FWB's new dog park gets a special visitor
FORT WALTON BEACH — A representative of The Nutro Company, a leading pet food manufacturer, toured the city’s new dog park Wednesday. The Nashville-based company awarded a $2,000 grant to the Greater...
View ArticleSymphony Youth Orchestra gets new leader
NICEVILLE — Northwest Florida State College’s youth musical programs are getting new leadership. Beginning this month, Brian Brown will take over direction of the Northwest Florida Symphony Youth...
View ArticleFamily in Dorcas left with nothing after fire
DORCAS — A family of five was left homeless early Wednesday after a fire destroyed their mobile home on Spruce Lane. Tammy and Ritchie Golden were living there with their two adult daughters — one...
View ArticleDowntown district gets mixed reviews
FORT WALTON BEACH —A proposed downtown entertainment district got mixed reviews Wednesday during a workshop at City Hall. The presentation was the public’s first look at City Manager Michael Beedie’s...
View ArticleAn eclectic caravan
FORT WALTON BEACH — Meadow the horse grazed quietly Wednesday afternoon on the lawn of the Emerald Coast Rescue Mission, oblivious to the small crowd watching and the motorists who slowed down to...
View ArticleMan charged with molesting minors
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS - A man was arrested Friday for the lewd and lascivious molestation of two victims under the age of 12, according to the Walton County Sheriff's Office. The first victim told deputies...
View ArticleMan with knife robs convenience store
DESTIN - Officials are looking for the suspect in a convenience store robber early Wednesday. Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputies were called to Circle K at 701 Harbor Blvd. shortly before 1 a.m.,...
View ArticleDeputies deal with spate of burglaries
MILTON - Santa Rosa County sheriff's deputies are investigating an increase in daytime burglaries throughout the county over the last few months. The burglaries had the same MO: doors were kicked in...
View Article73-year-old man charged with 15 counts of sexual battery
NAVARRE — A 73-year-old man was charged Wednesday with 15 counts of sexual battery, and investigators believe there are more victims. Edward Scott Foster is alleged to have committed sexual abuse on...
View ArticleWant to help family who lost everything in fire? Here's how
DORCAS — Friends and strangers are rallying to help a family of five who was burned out of their home Wednesday. Dorcas Volunteer Fire Department Chief John Polinsky, who offered the station as a...
View ArticlePHOTOS, VIDEO: Dozer the Therapy Dog helps out at airport
Jittery fliers were greeted with a little Dozer-style therapy at Northwest Florida Regional Airport on Thursday. Dozier, and his trainer, Angie Nousiainen, were on hand to help travelers relieve their...
View ArticleEmbry-Riddle rebounds
FORT WALTON BEACH — For the first time in a few years, Principal Cindy Gates is certain the district’s Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Institute is on the right path. Enrollment is up, courses...
View ArticleDOT cancels Brooks Bridge meeting
A highly anticipated Thursday morning meeting between Fort Walton Beach officials and the Florida Department of Transportation was abruptly canceled late Wednesday. “I have no idea why they canceled,”...
View ArticleFather and son sentenced on bank fraud, money laundering charges
Former Destin residents Gary Wayne Thomas and his son Brian Keith Thomas will serve federal prison sentences for bank fraud and money laundering, a U.S. Attorney’s Office has announced. Gary Thomas...
View ArticleMan charged with baseball bat assault
MARY ESTHER — A man was arrested Tuesday after deputies say he hit another man with a baseball bat during a fight earlier this month, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. Darrell Wayne...
View ArticleSecond north county church burglarized
CRESTVIEW - Another church in north Okaloosa County was burglarized this week, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. A member of First Methodist Church on State Road 189 found a window...
View ArticleSeveral recent fires linked to arsonists
MILTON - The Florida Forest Service suspects that several of the 20 wildfire calls its rangers responded to this week were caused by arson. The suspected arson cases are not believed to be linked, a...
View ArticleKeep an eye on the skies; you may see something rare in Florida
Northwest Florida residents need to keep an eye on the skies Friday morning. If they look really hard, they might see snow. “It’s very fine,” said Joe Maniscalco, meteorologist with the National...
View ArticleSip wine, raise money for the Children's Home Society
DESTIN — The second Ladies That Lunch event is set for Jan. 31 at Vue on 30a in Santa Rosa Beach to benefit the Children’s Home Society of Florida, according to barber & gall promotions. This is...
View ArticleSanta Rosa County earns its first of this national designation
Santa Rosa County is the first county in the nation to earn the “Safe Communities America” designation through the National Safety Council. The County Commission received the designation at its...
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