Okaloosa airports director to leave for Pensacola (DOCUMENT)
Okaloosa County Airports Director Greg Donovan has submitted his resignation to accept the director’s position at Pensacola International Airport. His final day on the job will be March 1 and he will...
View ArticleSpeeder busted for driving around with marijuana
FORT WALTON BEACH - If you're going to drive over the speed limit, you should probably put away your marijuana so the officer who pulls you over won't see it lying in plain view. That's what happened...
View ArticleMan admits to walking off with $460 in groceries
FORT WALTON BEACH - Lawmen say a man entered a local grocery store and tried to walk out with over $460 groceries. On Dec. 2 the man was spotted by a Winn Dixie employee leaving the store with a...
View Article'(Censored) you guys, get away from me'
FORT WALTON BEACH - A man had a less than charitable response to officers who found him lying unconscious on a sidewalk and tried to wake him up. On Jan. 13 the man was found on the sidewalk in front...
View ArticleJackson fills last of top positions in school district (DOCUMENT)
FORT WALTON BEACH — All the top positions in Okaloosa County Superintendent Mary Beth Jackson’s organizational structure are finally filled. The final selections came Wednesday, more than three months...
View ArticleNew shakeup in public defender’s office
Change is never easy, it seems, for the First Judicial Circuit’s public defender’s office. For the second time in four years the office has been required to change leadership teams, and once again it...
View ArticleState lawmakers rebuke Okaloosa over TDC mess (DOCUMENT)
NICEVILLE — Northwest Florida lawmakers on Wednesday issued scathing rebukes of Okaloosa County commissioners and top county management for their roles in the recent Tourist Development Council fraud...
View ArticleMan takes cash, wallets from home
FLOROSA - An armed man walked into a home on Boulevard De L’Orleans on Tuesday night and took cash and wallets before running out the back door, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. Two...
View ArticleSemi-trailer catches fire, no one hurt
CRESTVIEW - A driver escaped unhurt from his semi-trailer Wednesday morning after it caught fire at a rest stop on Interstate 10 east of Crestview, according to the Dorcas Fire District. The driver...
View Article600 lose power in Okaloosa, Walton
About 600 customers in Okaloosa and Walton counties lost power Wednesday after severe weather moved through the area, according to Gulf Power. Of that number, 250 were in the Glendale community in...
View ArticleEthics Commission fines Danny Bennett
MARY ESTHER - Business owner Danny Bennett, who ran unsuccessfully for the Okaloosa County Commission in 2010 but was elected to Mary Esther’s City Council in 2012, has been fined $500 by the Florida...
View ArticleUSDA offers farmers initiatives for improvement
CRESTVIEW — The local U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service has announced four initiatives that can help north Okaloosa County farmers improve their operations. A list...
View ArticleRefuge responds to stranded dolphin
DESTIN — At about 4 a.m. Wednesday, a rough-toothed dolphin was spotted rolling on the beach by a snowbird who was staying at the Holiday Surf & Racquet Club along Holiday Isle. At first the man...
View ArticleU.S. Marshal arrests final 2 suspects in kidnapping case
The U.S. Marshal’s Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force on Thursday captured the final two suspects in the reported kidnapping of a 23-year-old Niceville woman, according to a news release. Bertina...
View ArticleArmy family making do during soldier’s rehab
Dan Carlton went home Thursday for the first time in months. But he didn’t return to his house in Hammock Bay. Instead, the 31-year-old Seventh Special Forces Group (Airborne) soldier moved into a...
View ArticleLocal Relay for Life effort tops in nation
FORT WALTON BEACH — Okaloosa County might not be the most populous part of the United States, but its fundraising capacity for cancer research is unsurpassed. Officials with the American Cancer...
View ArticleLawmen say man forged work orders
FORT WALTON BEACH - A man who submitted false work orders to a labor-finding company was arrested by Fort Walton Beach Police and charged with forgery. Mark Allen Litwa, 42, of Fort Walton Beach, was...
View ArticleTo Sir, with rage
FORT WALTON BEACH - A 15-year-old girl was arrested after she allegedly battered a teacher at her school, lawmen report. On Jan. 7 Fort Walton Beach Police officers were called to the AMI Kids charter...
View ArticleMom doesn't want kids hitting each other; husband throws punch
FORT WALTON BEACH - A woman who didn't want her children hitting each other received a punch in the face from her husband, who disagreed with her child-rearing philosophy, lawmen say. The incident...
View ArticleConstruction under way on Mary Esther property
MARY ESTHER — Construction of a new retail complex on one of the last vacant parcels on Mary Esther Boulevard is on schedule and expected to be ready for four new businesses in April. Mary Esther...
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