Officials seek help locating missing adult
Officials are seeking the public's help to locate an endangered adult who left the intensive care unit of an area hospital without being properly discharged. Joseph "Joey" Wayne Brown Sr. left...
View ArticleCrossing guard salutes drivers, makes them smile
NICEVILLE –You don’t have to know his name to know who Glen Lockett is. He’s the Niceville crossing guard who salutes every passing car, a holdover from his military and civil service careers. “I...
View ArticleMan seen in 'mutual combat' with several other men
DESTIN - A man was arrested after he was observed fighting a group of other people behind a gas station. On Jan. 1 an Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputy went to a Harbor Boulevard gas station and saw a...
View Article'I'm going to break your neck!'
NICEVILLE - A 44-year-old Georgia man was arrested after he threatened to break his mother's neck, according to an arrest report. On Dec. 31 an Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputy went to a Windsong...
View ArticleOkaloosa to file suit against Vision Airlines this week
An attorney representing Okaloosa County plans to file a lawsuit later this week against Vision Airlines to recoup more than $146,000 in unpaid fees. Last month, the Okaloosa County Commission voted...
View ArticleDestin man convicted in burglary, battery
FORT WALTON BEACH — A 41-year-old man has been found guilty of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home in Destin while she was sleeping and battering her. Robert Ernie Petty, who lives in Destin, was...
View ArticleYoung man charged with having sex with 13-year-old
FREEPORT — A 19-year-old man has been charged with having sex with a 13-year-old girl, according to an arrest report from the Walton County Sheriff’s Office. Justin Kelly, who lives in Freeport, was...
View Article'Adult cabaret' planned in Destin
DESTIN — Veterinarian Kelly Haeusler was surprised last week when she discovered the lot next to her Airport Road clinic had sold the year before for about $150,000 more than its appraised value. Her...
View ArticleJuveniles charged with middle school burglary
FORT WALTON BEACH — Two juveniles have been arrested after allegedly burglarizing Pryor Middle School last month. The two youths went into the school, damaging several windows and doors in the...
View ArticleFour juveniles arrested on Navarre Beach
Four juveniles were arrested Sunday night after Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to reports of suspicious activity on Gulf Boulevard on Navarre Beach. Deputies contacted the...
View ArticleMen charged with loitering, possession of burglary tools
CRESTVIEW -- An Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputy who stopped to investigate a truck parked at a vacant address early Tuesday morning discovered two men with bolt cutters, gloves and...
View ArticleBear thumps birdfeeders, scares homeowner
NICEVILLE — In the more than 20 years David Miller has lived in the Cedar Ridge neighborhood, he has seen every type of wildlife except bears. That changed Sunday night when the thumping noise he...
View ArticleObama weighing executive action on guns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing powerful opposition to sweeping gun regulations, President Barack Obama is weighing 19 steps he could take through executive action alone, congressional officials said. But...
View ArticleFormer Florosa Principal James Hill dies
James L. Hill, one of the first black principals in Okaloosa County, died Jan. 8 at the age of 87. Hill, a veteran of World War II, retired as a colonel from the Army Reserve in 1981. A longtime...
View ArticleMatt Gaetz continues fight to end ethanol mandate
Last year state Rep. Matt Gaetz was able to neuter but not kill a state requirement that Florida service stations pump only gasoline containing ethanol. His fellow lawmakers refused to take the 2008...
View ArticleGun shop owners can’t keep up with demand on ammo
Jay Woodbury has owned Jay’s Guns since December 2001. Before that, he spent 20 years in the military and always was around guns. In all that time, he has never seen demand for ammunition anywhere...
View ArticleFighting fire with fire (SLIDESHOW)
The season for fighting fire with fire has begun. Each winter, starting near the first frost and lasting through March, experts set fire to certain forest lands to clear out areas of thick,...
View ArticleOkaloosa to form committee for RESTORE Act (DOCUMENT)
FORT WALTON BEACH — Okaloosa County commissioners will form a nine-member advisory committee to help decide how RESTORE Act money should be spent locally. Take a look at the meeting agenda and its...
View ArticleTwo children taken to hospital after crash
FORT WALTON BEACH — Two children were taken to a local hospital by their family after a single-vehicle wreck on the Cinco Bayou Bridge on Tuesday night, according to police. The rollover crash...
View ArticleDOT secretary to propose new toll authorities
OKALOOSA ISLAND — Florida must begin looking for alternatives to gas tax revenue to pay for future road work, state Department of Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad said Wednesday. That was one of...
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