High school student vowed to make a difference
To nominate a student for Youth Spotlight, email wvictora@nwfdailynews.com or call 315-4478. CRESTVIEW — Jayde Terrell isn’t one for taking the easy road. Instead, the 17-year-old said when she...
View ArticleOkaloosa appoints RESTORE Act committee
Okaloosa County commissioners have selected 11 residents to serve on the panel to help decide how RESTORE Act money will be spent locally. The Okaloosa RESTORE Act Advisory Committee is designed to...
View ArticleA matter of self-image: Girl takes Turner Syndrome in stride
NICEVILLE — As Kelsey Jones flipped through her teen Bible, she paused at a particular note in the book. “You are made in my image. You are worthy, not for what you do, how you look or what you own …...
View ArticleDisc Golfing at Ferry Park (SLIDESHOW)
Click here to see a photo gallery of area residents enjoying the disc golf course at Ferry Park in Fort Walton Beach on Sunday.
View ArticleHitchhiking cat 'Mata Hairi' headed home to Oregon
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A well-traveled cat named "Mata Hairi" will soon be reunited with her owner after spending nearly 10 months traveling thousands of miles with a hitchhiker who rescued her from the...
View ArticleReport: Woman says she has no pot; she has 28 grams of pot
NICEVILLE – A woman who told an officer she didn’t have any marijuana actually had 28 grams of marijuana, according to an arrest report. On May 14 an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy approached a car...
View ArticleNiceville Police investigating theft of purse, alleged assault, motor thief
NICEVILLE – Niceville Police are dealing with the following incidents that occurred within city limits in the recent past: June 13: A woman left her purse in her car on Bayshore Drive and somebody...
View ArticleWoman says she took pills because she had run out of her own
NICEVILLE – A woman was arrested after lawmen found her with another person’s prescription drugs. The incident occurred June 6. Niceville Police had received information about an alleged theft and...
View ArticleDeputies investigating Crab Island battery
CRAB ISLAND – Investigators are sorting through more than a dozen statements to find out whether an arrest is warranted in an incident at Crab Island Saturday afternoon. Callers reported that a...
View ArticlePace man accused of sexually abusing a minor
A Pace man was arrested and charged with multiple felonies after lawmen say he sexually abused a minor. Brian Keith Simmons Sr., 41, is facing five counts of lewd and lascivious molestation of a...
View ArticleSuspected murderer dies before facing trial (GALLERY)
FORT WALTON BEACH — For nearly 16 years, Pluma Bell Sanford’s daughters hoped they would see the man responsible for their mother’s death sit in court. They wanted to hear a jury tell him he was...
View ArticleParents press board over future of STEMM school (DOCUMENTS)
FORT WALTON BEACH — It was standing room only Monday night at the Okaloosa County School Board meeting. Parents, students and various community members came out in a show of support for the Okaloosa...
View ArticleSanta Rosa health department asks for money
MILTON — Santa Rosa County’s health department is in the midst of a budget crisis and says fees for services could soon be rising. During the past five years, the health department has lost more than...
View ArticleNiceville seamstress uses skills to aid injured military members
Sally Dryden loves ripping up a good pair of athletic shorts or pajama pants. For the past six years, the Niceville woman has headed a local chapter of Sew Much Comfort, a national organization that...
View ArticleWalton to save $50 million for U.S. 331 bridge expansion
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Walton County Commissioners learned Monday they’re going to receive a check from the state for $50 million. And they didn’t even have to buy a lottery ticket. DOT District 3...
View ArticleFrom the archives: Even the FBI couldn't find the killer
Editiors note: This story was published April 20, 1983 as a part of a 12-part cold case series written by Staff Writer Tom Conner. Today marks the anniversary of Lynn Pyeatt's murder in 1975, which...
View ArticleSchool Board approves new contract with Embry-Riddle (DOCUMENT)
FORT WALTON BEACH — Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide will continue to operate programs at two local schools despite concerns raised earlier in the year. The Okaloosa County School Board...
View ArticleWoman says she spanked 2-year-old for poop mishap
CRESTVIEW – A local woman has been arrested and charged with child abuse after a 2-year-old in her care was found with bruises on his buttocks and legs. The bruises were first noticed by daycare...
View ArticleSister says brother hit her after she took beer bottles
CRESTVIEW – A man is accused of hitting his sister in the face after she took beer bottles away from, according to the Crestview Police Department. On June 7 at about 3 a.m., 27-year-old Ryian...
View ArticleReport: Woman threw glass at youth, cutting his arm
CRESTVIEW – A 22-year-old woman was charged with child abuse after she allegedly threw a glass at a youth, cutting his arm. On June 11 Crestview Police were called to a Cobb Avenue residence about the...
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