Walton County under a flash flood watch
The Florida Panhandle is under a flash flood watch for the rest of the day. The area remains very saturated from recent rains and some impacted people reported flooding on Saturday, according to a...
View ArticleWoman says boyfriend cut off her clothes with box-cutter
FORT WALTON BEACH – A woman says her boyfriend used a box-cutter to strip her of her clothes in the parking lot of a local business. The incident occurred June 29, according to a Fort Walton Beach...
View ArticleReport: Woman being released pokes cop in eye
FORT WALTON BEACH – A 45-year-old woman who was being released by police after a complaint against her was dropped found herself back in hot water after she poked a Fort Walton Beach Police officer in...
View ArticleMan flicks high-beams, gets stopped; officers find pot
FORT WALTON BEACH – A man who was flicking his high-beams at oncoming traffic was stopped by lawmen, who found marijuana in his car. The stop was made on July 4 on Walter Martin Road. A Fort Walton...
View ArticleGrowth stretching Walton elementary schools (DOCUMENT)
SANTA ROSA BEACH — Two years after building a new middle school and a year after moving fifth-graders out of elementary schools to accommodate growth, schools serving the district’s youngest are...
View ArticleOkaloosa administrator proposes millage increase, gas tax hike
Okaloosa County Administrator Ernie Padgett has proposed a 10 percent property tax rate increase in the proposed 2013-14 tentative budget. The $278.9 million spending plan also calls for a 5-cent gas...
View ArticleAmbulance fees could rise in Okaloosa (DOCUMENT)
Okaloosa County Commissioners will vote Tuesday on a plan that calls for a substantial increase in ambulance transport fees. Under the proposal, the cost of basic and advanced life support ambulance...
View ArticleMaking a Difference: Mom leads brain injury support group
Editor's Note: This series recognizes people who make a difference in their communities. To nominate someone, call Wendy Victora at 315-4478 or email wvictora@nwfdailynews.com. MARY ESTHER — It was 20...
View ArticleInterstate 10, area bridges to see lane closures
HOLT — Lanes along Interstate 10 will be shut down for two to four weeks as crews begin work on a $1 million bridge rehabilitation project. The Florida Department of Transportation announced Monday...
View ArticleMan confuses addresses and chokes the wrong person
SANTA ROSA BEACH — Deputies responded to a call Sunday evening at Eagle Bay Court in regards to a woman whose husband was choked by a man who had gone to the wrong address. The woman told officials...
View ArticleDeputy sheriff applicant arrested for lewd and lascivious
NAVARRE — A 20-year-old man was arrested on charges of lewd and lascivious offense on a person between 12 and 16 shortly after applying to be a deputy at the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office. During...
View ArticleMotorcyclist killed Monday in Baker wreck
BAKER — A 53-year-old motorcyclist was killed Monday evening in a single-vehicle wreck. Robin E. Lucas of Wing, Ala., was driving eastbound on Kennedy Bridge Road approaching the left curve of the...
View ArticleLaurel Hill council votes to resume pay
LAUREL HILL — City Council members have voted unanimously to reinstate their pay. “For me, I would like my pay to come back in,” Councilman Johnny James said at Monday’s meeting. James, who was...
View ArticleMan with a taste for meat accused of raiding grocery store
FORT WALTON BEACH – Employees and witnesses say a man walked into a grocery store, picked out a selection of cuts of meats, then walked right past employees and left the store without paying for them....
View ArticleMan curses officer, defends possession of Angel Soft
FORT WALTON BEACH – A cursing man told a Fort Walton Beach Police officer he paid for two packs of toilet paper that were on his bicycle. But he could not produce a receipt and a store manager...
View ArticleOfficer pries marijuana flecks from man's teeth
FORT WALTON BEACH – A police officer pried pieces of marijuana from a suspect’s teeth after he allegedly chewed up and swallowed his “blunt” to avoid being arrested, lawmen say. On July 6 a Fort...
View ArticleWoman throws baby toward pursuing deputy
MARY ESTHER - A woman threw a 3-month-old baby toward an Okaloosa County sheriff's deputy Monday in Santa Rosa Mall’s parking lot after he tried to stop her on suspicion of shoplifting, according to...
View ArticleProperty values climb in Santa Rosa (DOCUMENT)
MILTON — For the first time in six years, property values in Santa Rosa County have gone up slightly and will reverse the trend of decreasing budgets. County Administrator Hunter Walker has submitted...
View ArticleOkaloosa OKs ambulance fee hikes (DOCUMENT)
Okaloosa County commissioners on Tuesday approved a plan that substantially increases ambulance transport fees starting Aug. 1. The cost of basic and advanced life support ambulance transports will...
View ArticleFWB, Val-p defend sewage spill responses
Fort Walton Beach and Valparaiso officials appeared before Okaloosa County commissioners Tuesday, vigorously defending their handling of three sewage spills that occurred July 6. County Public Safety...
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