILTON - Santa Rosa County sheriff's deputies are searching for two men who robbed a Circle K store on Garcon Point Road early Tuesday. The men entered the store through the back door about 12:45...
View ArticleNatura Pet Products recalls dry pet food
FREMONT, Neb. — Natura Pet Products is voluntarily recalling specific lots of dry pet food because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella can affect animals eating the...
View ArticleNWF State approves Handy’s contract, 2013-14 budget (DOCUMENT)
NICEVILLE — Northwest Florida State College President Ty Handy’s contract has been renewed for another three years. Read the contract » Under the amended contract, Handy’s salary will increase by 1.5...
View ArticleTropical Storm Barry forms off Mexican coast
MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Tropical Storm Barry has formed off the southeastern Mexican coast. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the Atlantic season's second tropical storm is drenching...
View ArticleWhooping cough confirmed in Walton
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS - The Walton County Health Department has confirmed a case of pertussis, or whooping cough. The victim’s family and immediate friends have been contacted and are being treated. The...
View ArticleMorrison Springs reopened, advisory still in place
CARYVILLE - Walton County officials reopened Morrison Springs Wednesday afternoon. The springs had been closed to swimmers since June 3 after high levels of fecal bacteria were found. Although levels...
View ArticleCozzie’s fate in jurors’ hands (GALLERY)
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS —Twelve jurors have spent seven days listening to testimony during the trial and penalty phases of the first-degree murder trial of Steven Cozzie. Thursday, each will be asked to...
View ArticleFWB City Council supports higher tax cap (DOCUMENT)
FORT WALTON BEACH — Faced with rising costs and declining revenues, a majority of the City Council has backed a plan to raise property taxes to avoid cutting services such as police, fire and...
View ArticleTeen dies after trying to save friend
NICEVILLE — Laurie Jones wasn’t surprised at the circumstances behind her 16-year-old son’s death. On the evening of June 8, 15-year-old J’Melia Richardson was swept off a sandbar in the Gulf of...
View ArticleActor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51
LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Gandolfini, whose portrayal of a brutal, emotionally delicate mob boss in HBO's "The Sopranos" helped create one of TV's greatest drama series and turned the mobster...
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