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CRESTVIEW - A man who appeared to be "extremely intoxicated" took issue with a Crestview Police officer's role in the towing of a car and threatened retribution, according to an arrest report. On Dec....
View ArticleLawmen says woman kicked him in stomach
CRESTVIEW - A woman is in hot water after she allegedly kicked a Crestview Police officer in the stomach. On Dec. 18 the officer was taking the 28-year-old Crestview woman to the Okaloosa County Jail...
View ArticleWoman accused of pushing disabled adult
CRESTVIEW - Police have arrested a 28-year-old after a disabled person said she was pushed by the woman. On Dec. 18 Crestview Police officers went to Campbell Avenue residence to check into the...
View ArticleOfficer says woman in wreck gave her mother's name
CRESTVIEW - A woman who was involved in a traffic crash tried to pass herself off as her mother, according to a Crestview Police officer. On Jan. 3 the 28-year-old woman was involved in a wreck on...
View ArticleTollway proposal sparks criticism (DOCUMENT)
Some local officials are criticizing a state proposal to fold the Mid-Bay Bridge Authority into a new regional tollway agency. Read the FDOT proposal. >> The proposal from the Florida Department...
View ArticleNo one injured by explosive devices detonated at Holt homes
HOLT - No one was injured by explosive devices detonated in the front yards of two homes, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. A homeowner on Lighthouse Church Road in Baker discovered...
View ArticleRosalynn Carter to speak at Chautauqua Assembly
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — The 2013 Florida Chautauqua Assembly is almost here, with former first lady Rosalynn Carter to be this year’s keynote speaker. The four-day educational program will run Jan. 24-27...
View Article'Stand closer to the rhino' results in grave wound
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — When do you not listen to the African wildlife expert? When he tells you to stand closer to the rhino. That suggestion by a South African game park owner resulted in serious...
View ArticleFlorida Supreme Court upholds pension law
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A law championed by Gov. Rick Scott that requires teachers, state and county workers and some municipal employees to contribute 3 percent of their pay to the state's pension...
View ArticleFla. Gov. Scott does about-face on early voting
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Rick Scott — who slashed early voting from 14 to 8 days, then defended the decision in court — said Thursday he thinks returning to 14 early-voting days will help ease...
View ArticleA foster home for ferrets (SLIDESHOW, VIDEO)
NAVARRE — Each of the more than a dozen animals at Navarre Ferret Rescue has a story and a personality. There’s Brutus, a 4½-pound mass of muscle. He’s learning to be loving, as he wasn’t handled much...
View ArticleSchool bus brakes catch fire
DESTIN - Students from St. Mary’s Catholic School were evacuated from their bus on Harbor Boulevard about noon Thursday after a small fire broke out on the vehicle’s brakes, the Destin Fire Department...
View ArticleNavarre man convicted in 2011 beatings
A Navarre man accused of beating two people has been convicted by a Santa Rosa County jury. Timothy Donald Helton was found guilty Thursday of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon causing great...
View ArticleOfficer says man kicked him 20 times
CRESTVIEW - An Okaloosa Island man is accused of kicking an emergency medical technician and a Crestview Police officer, according to an arrest report. The attacks occurred on Jan. 5, the report says....
View ArticleReport: Man retrieves cocaine from between his legs
CRESTVIEW - A 21-year-old Crestview man was charged with drug possession after officers stopped him for non-working taillights and found that he had cocaine. On Jan. 6, Jeffrey Maurice Duncan was...
View ArticleBattle at Waffle House, elsewhere, leads to woman's arrest
CRESTVIEW - A spat that erupted between a man and woman at Waffle House carried over to their home, and it was the woman who ended up being arrested for battery. On Jan. 5 the two were at Waffle House...
View ArticleSeaside voted best family beach
Lori Leath Smith has no way of knowing exactly whose votes placed Seaside’s beach in the top spot of a survey of Best Beaches on Earth by Travel + Leisure magazine. But she’s pretty sure that at least...
View ArticleOfficials warn residents of 'a relative is in trouble' scam
CRESTVIEW — An elderly woman was scammed for nearly $2,000 during what officials are calling "a relative is in trouble" scam. The 78-year-old woman told officials she received a call Wednesday from a...
View ArticleSnowbirds and their pets: A special relationship
DESTIN — The saying goes that you’re known by the company you keep. Perhaps that’s why Jim Wilson is known as “Jim and his girls.” For the last several years Wilson, of Rochester, N.Y., has gone...
View ArticleMan sentenced for bank robbery
FORT WALTON BEACH — A man will spend at least 15 years in prison after he was sentenced Thursday for robbing Beach Community Bank on Mary Esther Cut-Off nearly 18 months ago. Okaloosa County Circuit...
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