School supplies tax-free this weekend (DOCUMENT)
Florida shoppers will get a tax break on school supplies this weekend. From 12:01 a.m. Friday through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, the state’s 6 percent sales tax will not be added to a variety of merchandise...
View ArticleResidents to give input on Navarre community center (DOCUMENT)
NAVARRE — Residents will soon have an opportunity to have their say in whether or not Navarre should have a new community center and what that facility would feature. Santa Rosa County Commissioners...
View ArticleMaking a Difference: ‘Paying my dues for all the blessings I’ve had’
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. BLUEWATER BAY — It...
View ArticleCapsized boat owner: ‘It could have been a disaster’
NICEVILLE — The first wave swept two children off the front of Pete Marchiando’s boat. The second wave washed completely over it. By the time the fourth wave struck, the 72-year-old Niceville man was...
View ArticleCouple with ‘filthy’ home charged with child neglect (DOCUMENT)
A Crestview-area couple were jailed after deputies entered their home to find cockroaches crawling on an infant and bottles of spoiled formula in a baby’s bassinet. David and Justina Rush were...
View ArticleCounty to boost fall tourism marketing (DOCUMENT)
As the summer tourist season enters its final weeks and bed tax revenues remain flat, Okaloosa County plans to be more aggressive in advertising local beaches as a fall destination. After a...
View ArticleCol. Bud Day to be laid to rest Thursday
On Thursday, Col. Bud Day will be dressed in his Air Force uniform for the last time and laid to rest in what could be the largest funeral Northwest Florida has ever seen. The services for the...
View Article'I asked her to stop and let me out and she wouldn’t. She kidnapped me'
FORT WALTON BEACH – A man denied burning his estranged wife with a cigarette, punching her in the face and trying to choke her. But Fort Walton Beach Police officers, seeing burns on her arm, and...
View ArticleHungry boyfriend cooks up girlfriend's wrath
FORT WALTON BEACH – Police arrested a woman who allegedly attacked her fiancé after he fussed at her about having no dinner. The incident occurred July 20 at a Destin Drive residence, Fort Walton...
View Article'I don't know what he's capable of anymore ... he scares me'
FORT WALTON BEACH – A man who went on a rampage, targeting his girlfriend and his father with beer bottles, doors and ashtrays, has been arrested for battery and other charges. On July 20, witnesses...
View ArticleU.S. Marshal's captures fugitives across Northwest Florida
The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested three individuals wanted for local crimes over the last several days. On July 23, Lloyd Russell Allen was arrested at a home on Chicago...
View ArticlePublic comment period on F-35 training closes
EGLIN AFB — The time for residents to lodge comments to be published along with a proposal to allow more F-35 jets to fly over Valparaiso has come to a close. About 66 people, most of them from...
View ArticleOkaloosa sets higher tentative tax rate (DOCUMENT)
Okaloosa County residents could see their property taxes increase by 4.3 percent in the coming fiscal year. County commissioners voted 3-2 Tuesday to raise the millage rate by a little more than 14...
View ArticleWater main break affects certain businesses on Okaloosa Island
OKALOOSA ISLAND—Water was shut off to several businesses east of Santa Rosa Boulevard on Tuesday afternoon so Okaloosa County water and sewer crews could repair a water main break. The break was the...
View ArticleSome Niceville residents upset Publix cost so many trees
NICEVILLE— The city may have earned itself a new nickname following the removal of dozens of trees along Rocky Bayou Road to make room for the new Publix grocery. Their absence has angered some...
View ArticleLocal child abuse victim speaks at conference
Katelyn Pendleton isn’t sure exactly where her future is going to take her. She says she wants to be a children’s advocate, a cardiologist or maybe an author. But even with an uncertain path ahead,...
View ArticleDriver hits man outside of Belk
DESTIN - A driver hit a man working on the plant beds outside Belk department store at Destin Commons about 1:40 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Destin Fire Department. The driver and the worker were...
View ArticleSheriff’s Office investigating ATM theft
NICEVILLE - The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating a burglary to an ATM at Coastal Bank and Trust on State Road 20. A deputy responding to the bank’s alarm at about 1 a.m. Tuesday...
View ArticlePolice called to look into purse thefts, trashing of car
NICEVILLE – The following incidents in the recent past were investigated or remain under investigation by Niceville Police: July 17: Somebody broke into a van on College Boulevard and stole the...
View ArticleMan arrested for yanking out girlfriend's hair weave
FORT WALTON BEACH – A man is in trouble after he pulled his girlfriend’s hair weave out, lawmen say. The two, who’ve been together 4½ months and live on Carmel Drive, got into an argument on July 23,...
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