Okaloosa, Santa Rosa students go back to school
More than 50,000 children in Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties will head back to class Monday morning. Students at Northwest Florida State College are returning as well. Walton County schools began...
View ArticleWalton County road damage report
South Walton: 1. Scenic Gulf DR at Poinciana is underwater. 2. South Geronimo has water all the way across the road, but it is passable. Public Works has put a sign up. 3. Open Gulf St is flooded,...
View ArticleProsecution rests in Floyd’s racketeering trial
CRESTVIEW — The names of some city leaders at the fringes of Crestview’s police corruption scandal bubbled to the surface Monday as the second week of former Police Maj. Joseph Floyd’s racketeering...
View ArticleCrestview couple brings medical care, supplies to Belize
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. CRESTVIEW — Dr. Joseph...
View ArticleCouncil delays science center proposal
FORT WALTON BEACH —The City Council will meet at 6 p.m. today to begin declaring various vacant and unused city-owned properties as surplus. But the Emerald Coast Science Center property won’t be...
View ArticleA new school year, a fresh start
Students in Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties returned to school Monday, and so did two reporters and a photographer from the Daily News. By the time the day was over, the Daily News’ staff had visited...
View ArticleVolunteer: Homeless man hit by car ‘was one of ours’
To the men and women who feed and clothe the homeless locally, the slight man with dirty blond hair was “Boudreaux.” That was the street name for Timothy Cooley, who died after walking in front of a...
View ArticlePolice seek armed robber
FORT WALTON BEACH — A man armed with a knife robbed the Walton Cleaners on Beal Parkway Monday afternoon, according to police. The man entered the store about 3:20 p.m., held a clerk at knifepoint and...
View ArticleMan arrested in stabbing
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — A 26-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing at the Oakdale Apartment complex Monday afternoon. DeFuniak Springs police officers were called about 1:30 p.m....
View ArticleWalton assessing damages caused by rain; flooding cuts power, sewer
SANTA ROSA BEACH — Officials were busy Monday dealing with the aftermath of even more flooding in Walton County. Heavy rain over the weekend — on top of record-breaking rainfall in July — flooded some...
View ArticleBus driver charged with careless driving
NICEVILLE -- A bus carrying 31 Bluewater Elementary School students struck the rear of another vehicle just before 4 p.m. Monday, the first day of school, according to the Florida Highway Patrol media...
View ArticleTourist from Scotland dies in Gulf
SEAGROVE BEACH — An autopsy will determine what caused the death of a Scottish tourist pulled from the surf Sunday afternoon. The man was in the Gulf of Mexico with his two children about 12:40 p.m....
View ArticleTeen charged in pedestrian’s death
A 16-year-old Gulf Breeze boy was arrested Tuesday in connection with the death of a pedestrian on Laurel Drive in March. William A. Goodman III has bee charged with vehicular manslaughter and...
View ArticleFour men charged in the Case of the Purloined Pelican (DOCUMENTS)
NAVARRE – It must have been a strange sight – a sports utility vehicle with no tag driving along Navarre Parkway with a large pelican statue hanging from the back end. It was strange enough to prompt...
View ArticleHorizons seeks donations for annual beach trip
Horizons of Okaloosa County will treat 75 of its clients to a four-day beach getaway at Cape San Blas in mid-September. The annual trip to William J. Rish Recreational Park is the highlight of the...
View ArticleMeth lab discovery snarls Crestview traffic
CRESTVIEW — John King Road was closed for several hours Tuesday afternoon after a man was discovered walking down the street with equipment used in a meth lab, according to police. The man, who was...
View ArticleSanta Rosa teacher wins STEM grant
NAVARRE — A Holley-Navarre Middle School teacher’s plan to expand the science, technology, engineering and math offerings at her school just became a reality. ING announced Tuesday morning that Kathy...
View ArticleFloyd to testify at his racketeering trial
CRESTVIEW — Former Police Maj. Joseph Floyd has decided to take the stand in his own defense. Floyd, who is charged with racketeering, told Okaloosa County Circuit Judge Michael Flowers on Tuesday...
View ArticleMan charged with sexual battery of children
FREEPORT — A 34-year-old man has been charged with sexually battering three children. Dennis Terhaar is facing three counts of sexual battery of a child by a custodian and three counts of child...
View ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Heavy rain floods local streets
FORT WALTON BEACH — Heavy rain on Tuesday flooded local streets once again as the wet summer season continues. View photos of flooding on Landview Drive in Fort Walton Beach >>
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