Deputy involved in FWB shooting
FORT WALTON BEACH — An Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputy shot an armed and suicidal man Tuesday evening on Holmes Boulevard, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The man was shot once in the shoulder and...
View ArticleEMPTY STOCKING: Woman keeps her home thanks to Salvation Army
Last year’s Empty Stocking Fund did exactly what it was intended to do: It kept Aileen and her from losing their home. This past summer, 27-year-old Aileen feared she would have to move her young...
View ArticleWCSO lieutenant charged with careless driving
SANTA ROSA BEACH — A Walton County Sheriff’s lieutenant was charged with careless driving Tuesday after causing a fender bender on U.S. 331. Lt. Robert Gray was driving a marked Sheriff’s Office 2008...
View ArticleCrestview man pleads guilty to sexual battery on minor
A Crestview man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Tuesday after he was convicted of multiple sexual offenses against minors. Mason Wesley Furniss, 40, pleaded guilty in September to sexual battery...
View ArticleTrial set for animal cruelty case
MILTON — The owner of six animals found dead in an abandoned home in Gulf Breeze last year is scheduled to stand trial in February. Toni Phelps, 41, will appear in court Feb. 19 for felony charges of...
View ArticleUPDATE: Officials release name of pedestrian killed in Tuesday wreck
FORT WALTON BEACH — Investigators are continuing to review the crash Tuesday night that killed a 77-year-old Mary Esther woman on Hollywood Boulevard. Pilar Pires Childs was crossing the street about...
View ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Touring the Santa Rosa Sound
MARY ESTHER — Daily New staff photographer Nick Tomecek paddled out in the Santa Rosa Sound near Mary Esther and snapped these photos with his Samsung Galaxy S4 mobile phone. View a photo gallery from...
View ArticleWoman jumps off Brooks Bridge, suffers minor injuries
A 41-year-old woman was taken by ambulance to Fort Walton Beach Medical Center on Wednesday after she jumped off the Brooks Bridge. The woman, whose identity was not immediately released, was with her...
View ArticleReport: Woman smacks teen for leaving house a mess
CRESTVIEW – Lawmen say a woman got into an argument with her 15-year-old cousin and hit him a couple of times. When they searched her subject to detaining her, they found half a Xanax pill and no...
View ArticleSpat over bar dance leads to battery charge
CRESTVIEW – A spat over a bar dance led to the arrest of a woman who popped her fiancé in the face a couple of times, lawmen say. The couple, who are engaged, live together and have children, were at...
View ArticleGirl says she hit palm tree, not drunk male companion
CRESTVIEW – An 18-year-old girl was arrested after she told Crestview Police officers she was driving a car that hit a palm tree, while witnesses said a male companion had been driving the car. The...
View ArticleMan charged in deputy-involved shooting (ARREST REPORT)
FORT WALTON BEACH — The 29-year-old man shot Tuesday night by an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy is charged with battery on an officer and carrying a concealed weapon. Officials were called to Holmes...
View ArticleDJ will take his act into the air - literally
FORT WALTON BEACH — Local disc jockey Craig “Scratch” Allen will rise in a cherry picker today in Walmart’s parking lot armed with just a Port-o-Potty, tent and bucket. Allen, of Highway 98.1 Country,...
View ArticleDeputy fired, arrested in Walton case (ARREST REPORT)
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — A Walton County sheriff’s deputy has been charged with dealing in stolen property. Lester Rodgers, a deputy since 2007, is charged with stealing and pawning the knife of a friend,...
View ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Vehicle vs. Taco Bell
Three people were taken the hospital after two vehicles collided on U.S. Highway 98 and one of them struck a restaurant. Initial reports stated that a van struck a utility vehicle and then the Taco...
View ArticleDog dies in kitchen fire
NAVARRE -- A dog died Wednesday afternoon in a kitchen fire. Firefighters from Holley Navarre were called to a mobile home on the 3600 block of Bob Tolbert Road at 3:17 p.m., according to a news...
View ArticleTwo officers injured in separate crashes
CRESTVIEW — Two police officers suffered minor injuries Wednesday in related traffic crashes. Officer Michael Gaydos, 36, of Crestview, was slightly hurt after another vehicle pulled in front of him...
View ArticleVaughn sentenced for 2012 home invasion
FORT WALTON BEACH — Richard Vaughn, who already faces life in prison, was convicted Wednesday and sentenced to life without parole for breaking into a mobile home on Carmel Drive in January 2012. A...
View ArticleGaetz speaks out about dog bite incident (LAWSUIT)
State Rep. Matt Gaetz said Wednesday that a man who is suing him after he was bitten by Gaetz’s dog in May was intoxicated at the time. “The young man she bit had spent a good part of the day...
View ArticleDollar Tree fire under investigation
DESTIN — Officials are investigating an early morning fire that caused thousands in damages to the Dollar Tree on 14069 Emerald Coast Parkway. Destin Fire Department Battalion Chief James Taylor said...
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