Hackers shutting down computers
Criminals are hacking into local home computers, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. The computers go black or blank before a message appears telling the user that the FBI has blocked...
View ArticleMan arrested after standoff
FORT WALTON BEACH — A man was arrested Wednesday afternoon after threatening his ex-girlfriend with a bolt-action shotgun, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. The victim told deputies...
View ArticleMan denies meth is his, says it's a 'meth neighborhood'
CRESTVIEW – A man explained away a quantity of methamphetamines found at the spot he was hiding from lawmen at as the result of the neighborhood being a “meth neighborhood.” On June 1 Crestview Police...
View ArticleTropical Storm Barry moves ashore in Mexico
VERACRUZ, Mexico — Tropical Storm Barry hit Mexico's Gulf Coast on Thursday, lashing the state of Veracruz with heavy rains but causing only minor flooding and no heavy damage in its first hours over...
View ArticleJury recommends death for Cozzie by 12-0 vote
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — A Walton County jury has decided that Seagrove Beach resident Steven Cozzie should die for the murder of 15-year-old Courtney Wilkes. The 12-member panel deliberated for two hours...
View ArticlePuppies looking for home: 'There’s nothing better'
FORT WALTON BEACH — Jessica Bauer struggled to keep her balance Thursday in her backyard as seven puppies quickly made their way to her. Bauer and her husband, Ian, have been caring for the puppies...
View ArticleMan steals two vehicles, slashes victim with box cutter
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS —A Santa Rosa Beach man was arrested Thursday after he carjacked two vehicles and cut one victim with a box cutter, according to police. A woman reported a carjacking in the parking...
View ArticleCounty gives tentative OK to buy boat for reef
Okaloosa County commissioners have tentatively approved a plan to sink an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico off Okaloosa Island. The board placed several conditions on the proposal to construct...
View ArticleDEP developing beach monitoring program
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Although BP-funded beach monitoring has ended in parts of Florida affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the state Department of Environmental Protection hopes a new...
View ArticleNWF State approved for seventh bachelor’s program (DOCUMENT)
NICEVILLE — Northwest Florida State College will offer a new low-cost bachelor’s degree program path in the fall. School officials were notified this week that the Florida Department of Education had...
View ArticleLocal century plants bloom
It’s the time of year when century plants bloom, sending their asparagus-like stalks up into the sky, flowering and then dying. For most of their lives, the plants are visible as a pointed cluster of...
View ArticleMan charged with sexual battery
SANTA ROSA COUNTY - A man was arrested Wednesday and charged with the sexual battery. On March 22, Alexander Christian Tilkens, 21, of Eglin Air Force Base, allegedly had sex with the victim while she...
View ArticleDeputies charge man with sexual battery
DESTIN - A man was arrested Monday and charged with sexual battery on a victim over 12 years old with no physical force. Michael William Meyerholz Jr., 28, of Destin, offered the victim a place to...
View ArticleMan faces computer porn, child exploitation charges
CRESTVIEW - A 79-year-old man was arrested in a Crestview hotel Wednesday evening by U.S. marshals and Okaloosa County sheriff's deputies, according to a U.S. Marshals Service news release. Norman...
View ArticleU.S. marshals capture two fugitives
MILTON - Two Santa Rosa County fugitives were captured by the U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Task Force on Friday, according to a news release. Christopher Stephen Ray Cassity was arrested at 6:30...
View ArticleIf your name is Cody and you are awesome, police would like to speak with you
NICEVILLE – Police are looking into the following incidents that occurred in the city in the recent past: On June 3, a caller reported that a house under construction on Chimney Rock Circle had been...
View ArticleGirlfriends battle until one ends up in jail cell
NICEVILLE – A woman was arrested after she grabbed her girlfriend and slammed her against a door, Niceville Police say. On June 9 officers went to a Powell Drive residence to check out a disturbance....
View ArticlePolice hold the Mayo
NICEVILLE – Lawmen say that as one man shopped for personal items at a local discount store, another helped himself to the man’s drill. The incident occurred June 1, according to a Niceville Police...
View ArticleFoster named Daily News publisher
Skip Foster, a veteran publisher and Florida native, will be the next publisher of the Northwest Florida Daily News and will also oversee weekly newspapers in Crestview, Destin, Walton County and...
View ArticleFatal crash on U.S. Highway 98 near Rue Caribe (GALLERY)
An Alabama man was killed in a two-vehicle accident late Friday morning on U.S. Highway 98 near Silver Sands Premium Outlets, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. View a photo gallery of the...
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