Don Gaetz defends staff members’ salaries
State Sen. President Don Gaetz has been criticized across Florida for big salary increases given to members of the management team he selected to run his office.
View ArticlePace High grads try their luck with horror movie
You may not have heard of “slender man,” but for two movie makers in Pace, he’s a bad guy worthy enough to star in a new horror movie.
View ArticleTop weird Florida news in 2012
In 2012, Florida was a state where a lifeguard got fired for saving a life, a woman got arrested for riding a manatee and a man repeatedly used 911 as a phone sex service.
View ArticleMan arrested for trafficking cocaine
A 26-year-old Mary Esther man was arrested Thursday and charged with six counts of selling a controlled substance, cocaine, and trafficking a controlled substance, according to the Okaloosa County...
View ArticleWis. couple says pet chicken alerted them to blaze
A Wisconsin couple says clucks, not fire trucks, helped them escape a blaze at their home.
View ArticleReport: Man drives aunts car, wrecks it, flees
A man with a history of driving with a suspended license is accused of crashing into another driver and fleeing the scene, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office arrest report.
View ArticleTraffic violation results in man's arrest for drugs
A traffic stop resulted in a passenger being arrested on drug charges.
View ArticleTrayvon Martin death is Fla.'s story of the year
Trayvon Martin's shooting death was just a blip on the local television news when it was first reported on a soggy night in late February.
View ArticleCold weather shelters open in Santa Rosa County
Two cold weather shelters for the homeless or heatless will open on Saturday and Sunday.
View ArticleMunicipal election qualifying begins Monday
The candidate qualifying period for a long list of local election races begins at noon Monday.
View ArticleTOP STORIES OF 2012: Flyover opens after three years of work
After three years of rerouting, slowed traffic and construction, the flyover ramp at State Road 85 and State Road 123 opened in late September.
View ArticleSome Okaloosa officials leery of restricting swimmers in Gulf (SLIDESHOW)
Beach safety officials want to tighten Okaloosa County’s restrictions on swimming in the Gulf of Mexico.
View ArticleOther major local news in 2012
There was no shortage of news in Northwest Florida for 2012. Not every issue made the Top 10 list, but there was plenty to grab readers’ attention, draw numerous Spout Offs and spawn hundreds of...
View ArticleFormer President Bush moved out of intensive care
Former President George H.W. Bush's condition continued to improve Saturday, prompting doctors to move him out of intensive care, a spokesman said.
View ArticleLast-minute fiscal cliff talks in Senate
Senate leaders groped for a last-minute compromise Saturday to avoid middle-class tax increases and possibly prevent deep spending cuts at the dawn of the new year as President Barack Obama warned that...
View ArticleBlustery weather didn’t deter teams in Round the Bay Relay (SLIDESHOW)
With team names like Pavement Munchers, The Grateful Tread and The Young and the Rest of Us, runners in the Round the Bay Relay on Saturday morning arrived at Fudpucker’s on Okaloosa Island in high...
View ArticleVultures pick at visitors' cars in Fla. Everglades
Visitors to parts of Everglades National Park are getting tarps and bungee cords to make their vehicles less delectable to vultures.
View ArticleOne person killed in early morning wreck on U.S. 98
OKALOOSA ISLAND — One person was killed and another seriously injured in a wreck on U.S. Highway 98 early Sunday morning.
View ArticleA new year means new (or old) resolutions
It’s that time of year again. Time to look at your life and decide what changes must be made and how to go about making them.
View ArticleWoman's braised short ribs win her a year’s worth of groceries
Preparing one of her husband’s favorite meals has won a local woman free groceries for a year, $500 in Crock-Pot Seasoning Mixes and bragging rights when her friends pop over to sample her culinary...
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