Santa Rosa OKs $239,000 for Health Department
MILTON — Santa Rosa County commissioners have decided to help the county Health Department through its budget shortfall. Commissioners on Thursday voted unanimously to approve $239,000 in emergency...
View ArticleImmigration overhaul: Senate passes historic bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — With a solemnity reserved for momentous occasions, the Senate passed historic legislation Thursday offering the priceless hope of citizenship to millions of immigrants living...
View ArticleOne dead, another injured in shooting
FORT WALTON BEACH — One man was killed and another was wounded Thursday afternoon during a shooting in the parking lot at Spanish Villa Condominiums on Wright Parkway. The men drove from the condo...
View ArticleFWB golf courses bouncing back
FORT WALTON BEACH —After more than a year of dealing with a greens-killing fungus, the city’s golf courses are rebounding slowly but surely. The dry, sandy patches aren’t entirely gone, but the Fort...
View ArticleChoice school ending horticulture program
FORT WALTON BEACH — The end of one longstanding program at Choice High School and Technical Center will help bolster other programs there. Friday and Saturday, longtime instructor Sandy Lichauer will...
View ArticleSummer brings a new look to the Gulf (GALLERY)
Every summer, snow cone stands pop up, tourists arrive and seaweed and animals wash ashore almost like a Southern tradition. See photos of some of the organisms that wash ashore locally. >>...
View ArticleMicrochip reunites lost dog with owner
No one will ever know how a pit bull named Legacy ended up in another city, more than a year after jumping the fence of her owner's Panama City Beach home. By the looks of her, the 2-year-old dog...
View ArticleFugitive recognized by officer on vacation
SANTA ROSA BEACH - Homeland Security officer vacationing in Walton County recognized a man wanted by the Drug Enforcement Administration and called the Walton County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday...
View ArticleOfficials seek public assistance in fatal shooting investigation
FORT WALTON BEACH — Officials are investigating a shooting Friday morning that killed one and left another in the hospital. Two men, who had been shot multiple times, were found pulled over in a...
View ArticleUPDATE: Officials seek public's help in fatal shooting investigation
6 a.m. UPDATE: FORT WALTON BEACH — The identities of the two men involved in a fatal shooting Thursday afternoon have not been released. Officials with the Fort Walton Beach Police Department said...
View ArticleUPDATE: Officials release additional details on fatal I-10 wreck
MILTON — Officials have identified two of the three people killed in the June 16 wreck on Interstate 10. Dustin Richard Davis, 22, of Chipley, Fla., was driving a 1993 Jeep Cherokee around 2:45 a.m....
View ArticleReport: Man stabbed couch near woman's head
DESTIN – Lawmen say a man stabbed the couch next to his girlfriend’s head after the two got into an argument. An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy went to a Sun Destin Resort unit on June 24 to...
View Article'You want to fight?'
MARY ESTHER – A woman is accused of going to her sister’s place of employment and challenging her to a fight. According to an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrest report, the 44-year-old Mary...
View ArticleWho's that knocking at the door? An angry ex
DESTIN – A woman is in hot water after she kicked in her former boyfriend’s door and attacked him, according to an arrest report. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says that on June 23 the woman...
View ArticleWalton schools looking for land (DOCUMENT)
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — The Walton County School District is looking for land. District officials started hunting for property in the south end after noticing the growth trend in the area appears to be...
View ArticleAdvisory issued for Shoreline Park
GULF BREEZE - The Santa Rosa County Health Department is advising against any water-related activities at the Shoreline Park because of high amounts of bacteria. The health department will continue...
View ArticleNavarre Taco Bell catches fire (GALLERY)
NAVARRE — An electrical fire destroyed the Taco Bell on U.S. Highway 98 on Friday afternoon, according to Holley-Navarre firefighters. See a photo gallery of the fire. >> There were no injuries,...
View ArticlePolice identify shooting victims
FORT WALTON BEACH — Police have released the identifies of two men from Navarre who were shot Thursday afternoon. Terrence L. Robinson, 19, was found dead in a blue Saturn sedan about 3:15 p.m. near...
View ArticleOsprey nest delays the removal of a construction crane
OKALOOSA ISLAND — Okaloosa County officials are waiting to remove a crane that has become the home of an osprey family. The crane owned by F&W Construction of Newton, Ala., likely will sit on...
View ArticlePadgett selects airports director (DOCUMENT)
Okaloosa County Administrator Ernie Padgett has recommended hiring Tallahassee aviation director Sunil Harman as the county’s next airports director. Padgett will present the recommendation to county...
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