Making a Difference: Volunteerism is a walk in the park for this 24-year-old
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. FORT WALTON BEACH —...
View ArticleSanta Rosa votes on tax increase, raises (DOCUMENT)
MILTON — Santa Rosa County Commissioners were able to find extra money in their budget to provide raises for all county employees for the first time in seven years without having to raise property...
View ArticleDestin medical facility settles fraud lawsuit
Emerald Coast Radiation Oncology Center LLC in Destin is one of a handful of Pensacola-area radiation oncology providers that have been ordered to pay $3.5 million jointly to settle a lawsuit with the...
View ArticleOfficials reviewing events in rampage at juvenile facility (DOCUMENT)
FORT WALTON BEACH — Officials on Monday were in the process of examining the events that led up to a riot at a juvenile justice detention facility on Saturday evening. “We are reviewing the incident...
View ArticleMissing man found eating at Waffle House
MIRAMAR BEACH — The Walton County Sheriff's Office has located Daniel Roy Hancock of Miramar Beach who was reported missing Sunday. Hancock, who is 83, was eating in a Miramar Beach Waffle House...
View ArticleGovernor orders flags to be lowered
In honor of the victims at the Washington Navy Yard, Governor Rick Scott has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff at all local, state and federal buildings and grounds in the state, according to a...
View ArticleBaby dies, charges upgraded to homicide
FORT WALTON BEACH — A 23-year-old man has been charged with homicide following the death of his eight-week-old daughter. Braelyn Thomason was pronounced dead shortly before 10 p.m. Monday at Sacred...
View ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Truck fire
Flames engulfed a pickup truck on Robinwood Drive on Tuesday morning. See photos of the aftermath. >>
View ArticleFamily mourns baby: 'She was such a little angel'
FORT WALTON BEACH — When Braelyn Breeze Thomason was born July 14, family members crowded the hospital to meet her. “She just had her eyes popped open, looking at all of us,” said her aunt,...
View ArticleOfficials: Naval Yard shooter was hearing voices
WASHINGTON — A month before he went on the rampage that left 13 dead, Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis complained to police in Rhode Island that people were talking to him through the walls...
View ArticleVehicle collides with school bus
CRESTVIEW - No one was injured Tuesday morning when a Honda Accord crashed into a school bus carrying 44 students on County Road 393 near Cimmoran Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The...
View ArticleLand owners can pitch their property to host this new civic complex
SANTA ROSA BEACH — Walton County will host its second workshop on a proposed sports complex at 5 p.m. Sept. 26 or as soon thereafter at the South Walton Courthouse Annex at 31 Coastal Centre Blvd....
View ArticleWitness to Saturday's blast describes horror of the moment
DESTIN — Saturday night’s timeline is blurred for Dino Primofiore. He knows he walked barefoot through glass, and when it was over went home to wash off another man’s blood. Primofiore is one of a...
View ArticleOkaloosa reaches decision on Shalimar annex property (DOCUMENT)
FORT WALTON BEACH — Okaloosa County commissioners agreed Tuesday to hold on to the Courthouse Annex in Shalimar for future office needs instead of selling it. A majority of the commissioners also...
View ArticleForeign visitors stunned by aspects of U.S. legal system
FORT WALTON BEACH — The legal system can be befuddling enough to Americans. Imagine watching justice unfold through the eyes of a foreigner. Maj. Syed Ali of Pakistan spent about 30 minutes in...
View ArticleBluewater cell phone tower controversy faces a fortnight of suspense
FORT WALTON BEACH — Bluewater Bay residents will have to wait two weeks to find out if Okaloosa County commissioners will allow a 317-foot cell tower to be built on a lot just north of Bay Drive....
View ArticleFather organizing surfing, beach day for children with autism
FORT WALTON BEACH — The beach helped Ricky Weeks and his son Christopher to bond. Weeks had a feeling the beach’s sights, sounds and textures would appeal to his son, who is on the lower end of the...
View ArticleExplosion victim was ‘the best father,’ brother-in-law says
The community of Carterville, Ill., wants to make certain Michael Todd Brower will never be forgotten. The husband and father of three will be buried Thursday after he was killed Saturday night in a...
View ArticleNo one injured in school bus accident
FREEPORT - No one was injured Tuesday afternoon when a school bus was rear-ended on U.S. Highway 331 at Sparkleberry Lane, according to the Walton County Sheriff's Office. The Florida Highway Patrol...
View ArticleMan with local ties charged in quadruple homicide
A 26-year-old man with ties to Santa Rosa County was charged Friday in the shooting deaths of a woman and three teenagers in Tennessee. Jacob Allen Bennett, 26, was arrested on a parole violation the...
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