Officials investigate FWB home invasion
FORT WALTON BEACH — Officials are investigating a Tuesday night home invasion on Mooney Road after three masked men entered an apartment with pistols demanding money. Sgt. Matt Holt with the Fort...
View ArticleWoman charged with child neglect after possible meth lab discovered
FORT WALTON BEACH — A 26-year-old woman has been charged with child neglect after officers found what they suspect to be methamphetamine lab in her home that she shares with her two children. Officers...
View ArticleRocky Bayou students learn to work hands on with horses
NICEVILLE— In a small grassy area near Rocky Bayou Christian School’s athletic fields, two horses stand patiently while high school students groom them and clean their hooves. A third one stands near...
View ArticleOfficials seize 'Spice' during warrant execution
PACE — A Pace store was raided Wednesday after officials learned that an alternative drug known as "Spice" was being sold. Deputies with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office executed a warrant at...
View ArticleMan fell over a pot of cooking food that was 'very hot'
CRESTVIEW - A 25-year-old man is accused of assaulting his 81-year-old grandfather, resulting in the man falling in the kitchen and knocking over a pot of black-eyed peas and cornbread. On Dec. 31 a...
View ArticleCouple celebrates New Year with trip to hospital, jail
CRESTVIEW - Fresh out of jail, a man and his girlfriend decided to party at a Crestview hotel on New Year's Eve. Instead, both ended up being taken to the hospital, and both were arrested on separate...
View ArticleVisit to dad results in man's arrest
CRESTVIEW - A man told lawmen he went to a local discount store to visit his father, who worked there. He also helped himself to a soda from the cooler and didn't pay for it. Why not? He didn't have...
View ArticleNTSB: Pilot error probable cause of Teutenberg crash
Some questions about the July 9, 2011, plane crash that killed Fred and Terresa Teutenberg of Niceville and their five children will never be answered. However, the National Transportation Safety...
View ArticleMan in Okaloosa jail eyed in killing
A man authorities believe could be responsible for the death of a woman whose body was found in December in Baldwin County, Ala., is being held in Okaloosa County on a violation of probation charge....
View ArticleLocal artist seeks missing painting
FORT WALTON BEACH — Impressed with the gnarly live oaks that sit sentinel in town, a New York couple asked local artist Pat Roberts to paint one for them. Roberts drove around photographing her...
View ArticleObama unveils gun plan, concedes tough fight ahead
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conceding "this will be difficult," President Barack Obama urged a reluctant Congress on Wednesday to require background checks for all gun sales and ban both military-style assault...
View ArticleOhio ex-teacher sues, says she fears young kids
CINCINNATI (AP) — A former high school teacher is accusing school district administrators of discriminating against her because of a rare phobia she says she has: a fear of young children. Maria...
View ArticleNo human injuries in Dell Road house fire (GALLERY)
FORT WALTON BEACH — No one was hurt in a house fire in Ocean City on Wednesday night, but three pets were treated for smoke inhalation, according to firefighters. View photos from the scene of the...
View ArticleNWF State unveils Activities Center (SLIDESHOW)
NICEVILLE — Northwest Florida State College celebrated completion of the final phase of its $25.5 million construction and renovation project Wednesday with the grand opening of its new Activities...
View ArticleMan charged with molesting teenager
Fort Walton Beach - A 20-year-old man has been charged with having sex with a 14-year-old girl, according to police. Jonathan Dale Gary Cooper was arrested Monday on charges of lewd or lascivious...
View ArticleMiller denounces Obama’s gun stance
U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Chumuckla, issued a statement Wednesday saying that he was “disappointed” in President Obama’s course of action on gun control and that “this administration’s answer to any...
View ArticleCold weather shelters open in Santa Rosa County
Two cold weather shelters in Santa Rosa County will open for the homeless and heatless on Thursday and Friday. The shelters will be opened at Ferris Hill Baptist Church at 6848 Chaffin Street in...
View ArticleTeen returns home
SANTA ROSA BEACH - A 15-year-old boy who was reported missing returned home, according to Walton County Sheriff’s Office. Shane Keith Saunders was reported missing on Jan. 4 by his family.
View ArticleRocky Bayou Christian students learn about the Second Amendment
NICEVILLE — The controversy surrounding gun control in the United States has been dissected to its roots and built back up to the present inside a local classroom. Twelve students at Rocky Bayou...
View ArticleWoman missing, car found on bridge
NICEVILLE — The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help locating a missing woman. Shigeko M. Freeman, 60, was last seen at her home at 10:30 p.m. Jan. 5, the Sheriff’s Office reported. Her...
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