Friends, community mourn teacher's death
As news of Sharon Aydelott’s death spread throughout the community, dozens of students, friends and coworkers posted comments on her Facebook page. “You always made my days brighter,” one woman...
View ArticleInvestigation continues into body found on beach (PHOTOS, DOCUMENT)
FORT WALTON BEACH — Police continue to investigate the body found Christmas Day on Garnier’s Beach, but few new details have emerged. A resident on Beachview Drive discovered the white man with brown...
View ArticleReport: Woman went after boyfriend with fists, TV remote, ashtray, juice cup
FORT WALTON BEACH – A woman was arrested after she went after her boyfriend with her fists, a TV remote, an ashtray and a juice cup, lawmen say. The two, who have lived together for 10 months and...
View ArticleMan says he planned to sell scrap so he could eat
DESTIN – A man was arrested for taking items from a welding shop, according to a report. The man, 35-year-old Lonnie Herman Wales of Milton, was spotted by a witness entering the property of Gibson...
View ArticleMan walking with flow of traffic found to have crack
FORT WALTON BEACH – A man who wouldn’t let an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy search him was arrested for possession of cocaine, according to a report. The man, 33-year-old Dennis Dra’cal Henderson...
View ArticleWoman who lost daughter receives a holiday gift
FORT WALTON BEACH — When Jessica Albritton realized she had lost her dove pendant containing a bit of her daughter’s ashes, she was crushed. Ten-year-old Natalie Santos was killed last month when she...
View ArticleFather, daughter embark on breathtaking adventure - literally
Mick Owens’ latest adventure literally took his breath away. The 60-year-old engineer from Fort Walton Beach fulfilled a lifelong dream of traveling to Nepal and trekking to the Mount Everest base...
View ArticleSR 87 drivers get good news from DOT (PHOTOS)
NAVARRE — Crews with the state Department of Transportation are close to filling in an old sinkhole that reopened during heavy rains in late September. “The work out there is almost complete,” DOT...
View ArticleBusting myths about sharks (PHOTOS)
PENSACOLA — A University of West Florida professor is helping debunk myths and clear up facts about one of the ocean’s most feared creatures. Statistics professor Raid Amin has worked with shark-human...
View ArticleTeen accused of killing mother to be charged as an adult
GULF BREEZE — The 17-year-old boy accused of killing his mother on Christmas Eve will be charged as an adult, prosecutors said Thursday. State Attorney Bill Eddins confirmed that his office has filed...
View ArticleFHP seeks crash victim's family
CRESTVIEW - Authorities are looking for the family of a man involved in a traffic crash on eastbound Interstate 10 on Thursday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. A 2007 Chevrolet...
View ArticleNTSB initial report suggests cause of plane crash that killed 1 (DOCUMENT)
Evidence from the crash scene indicates Destin business owner Larry Eli Caison ran out of gas just prior to wrecking his plane near a Panama City-area airpark, a preliminary report issued by the...
View ArticleText messages lead to clawing, slapping
FORT WALTON BEACH – Lawmen say an angry wife scratched and slapped her husband over certain text messages. The incident occurred at an apartment complex on Racetrack Road, according to an Okaloosa...
View ArticleMan addresses noisy girlfriend with choke hold, lawmen say
FORT WALTON BEACH – A man is accused of choking his girlfriend after they argued over noise she was making, according to a report. The two, who live in an apartment on Colonial Drive, allegedly began...
View ArticleReport: Pills land woman in hotter water
NICEVILLE – A woman who was detained on an outstanding warrant was found to have drugs on her, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office reports. The woman, Yvonne Cope Kelso of Niceville, was arrested at...
View ArticlePHOTOS: These pets dressed for the holidays
The Daily News invited folks to send us photos of their pets dressed up for the holidays, or celebrating the holidays. We said we'd publish a photo every day until Jan. 1. We received far more photos...
View ArticleWant to paint? Use the computer? Fish? Learn here
FORT WALTON BEACH — Registration for upcoming courses offered by the Center for Lifelong Learning begins next month at the University of West Florida-Northwest Florida State College joint campus in...
View ArticleDocuments provide details of horrifying Newtown school shooting
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut police released thousands of pages Friday from their investigation into the Newtown massacre, providing the most detailed and disturbing picture yet of the rampage...
View ArticleFDIC issues ruling in case of ex-banker accused of kickback scheme
Michael Sean Davis, former president of Crestview’s now defunct Premier Community Bank, has agreed to get out of the finance business forever. Davis served as the president and CEO of the bank from...
View ArticleTrafficking survivor hopes to spare others her ordeal
FORT WALTON BEACH — At 20 years old, Sula Skiles got a one-way ticket to another country for what she believed was a modeling job. When she arrived, she learned she had been purchased as a “Christmas...
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