Local woman organizing vigil for Connecticut shooting victims
A Fort Walton Beach woman is helping organize a candlelight vigil Saturday in remembrance of the shooting victims at the Sandy Hook Elementary School
View ArticleOkaloosa agrees to sue Vision Airlines for unpaid fees
Okaloosa County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to sue Vision Airlines to recoup more than $146,000 in unpaid fees.
View ArticleLive nativity open until Christmas Eve (SLIDESHOW)
A star shines brightly outside Santa Rosa Mall.
View ArticleIncrease in property crimes reported
Police are investigating a recent trend of property crimes, especially burglaries of vacant homes and utility buildings, according to DeFuniak Springs police.
View ArticleWalton County Santa Patrol gives out gifts to those in need (SLIDESHOW)
Walton County Sheriff's deputies and volunteers handed out goodies to families in need at the extension office on Tuesday for the annual "Santa Patrol."
View ArticleMan arrested for resisting officers
A Fort Walton Beach man has been released on bond after he was arrested Dec. 12 for resisting Walton County sheriff’s deputies during and after a traffic stop, according to his arrest report.
View ArticleNY WWII vet who liberated Nazi train dies in Fla.
Carrol Walsh, a retired state judge whose account of liberating Holocaust victims from a Nazi train led to reunions with the survivors 60 years later, has died. He was 91.
View ArticleHomeless for the holidays
The holidays are hard for Kenneth Schultz since he became homeless. Then again, so has every other day.
View ArticleShattered Newtown tries to make sense of tragedy
For a third straight day Wednesday, funeral processions rolled through a grieving Connecticut town trying to make sense of the massacre of 20 first-graders and six adults in an elementary school less...
View ArticleCrestview High teacher faces DUI, drug charges
A math teacher at Crestview High School has been charged with possession of a controlled substance and driving under the influence.
View ArticleState issues sweeping critique of Okaloosa spending oversight (DOCUMENT)
The Florida Auditor General has issued a sweeping critique of Okaloosa County commissioners’ oversight of the Tourist Development Council and the county’s use of bed tax money.
View ArticleObama, Boehner clash as cliff edge approaches
Fiscal cliff talks at a partisan standoff, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner swapped barbed political charges on Wednesday yet carefully left room for further negotiations on an...
View ArticleMan convicted of robbing 85-year-old
A 38-year-old Fort Walton Beach man was convicted Tuesday of robbery with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault on a person over 65 years old, according to the State Attorney’s Office.
View ArticleMen charged with breaking into home
Two men have been arrested for allegedly breaking into a home on County Highway 1883 early Sunday and terrorizing its residents.
View ArticleMan arrested for burglary
A 32-year-old man was arrested Wednesday morning after residents of a home on North 12th Street called DeFuniak Springs police when they heard someone trying to enter their home through a side window,...
View ArticleNo one injured in house fire
No one was injured during a house fire near Twin Hills Park.
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