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NICEVILLE – Here are some of the incidents lawmen have been dealing with in the recent past: June 7: A man called Niceville Police to say the kayak he’d reported missing last year turned up in his...
View ArticleTourists look for indoor diversions
DESTIN — The tourists are certainly here, but the wet weather has pushed them from the beach to shopping destinations in massive numbers. Destin Commons and Silver Sands Premium Outlets report huge...
View ArticleRealtor finds trio living in house that's supposed to be unoccupied
Niceville Police have been dealing with the following calls that have come in during the recent past: June 26: A manager at Walmart called to say their soft drink machines had been broken into. Their...
View ArticleLocal homeless organization offers financial training to clients
FORT WALTON BEACH — Vanette Jones never thought she was bad with money. She was just a single mother of three with a limited income that couldn’t meet her family’s needs. Now, after completing a...
View ArticleMay local climate summary
This summary of local climatological conditions was compiled by the Eglin Air Force Base Natural Resources division in Niceville. Read the summary.
View ArticleMan charged with DUI after accident
DESTIN - A man was arrested and charged with drunken driving Wednesday after a traffic crash on Airport Road on Wednesday, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. The two-vehicle wreck...
View ArticleAccidents keep first responders busy
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies had responded to 24 traffic accidents in Destin during the first 48 hours of the Fourth of July weekend, and the rest holiday may bring more of the same. “It...
View ArticleMan sought in Crestview carjacking
Crestview police are looking for a man they believe threatened a woman with a knife before taking off with her vehicle. The man approached the woman as she arrived to work at the Lowe's located on...
View ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Readers share images of waterspouts, flooding
Here's a collection of photographs submitted to the Daily News from our readers as wet weather continues to drench the region. View the photos »
View ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Rainy day on the Emerald Coast
NORTHWEST FLORIDA — Traffic and rain was hard to avoid if you left your house today. View photos of how people dealt with the weather >>
View ArticleWaterspout develops into tornado (VIDEOS, GALLERY)
When weather alerts started sounding from Tim Bruse’s radio around 2 p.m. Friday, he knew something was up. “It started going crazy,” Bruse said. Bruce, who studied meteorology for about two years,...
View ArticleFlood advisories remain in effect
With more thunderstorms predicted for the rest of the weekend and the soil already saturated from days of rain, flash flood and flooding advisories remain in effect for much of northwest Florida. Many...
View ArticleMan says car fire was caused by burning wire
NICEVILLE – A man who tried to put out a car fire told officers and firefighters he opened the car door and found a burning wire. The incident occurred June 29 at an Azalea Drive residence. Police and...
View ArticleBicyclist, heavy-set woman steal porch swing, witness says
NICEVILLE – Who would steal a porch swing? Apparently a man on a bicycle and a heavy-set woman in a pickup truck. A man who lives on McKinley Street called Niceville Police on June 27 to let them know...
View ArticleReport: Phone-talking woman says she forgot to pay $320.47 for items
CRESTVIEW – A woman was arrested for trying to steal a shopping cart full of items from Walmart, lawmen say. The Crestview Police Department obtained this statement from a loss prevention associate...
View ArticleBagby taking Walton TDC job in stride
The new executive director of Walton County’s Tourist Development Council has been on the job just three weeks, but seems to be taking things in stride during the county’s busiest time of the year....
View ArticleNWF State satellite campuses to get new leaders (DOCUMENT)
Northwest Florida State College is beginning new chapters at several of its satellite campuses. By the first week of August, four of the six sites in Okaloosa and Walton counties will have new...
View ArticleFWB man awarded Doolittle Raiders crest
FORT WALTON BEACH — Over the last 12 years, Wes Fields has traveled across the country and around the world with the Doolittle Raiders, giving his time and energy to a group of people he says are the...
View ArticleRain continues Saturday, but relief should come this week (VIDEO, GALLERY)
Meteorologists on Saturday were predicting normal summer scattered thunderstorms and showers by the beginning of the week as officials across the Emerald Coast still were dealing with flooded roads...
View ArticleTwo drivers cited after hitting cars
FORT WALTON BEACH - Two drivers hit several parked vehicles and other objects in separate incidents Friday afternoon, according to police. An elderly man hit four vehicles in the parking lot of the...
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